Last bottle from a six pack. Red currants, red berries, leather, gravel and a touch of horse hair. The palate was quite big and meaty, showing strong tannins with creamy red cherries and red currants, milk chocolate, cedar and minerally dryness. The tannins are still quite firm and chunky, not quite resolved, but I don’t think the wine is going to get any better from here, because with the fruit fading it is only going to get hollow and seem unbalanced. Regardless, quite satisfying to drink.
Rated : 90 Points
Tasted : May09
Alcohol : 14.5%
Price : $45
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2009-2014
Source : Cellar
Website : Cape Mentelle