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Click on the link for each wine to view the label and tasting notes Cabernet Sauvignon & Cabernet Blends
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2002 Angus The Bull Cabernet Sauvignon Robert Parker - 90 points $19.50 per bottle 2007 Balnaves of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon "A classic dark, precisely balanced and integrated Balnaves style... Savoury, smooth and fine-grained" - Jeremy Oliver. 95 points; "It's full bodied and very dense with rich chocolate and blackcurrant flavours - concentrated and strong" - The Wine Front, 94 points $29.95 per bottle 2006 Balnaves of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon "Has great poise... will reward patient cellaring" - James Halliday, 94 points; "Top wine" - Winorama, 94 points; "The line and length of it is super impressive... it's delicious, and will cellar well" - The Wine Front, 93 points $32.50 per bottle 2005 Balnaves of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon "Another masterpiece!" Nick Stock, WBM 100 Wines of the Year (2008) - 96 points; "Ripping good wine here" - Grant Dodd, 94+ points; James Halliday - 94 points; Winorama - 94 points $35.50 per bottle 2004 Balnaves of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver – 95 points; "Reeks of class... Buy up" - Grant Dodd, 94+ points; James Halliday - 94 points; Winorama - 94 points; "Beautiful cabernet" - The Wine Front, 93 points $39.95 per bottle 2001 Balnaves of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 94 points; Winewise - Outstanding; Winestate ***** $42.50 per bottle 2007 Balnaves The Tally Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon "Power and grace... great concentration of fruit on the palate... wonderfully long and satisfying" - James Halliday, 97 points; Epicure Uncorked ***** $79.50 per bottle 2006 Balnaves The Tally Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon "Terrific density and palate structure, deep and intense... Swanky, youthful Cabernet at its finest" - Nick Stock, 96 points; "The palate is rich, deep, fine and very long" - James Halliday, 96 points; "A powerhouse that needs at least a decade of cellaring" - Winorama, 95 points; The Wine Front - 94 points $79.50 per bottle 2005 Balnaves The Tally Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 96 points; "Super wine" - Grant Dodd, 95 points; Winorama - 95 points; Jeremy Oliver - 94 points; "Coonawarra's modern flagship... Great" - Epicure Uncorked ***** $79.50 per bottle 2002 Barossa Valley Estate Epiphany Cabernet Merlot "A classy wine" - Winestate ****(*) $16.95 per bottle 2001 Best's Victoria Cabernet Sauvignon $14.95 per bottle 2004 Blackjack Cabernet Merlot James Halliday - 91 points; "Smart wine for the money" - The Wine Front, 91 points; Tim White - 90(91) points; Jeremy Oliver - 90 points $26.50 per bottle 1998 Bowen Esate Cabernet Merlot Blend $39.50 per bottle 2007 Bowen Estate Cabernet Sauvignon $24.95 per bottle 2005 Bowen Estate Cabernet Sauvignon The Wine Front - 92 points; Jeremy Oliver - 92 points; "This is classic Coonawarra" - Peter Forrestal, 17.5 points $28.95 per bottle 2004 Bowen Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver - 95 points; "Classy stuff" - Gourmet Traveller Wine, ***** 95 points; "... simply excellent" - Huon Hooke; "Now this is the stuff! What a wonderful wine... A shade away from outstanding" - Wine Without Wank $37.50 per bottle 2000 Bowen Estate Cabernet Sauvignon The Wine Front - 92 points; James Halliday - 92 points $38.95 per bottle 1999 Bowen Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Excellent with **** for value - Ric Einstein; James Halliday - 90 points $39.95 per bottle 1998 Bowen Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver – 95 points; "Great wine" – Divine Magazine $63.50 per bottle 1991 Bowen Estate Cabernet Sauvignon "Outstanding" – Divine Magazine $79.00 per bottle 1998 Brand's of Coonawarra Cabernet Merlot $36.50 per bottle 2000 Brand's of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 91 points; Jeremy Oliver - 95 points $29.95 per bottle 1999 Brand's of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Best Cabernet - Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide $32.95 per bottle 1998 Brand's of Coonawarra Cabernet sauvignon Halliday's Top 100 of 2001 - 95 points $39.95 per bottle 2004 Brand's of Coonawarra The Patron Cabernet Sauvignon Six Trophies; "Exceptionally bright, flavoursome and juicy cassis and blackcurrant fruit" - James Halliday, 96 points; "Textbook Coonawarra Cabernet" - Winorama, 95 points; "This is a sensational wine with long-term cellaring potential. You wouldn't find a Bordeaux to match this quality anywhere near price" - Chris Shanahan $68.95 per bottle 1998 Brand's of Coonawarra Patron's Reserve James Halliday - 94 points; Jeremy Oliver - 94 points $89.95 per bottle 2002 Brown Brothers Patricia Cabernet Sauvignon "A wine to challenge Grange" - Jeff Gordon; Gourmet Traveller Wine - ***** 95 points; Jeremy Oliver – 93 points; Epicure Uncorked * **** $49.95 per bottle 2001 Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon TOP 10 WINES OF THE PAST DECADE - Australian Financial Review; "Immensely powerful and complex cabernet" - Philip Rich, Top 20 Wines of 2005; "This is a real cabernet" - The Wine Front, 96 points; "Alluringly complex and tightly crafted long-term wine" - Jeremy Oliver, 95 points; "Lovely wine" - James Halliday, 94 points; Tyson Stelzer - 94 points; "It's a powerhouse, with a great deal of fruit sweetness, flesh and classic" - Gourmet Traveller Wine ***** $85.00 per bottle 1999 Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon The Wine Front - 95 points; Jeremy Oliver – 93 points $85.00 per bottle 1998 Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon BEST CABERNET IN AUSTRALIA – Gourmet Traveller Wine; Jeremy Oliver – 93 points $90.00 per bottle 2004 Celestial Bay Margaret River Cabernet Merlot 2007 Sydney International Wine Competition - Blue/Gold Award Winner & one of the Top 100 Wines $15.95 per bottle 2004 Celestial Bay Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon SIMPLY THE BEST VALUE MARGARET RIVER CABERNET ON THE MARKET - BY QUITE SOME MARGIN! $15.95 per bottle 2004 Chalk Hill Cabernet Sauvignon A delicious cabernet from a great vintage in McLaren Vale and from a winery that is really going places $19.95 per bottle 2006 Chalkers Crossing Hilltops Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 94 points $24.95 per bottle 2005 Chalkers Crossing Hilltops Cabernet Sauvignon "Powerful, intense varietal blackcurrant and dark chocolate fruit ... perfect tannin and oak structure and balance" - James Halliday, 96 points; The top 40 wines for 2007 - NSW Wine Awards 2007; "What a wine! Dark, brooding and inky ... Great drop" - Wine Without Wank, Outstanding Quality, Good Value $28.50 per bottle 2001 Clairault Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 90 points $24.95 per bottle 2000 Clairault Estate Cabernet Merlot $26.95 per bottle 2000 Clairault Estate Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 91 points $29.95 per bottle 2006 Coriole Mary Kathleen Reserve Cabernet Merlot "An imperious wine" - James Halliday, 94 points $39.95 per bottle 2007 Craggy Range Sophia Merlot Cabernet Franc 1st Placing - 2009 Wine Spectator Review (Gimblett Gravels versus Bordeaux Tasting); "This is one of the finest Bordeaux blends ever made in New Zealand. It will be a wonderful keeping wine... VALUE" - Geoff Kelly, 19.5 points *****; "Thoroughly justifies its exalted status... A very serious red... the best wine under this label since it was first made in 2001" - Bob Campbell MW, 97 points *****; "Full-bodied and beautifully balanced... a stunning wine... Superb" - Neal Martin, 95 points; "An elegant, balanced, classic wine, flush with plummy, curranty, chocolatey flavour and touched by spice. As is so often the case with superior wines, it... a smooth, complete wine" - The Wine Front, 95 points $63.95 per bottle 2004 Craggy Range Sophia Merlot Cabernet Franc (375ml) "Superb... The actual freshness and intensity of berry is stunning... this wine will be a marvellous foil for 2003 and 2005 St Emilions and Pomerols, in future comparative tastings" - Geoff Kelly, 19.0 points *****; Bob Campbell MW - 94 points *****; "A powerful and firmly structured red for serious cellaring... this label is destined to become an icon" - Home & Entertaining Magazine, 93 points; "A palate that is pure concentration and class" - Sue Courtney $36.95 per bottle 2003 Cullen Cabernets Limited release beauty, outstanding value; ***** Gourmet Traveller Wine - 94 points $39.50 per bottle 2007 Cullen Cabernet Merlot Second label to the Diana Madeline $33.95 per bottle 2007 Cullen Diana Madeline Cabernet Merlot "Glorious wine... this is as close to perfection as one can imagine in terms of structure, texture and its complex fruit flavours. Great now, greater still in another 10 years" - James Halliday's Top 100 of 2009, 97 points; "It's an extreme, profoundly beautiful thing" - Philip White, 95+++ points; "It's going to be magic in the long term" - Gary Walsh, 95+ points; Campbell Mattinson - 94 points; "This is one of the greatest Diana Madeline's" - Vanya Cullen; Epicure Uncorked ***** $94.50 per bottle 2006 Cullen Diana Madeline Cabernet Merlot "Ravishing red... It's cheeky yet plush, elegant yet intense, infant yet incredible. One of our best cabernets ever" - Philip White, 94+++ points $95.00 per bottle 2005 Cullen Diana Madeline Cabernet Merlot "Wow! Elegance meets structure, meets sophistication" - Jeremy Oliver, 97 points; Halliday's Top 100 of 2008 - 96 points; Philip Rich Top 20 Wines of 2007; Paul Ippolito - 96 points; "It friggin rocks" - Philip White, 95++ points; "This is a boomer. It is the best since 2001" - The Wine Front, 95 points; Winorama - 95+ points; "My top WA wine of the year" - Peter Forrestal, 19.0 points $105.00 per bottle 2004 Cullen Diana Madeline Cabernet Merlot Jeremy Oliver - 97 points; "Extraordinary cabernet merlot.... Great" - Epicure Uncorked *****; James Halliday - 95 points; "This cabernet sauvignon is stunning" - Jane Faulkner; "Outstanding... ranks with the 1995, 1999 and 2001 vintages" - Vanya Cullen $105.00 per bottle 2003 Cullen Diana Madeline Cabernet Merlot Halliday's Top 100 of 2005 - 96 points; Jeremy Oliver - 95 points; "Another great Diana Madeline" - Tyson Stelzer, 95 points $95.00 per bottle 2001 Cullen Diana Madeline Cabernet Merlot "It's heady and opulent, succulent and meaty, and offers a simply unreal length and persistence of exaggerated fruit" - Jeremy Oliver, 97 points; "This is a tremendous, statuesque, upstanding wine" - The Wine Front, 97 points; "... one of the best wines ever produced in Australia . Rating? Who needs one with a wine like this!" - www.torbwine.com; "Its sheer class shines through the trappings of extreme youth" - James Halliday, 96 points; "This is without question one of the really great Cullen cabernets" - Philip Rich, AFR Top 20 Wines of 2003 $145.00 per bottle 2000 Cullen Diana Madeline Cabernet Merlot "Superb balance, length and harmony" - Jeremy Oliver, 97 points; "Best Cabernet Blend in Australia " - Gourmet Traveller; Halliday's Top 100 - 94 points $130.00 per bottle 1999 Cullen Diana Madeline Cabernet Merlot Jeremy Oliver - 97 points; James Halliday - 96 points ; "Absolutely brilliant wine" – Winewise $155.00 per bottle 1997 Cullen Diana Madeline Cabernet Merlot James Halliday - 95 points; Jeremy Oliver - 93 points $135.00 per bottle 1996 Cullen Diana Madeline Cabernet Merlot James Halliday - 95 points; Jeremy Oliver - 95 points $155.00 per bottle 2006 Dalwhinnie Cabernet Sauvignon "Probably the finest Cabernet Sauvignon we have ever made, even better than the 2004" - David Jones; "A layered, complex wine" - James Halliday, 94 points; "Well structured cabernet of inherent class" - The Wine Front, 93 points $47.95 per bottle 2004 Dalwhinnie Cabernet Sauvignon "A superb cabernet... it's sumptuous and deeply layered... Beautifully complete, balanced and very stable; set for the long term" - Jeremy Oliver, 97 points; Tyson Stelzer - 96 points; James Halliday - 95 points; The Wine Front - 94 points $64.95 per bottle 2003 Dalwhinnie Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver – 90 points $43.95 per bottle 2002 Dalwhinnie Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 92 points; Jeremy Oliver - 92 points $59.95 per bottle 2004 Dog Ridge Digs Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon A magnificent McLaren Vale cabernet from a block of low-yielding 60 year-old vines $27.50 per bottle 2002 Dog Ridge DV3 Cabernet Sauvignon "Outstanding McLaren Vale cabernet" - Huon Hooke; James Halliday - 92 points; Torbwine.com **** $32.50 per bottle 2006 Dog Ridge Square Cut Cabernet Sauvignon Delicious cabernet from old vines $21.50 per bottle 2003 Domaine A Cabernet Sauvignon "Domaine A is close to and compatible with that of Bordeaux/Haut Medoc... A wine made with fastidious attention to detail and without compromise" - James Halliday, 95 points $56.95 per bottle 2005 Edwards Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon "Pop it in the cellar for 5-7 years, and it should turn out lovely. Beautifully balanced" - The Wine Front, 92 points $23.95 per bottle 1998 Elderton Ashmead Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 94 points $95.00 per bottle 1996 Elderton Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Robert Parker - 91 points $39.95 per bottle 2006 Esk Valley Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec A fragrant, finely structured, beautifully proportioned wine that can not be recommended highly enough for those looking for affordable alternatives to quality Bordeaux; "It's substantial, loaded with flavour and personality" - Warren Barton, Top 100 Wines; "Offers very attractive drinking now, elegant and medium-bodied" - Independent Wine Monthly $27.95 per bottle 2003 Fermoy Estate Cabernet Sauvignon "... classical Margaret River cabernet"; Gold Medal (18.5 points) - Scoop Magazine; Tyson Stelzer - 90 points $25.95 per bottle 1999 Fermoy Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Superb small Margaret River producer $36.50 per bottle 1998 Fermoy Estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon $56.50 per bottle 2007 Ferngrove Majestic Cabernet Sauvignon TROPHY for BEST CABERNET SAUVIGNON OF THE 2008 PERTH WINE SHOW (including wines from the stunning 2007 WA vintage); James Halliday - 94 points; "It's a quality wine" - The Wine Front, 93 points; "I believe they stand as great a chance as any of becoming tomorrow's icons" - Jeremy Oliver $26.50 per bottle 2004 Ferngrove Majestic Cabernet Sauvignon Wonderful follow-up to the award winning 2003; James Halliday - 94 points; "This will age. This is good" - The Wine Front, 91 points; Paddy Kendler *****; Five Emerging Classic Wineries - Jeremy Oliver $29.95 per bottle 2001 Ferngrove The Stirlings James Halliday - 95 points; Winewise - Highly Recommended; Five Emerging Classic Wineries - Jeremy Oliver $42.50 per bottle 2005 Gapsted Valley Selection Cabernet Merlot "A blend of Victorian and SA material which really works a treat" - Paddy Kendler *****; BLUE-GOLD Award Winner - 2008 Sydney International Wine Competition; "With food, this wine knits beautifully, filling the mouth with red fruit flavours" - John Chua $14.95 per bottle 1999 Gartner Family Cabernet Sauvignon "A great wine and despite vintage hype, better than its 1998 version. Buy it" - The Wine Front, 94 points; "Stunner" - The Age Uncorked ***** $37.95 per bottle 2002 Giaconda Cabernet Sauvignon "It's smooth and pliant with a beautiful spread of fine grained tannins, balanced acidity and a finish of exemplary length. A wine of composure and significant cellaring potential" - The Wine Front, 96 points (Tasted Feb 2009); Jeremy Oliver - 95 points; "One of the finest cabernets in the country from that vintage" - Max Allen $95.00 per bottle 2001 Glenmore Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon Ian Bell's (ex-winemaker Moss Wood) own label; James Halliday - 92 points $49.95 per bottle 2002 Goundrey Offspring Cabernet Sauvignon $19.50 per bottle 2001 Green Valley Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon Made by Moss Wood's Keith Mugford - an absolute cracker $34.50 per bottle 2003 Grosset Gaia James Halliday - 93 points $47.95 per bottle 2002 Hamilton's Ewell Sturt River Cabernet Shiraz James Halliday - 87 points $14.95 per bottle 2008 Heartland Cabernet Sauvignon "Enticing price" - James Halliday, 92 points; "wonderful drinkability" - Peter Forrestal $16.95 per bottle 2002 Heath's Wines 'Southern Roo' Cabernet Shiraz "Fantastic value" - Tim White, 88 points; James Halliday -87 points $13.50 per bottle 2005 Helm Premium Cabernet Sauvignon "This is one of the best standout Cabernets I've tasted this year in Australia... is it supremely structured, it shows world class elegance and balance" - Drew Lambert; "What a lovely, big rich wine this Canberra cabernet is" - Rick Allen; "Potent and intense...great aftertaste" - James Halliday, 94 points; "This is a Cabernet to rival the best in the country" - Fergus McGhie $35.95 per bottle 2004 Henschke Cyril Henschke Cabernet Sauvignon "A fabulous wine, rich and deep, long and piercing" - The Wine Front, 95 points; "just brilliant" - Max Allen $110.00 per bottle 2001 Henschke Cyril Henschke Cabernet Sauvignon "Elegant, finely structured style" - James Halliday . 92 points $100.00 per bottle 1998 Henschke Cyril Henschke Cabernet Sauvignon The Wine Front - 97 points; James Halliday - 94 points $155.00 per bottle 1996 Henschke Cyril Henschke Cabernet Sauvignon "Glorious wine" - The Wine Front; Jeremy Oliver – 95 points $140.00 per bottle 2006 Henty Estate Cabernet Sauvignon "Classically structured cool-grown cabernet sauvignon" - James Halliday, 94 points $24.95 per bottle 2002 Heritage Steve Hoff Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 94 points $29.95 per bottle 2001 Howard Park Cabernet Sauvignon "Brilliant, long-flavoured... THE YEARS BEST AUSTRALIAN WINE, BAR NONE" - The Wine Front, 98 points; "Classy wine... long and silky" - James Halliday, 96 points $89.00 per bottle 1998 Howard Park Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 94 points $95.00 per bottle 2004 Hugh Hamilton The Villian Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 94 points $26.95 per bottle 2002 Hugh Hamilton The Villian Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 94 points $29.95 per bottle 1999 Ingoldby Cabernet sauvignon James Halliday - 92 points; Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide **** $21.95 per bottle 1998 Ingoldby Cabernet sauvignon "Most impressive" - Huon Hooke; Trophy for Best Value Red - Sydney International Wine Competition $29.95 per bottle 2004 Jacobs Creek St Hugo Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver - 95 points; "A classical Coonawarra cabernet" - The Wine Front, 93 points; "The classic 2004 vintage has delivered an exemplary cabernet suited to long-term cellaring... with deep and penetrative flavours" - Gourmet Traveller Wine *****; "Coonawarra cabernet at its very best" - Jeff Gordon, Best Wines for 2007 over $20; Winorama – 91 points $39.95 per bottle 2001 Jacobs Creek St Hugo Cabernet Sauvignon The Wine Front - 91 points; Jeremy Oliver – 90 points $44.50 per bottle 2000 Jacobs Creek St Hugo Cabernet Sauvignon Halliday's Top 100 of 2001 - 95 points; Jeremy Oliver – 94 points $59.50 per bottle 1998 Jacobs Creek St Hugo Cabernet Sauvignon Halliday's Top 100 of 2001 - 95 points; "Classic cellaring Coonawarra cabernet. Sumptuous, long and creamy... a beautifully constructed palate of significant weight and balance" - Jeremy Oliver, 94 points $59.50 per bottle 2002 Jamiesons Run Alexander Block Cabernet Sauvignon ""Potent and powerful" - James Halliday, 94 points $36.95 per bottle 2002 Jamiesons Run O'Dea's Block Cabernet Sauvignon "Massively powerful and deep blackcurrant" - James Halliday, 91 points $35.95 per bottle 2000 Jamiesons Run O'Dea's Block Cabernet Sauvignon "Smooth and succulen... Harmonious and elegant" - Jeremy Oliver, 93 points; James Halliday, 91 points $36.95 per bottle 2002 Juniper Crossing Margaret River Cabernet Merlot "Top value" - James Halliday; Winestate ****; Epicure Uncorked **** $19.95 per bottle 2001 Juniper Estate Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon "Perfectly modulated and balanced" - James Halliday, 95 points; Tyson Stelzer - 94 points; "Outstanding wine and outstanding value" - The Wine Front, 93 points; Gourmet Traveller Wine ***** 93 points $36.95 per bottle 2004 Katnook Estate Cabernet Sauvignon "A monster cabernet that requires patience" - Winorama, 94+ points; "Classic Coonawarra cabernet" - Fergus McGhie *****; The Wine Front - 92 points $34.95 per bottle 1999 Katnook Estate Cabernet Sauvignon "A wine with poise and style" - Jeremy Oliver, 95 points; "A superb wine" - Top 100 of the Sydney Wine Competition; "Another knockout cab from Katnook"- Penguin Wine Guide ***** $49.95 per bottle 1998 Katnook Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver - 95 points; James Halliday - 95 points $59.95 per bottle 2006 Katnook Founder's Block Cabernet Sauvignon "Hang on a second. Is this really a $20 red? I swear it tastes like a $30 wine" - Campbell Mattinson, 91 points $17.50 per bottle 2005 Katnook Founder's Block Cabernet Sauvignon "This has to be one of the best Cabernet Sauvignon's I've drunk this year" - Paul Ippolito, 95 points; "Coonawarra cabernet under $20 surely doesn't come any better than this... One of the bargain buys of the year" - Paddy Kendler *****; "A bargain... Excellent value" - Winewise, Outstanding; "Top notch" - Larry Arnold $19.95 per bottle 2002 Knappstein Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 94 points; "Absolutely stunning..." - Max Allen; Jeremy Oliver – 93 points; The Wine Front - 93 points $39.95 per bottle 2000 Knappstein Enterprise Cabernet Sauvignon Trophy for BEST CABERNET IN THE WORLD $39.50 per bottle 2004 Lake Breeze Cabernet Sauvignon MULTI TROPHY WINNER; "This is $30-$35 quality" - The Wine Front, 92 points; "Excellent value!" - Winewise, Highly Recommended $21.50 per bottle 2001 Lakes Folly Cabernets JEREMY OLIVER'S WINE OF THE YEAR FOR 2003 - 96 points; Tyson Stelzer - 94 points $95.00 per bottle 1998 Leasingham Bin 56 Cabernet Malbec Top 100 of 2001 Sydney International Wine Competition $29.95 per bottle 2006 Leconfield Cabernet Sauvignon "A staggering wine and one of the big challengers for the wine of the year award" - Adelaide Review, Top 10 Wines; "The longer it sits the more outstanding it seems... a helluva classy drop... will age like a charm" - The Wine Front, 94 points $26.95 per bottle 2005 Leconfield Cabernet Sauvignon Paddy Kendler *****; "Here's your classic case of a big, juicy blackcurrant, mint and chocolate cabernet" - Tony Love, 92 points $25.95 per bottle 2004 Leconfield Cabernet Sauvignon Winorama - 94 points; Jeremy Oliver – 93 points; Gourmet Traveller Wine *****; "a classic cabernet" - Huon Hooke $29.95 per bottle 2004 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon "Quintessential Margaret River... A long finish, fine tannins and impeccable balance round it out beautifully" - Michael Apstein , 95 points; "The best Leeuwin Estate cabernet yet released" - Jeremy Oliver, 94 points; "I can't recall a better Leeuwin cabernet... A big step up for Leeuwin Estate cabernet" - The Wine Front, 94 points; "This is the best Leeuwin cabernet released to date... A powerful, linear wine of structure and style" - Ray Jordan, 94 points $49.95 per bottle 2002 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon "Very long. Power delivered with great subtelty" - Bob Campbell MW, 94 points *****; "For the money, this is a no-brainer in outstanding, ageworthy cabernet" - Michael Apstein, 94 points; James Halliday - 92 points $49.95 per bottle 2001 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon Michael Apstein - 96 points; "One of the very best ever under this label" - James Halliday, 94 points; "Enjoy this beauty over the next decade" - Robert Parker, 91+ points $67.95 per bottle 2000 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon Michael Apstein - 95 points; "It's slick, juicy, alive and luxurious" - Philip White, 95 points; Stephen Tanzer - 92 points $52.95 per bottle 1999 Lindemans Pyrus Jeremy Oliver – 93 points; James Halliday - 91 points $49.95 per bottle 1998 Lindemans Pyrus Jeremy Oliver – 95 points; James Halliday - 94 points $59.95 per bottle 1996 Lindemans Pyrus $59.95 per bottle 1994 Lindemans Pyrus $61.95 per bottle 1992 Lindemans Pyrus "Good wine" - James Halliday, 89 points $59.95 per bottle 1988 Lindemans Pyrus Jeremy Oliver – 93 points $65.95 per bottle 1998 Lindemans St George Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver – 95 points $64.95 per bottle 1996 Lindemans St George Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver – 94 points $64.95 per bottle 1995 Lindemans St George Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver – 94 points; James Halliday - 91 points $63.95 per bottle 1994 Lindemans St George Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver – 94 points $68.95 per bottle 1991 Lindemans St George Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver – 95 points; James Halliday - 93 points $74.95 per bottle 1988 Lindemans St George Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver – 95 points $74.95 per bottle 2005 Majella Cabernet Sauvignon Multiple Trophy Winner (including 'Best Cabernet in the World'); "Seductive and sumptuous cassis and blackcurrant fruit" - James Halliday, 95 points; "Powerful, closed and brooding" - Jeremy Oliver, 93 points; "I love the elegance here" - The Wine Front, 93 points; "It's a winner" - Winorama, 93+ points; Winestate ***** $36.50 per bottle 2004 Majella Cabernet Sauvignon Multiple Trophy Winner; "A delicious wine" - James Halliday, 95 points; Paul Ippolito – 94 points; The Wine Front - 93 points; Jeremy Oliver – 93 points; Winorama - 93 points $43.50 per bottle 2003 Majella Cabernet Sauvignon Tyson Stelzer - 96 points; The Wine Front - 92 points; Highly Recommended ***** for value - Ric Einstein $43.50 per bottle 2000 Majella Cabernet Sauvignon Multi Trophy winner; The Wine Front - 96 points; James Halliday - 94 points; Tyson Stelzer - 94 points; Winorama - 93 points $49.50 per bottle 1999 Majella Cabernet Sauvignon Tyson Stelzer - 94 points; Wine Spectator - 91 points (90-94 pts outstanding) $49.50 per bottle 2004 Majella Malleea Jeremy Oliver – 95 points; "Super wine" - Winorama, 95 points; Winestate ***** $63.95 per bottle 1999 Majella Malleea Tyson Stelzer - 94 points; James Halliday - 94 points $79.95 per bottle 2004 Mamre Brook Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver – 95 points; James Halliday - 94 points; "Stunning aromatics truly" - Paul Ippolito, 93 points; The Wine Front - 91 points $27.95 per bottle 2002 Mamre Brook Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver – 95 points; The Wine Front - 93 points; Stoddart Trophy; Tyson Stelzer - 93 points $34.50 per bottle 2003 Mildara Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 93 points; Jeremy Oliver – 92 points; Tyson Stelzer - 91 points; Absolutely delicious $24.95 per bottle 1998 Mildara Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver – 93 points $39.95 per bottle 1996 Mitchelton Preece Cabernet Sauvignon $19.95 per bottle 1994 Mitchelton Preece Cabernet Sauvignon $19.95 per bottle 1991 Mitchelton Preece Cabernet Sauvignon $21.50 per bottle 2002 Mitolo "Serpico" McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 94 points; Robert Parker - 93 points $79.00 per bottle 1999 Moondah Brook Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 90 points $24.95 per bottle 2001 Moss Brothers Cabernet Merlot One of the very best from the great 2001 vintage in Margaret River $37.95 per bottle 1999 Moss Brothers Cabernet Merlot "An outstanding wine" - James Halliday, 96 points; "virtual giant of a wine" - Bill Thompson $59.95 per bottle 2008 Moss Wood Amy's Cabernet Sauvignon $32.50 per bottle 2006 Moss Wood Amy's Cabernet Sauvignon $28.50 per bottle 2005 Moss Wood Amy's Cabernet Sauvignon Top 100 Wines (18.5/20 points) - Peter Forrestal; Gourmet Traveller Wine ***** Best Buy Wines Under $30; Mike Frost - 92 points; The Wine Front - 91 points; Epicure Uncorked ****(*) $36.50 per bottle 2005 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon "This is my idea of a beautiful red wine. It's an essay in elegance and harmony... It strikes a perfect balance between concentration and restraint" - Huon Hooke, 96 points; "This is a blinder" - The Wine Front, 96 points; "Easily the best since the mighty 2001 vintage" - Winorama, 96 points; Ray Jordan - 96 points; "The density of Cabernet fruit in Moss Wood 2005 is truly staggering" - Matthew Jukes, 100 Best Australian Wines 2008; ""A classic, pure, autocratic portrayal of cabernet" - James Halliday, 95 points; Grant Dodd - 95 points; "It's one of the vineyard's finest. My heart says 2001 yet, in reality, the 2005 is at least as good" - Keith Mugford, Vintage Rating 10/10 $95.00 per bottle 2004 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon Ray Jordan - 96 points; Philip Rich Top 20 Wines of 2007; Jeremy Oliver – 93 points; "Long-termer. Impeccably balanced... Really classy wine" - The Wine Front, 94 points; "Classy" - Epicure Uncorked *****; "It's ripe, soft and yummy" - Keith Mugford, Vintage Rating 9/10 $95.00 per bottle 2003 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon Huon Hooke - 97 points; Jeremy Oliver – 96 points; Gourmet Traveller Wine ***** $110.00 per bottle 2002 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver – 95 points; Gourmet Traveller Wine - ***** 95 points; Tyson Stelzer - 94 points; "... the length getting longer and longer and the flavours rounder and rounder. By the end of the bottle, I was stunned. Man, what a wine!" - Wine Without Wank,Outstanding Quality $95.00 per bottle 2001 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon Halliday's Top 100 of 2001 - 96 points; Jeremy Oliver – 97 points; The Wine Front - 97 points $145.000 per bottle 2000 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver – 93 points $110.00 per bottle 1998 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon Halliday's Top 100 of 2001 - 94 points $145.00 per bottle 1997 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon $150.00 per bottle 2003 Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Vineyard Cabernet Merlot Jeremy Oliver - 93 points $42.50 per bottle 2001 Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Vineyard Cabernet Merlot James Halliday - 93 points; Jeremy Oliver – 92 points $47.95 per bottle 2000 Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Vineyard Cabernet Merlot Jeremy Oliver - 93 points $44.95 per bottle 2006 Mount Mary Quintet "A terrific wine of superb balance and focus... It finishes with exceptional length and tight-knit acidity" - Jeremy Oliver, 97 points $125.00 per bottle 2004 Mount Mary Quintet Jeremy Oliver – 97 points; ***** Gourmet Traveller Wine - 96 points; The Wine Front - 93 points $129.95 per bottle 2003 Mount Mary Quintet Jeremy Oliver – 96 points $129.95 per bottle 2002 Mount Mary Quintet Jeremy Oliver – 94 points $149.95 per bottle 2001 Mount Mary Quintet Jeremy Oliver – 97 points; Stephen Tanzer – 94+points $149.95 per bottle 2000 Mount Mary Quintet Jeremy Oliver – 97 points $189.95 per bottle 1999 Mount Mary Quintet Jeremy Oliver – 97 points $189.95 per bottle 1998 Mount Mary Quintet Jeremy Oliver – 97 points $189.95 per bottle 1997 Mount Mary Quintet Jeremy Oliver – 91 points $179.95 per bottle 2003 Murdock Cabernet Sauvignon "Has very pure cabernet fruit on both bouquet and palate, speaking of both variety and terroir" - James Halliday, 94 points $39.95 per bottle 2000 Murdock Cabernet Sauvignon Halliday's Top 100 of 2005 - 97 points; Philip White – 93 points; The Wine Front - 92 points; Gourmet Traveller Wine ***** $54.95 per bottle 1999 Murdock Cabernet Sauvignon The Wine Front - 94 points; James Halliday - 94 points; Epicure Uncorked ***** ; Top 100 Sydney international Wine Competition $49.95 per bottle 2002 Neagles Rock Cabernet Sauvignon "Abundant black current/blackberry/mulberry fruit sweeps through the length of the palate... Great value" - James Halliday, 93 points; "This is classy stuff" - Huon Hooke; Epicure Uncorked ***** ; Winestate ***** $29.95 per bottle 2005 Noon Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Advocate - 97 points; The Wine Front - 91 points $120.00 per bottle 2004 Noon Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Robert Parker - 96 points $135.00 per bottle 2003 Noon Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Robert Parker - 98 points; The Wine Front - 93 points $145.00 per bottle 2002 Noon Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Robert Parker - 96 points $160.00 per bottle 2000 Noon Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Robert Parker - 95 points $115.00 per bottle 2002 O'Leary Walker Cabernet Merlot "Brimming with ripe fruit" - James Halliday, 91 points $21.50 per bottle 2000 O'Leary Walker Cabernet Merlot "A benchmark example" - Gourmet Traveller Wine ***** ; James Halliday – 88 points $21.50 per bottle 2006 O'Leary Walker Cabernet Sauvignon "Rich, juicy blackcurrant fruit aromas are repeated on the medium-bodied palate, perfectly supported by ripe tannins, quality French oak completing the picture" - James Halliday Top 100 of 2008, 95 points; Philip White - 91++ points $19.95 per bottle 1999 Orlando Jacobs Creek Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Drinking beautifully $19.95 per bottle 1998 Orlando Jacobs Creek Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 90 points $22.50 per bottle 2004 Orlando St Hugo Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver - 95 points; "The classic 2004 vintage has delivered an exemplary cabernet suited to long-term cellaring" - Gourmet Traveller Wine; "A classical Coonawarra cabernet" - The Wine Front, 93 points; Winorama – 91 points $39.95 per bottle 2001 Orlando St Hugo Cabernet Sauvignon The Wine Front - 91 points; Jeremy Oliver – 90 points $44.50 per bottle 1998 Orlando St Hugo Cabernet Sauvignon Halliday's Top 100 of 2001 - 95 points; "Classic cellaring Coonawarra cabernet. Sumptuous, long and creamy... a beautifully constructed palate of significant weight and balance" - Jeremy Oliver, 94 points $59.50 per bottle 2001 Paracombe Adelaide Hills 'The Reuben' James Halliday - 94 points $24.50 per bottle 2004 Parker Estate First Growth Cabernet Blend "First class. Brilliant wine." - The Wine Front, 95 points; Winorama - 94+ points $84.95 per bottle 2006 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz "An intense and complex wine of great breed" - James Halliday, 96 points; "Fantastic attack of flavour, grip through the finish, balance and harmony. Complete Australian red wine" - The Wine Front, 95 points; Grant Dodd - 94 points $49.50 per bottle 2005 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz "The best since the 1996. It's a wine of immense structured power... A classic in the making" - The Wine Front, 96 points; "A great wine" - Winorama, 96 points; Jeremy Oliver - 95 points; "Voluptuous black fruits... rippling velvety tannins" - James Halliday, 95 points $49.95 per bottle 2004 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz Jeremy Oliver - 95 points; Winorama - 95 points; "This is one of the wines of the vintage. It is hard to imagine a finer version of 389 than this 2004. This is a stunning example of the imperial Cab/Shiraz blend and one that I cannot get enough of" - Matthew Jukes, 100 Best Australian Wines 2008; "A stunning wine, destined for a long and glorious life" - Grant Dodd, 94+ points; James Halliday - 94 points; The Wine Front - 94 points; The Age Epicure ***** $52.95 per bottle 2002 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz James Halliday - 94 points; Jeremy Oliver - 93 points; Paul Ippolito - 93 points; The Age Epicure ***** $57.50 per bottle 1998 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz Jeremy Oliver - 96 points; "A great 389" - Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide; James Halliday - 94 points $74.50 per bottle 2006 Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon "Length and depth all bang on. Fabulous wine. Emphatic approval" - Gary Walsh, 94 points; "Real length too, and real potential" - Campbell Mattinson, 93 points $36.95 per bottle 2004 Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver – 94 points; "Absolutely classic cabernet" - James Halliday, 94 points; Winorama - 94+ points; Gourmet Traveller Wine ***** $39.95 per bottle 2002 Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon "This is one stunning red" - Paul Ippolito, 95/96 points (tasted May 09); Tyson Stelzer - 93 points; "Best Bin 407 I can recall ..." - Jeff Collerson; James Halliday - 91 points $49.95 per bottle 1998 Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 94 points $52.50 per bottle 2004 Penfolds Bin 60A Cabernet Shiraz Jeremy Oliver – 98 points; "A very great wine" - James Halliday ; Robert Parker - 96 points; Wine Spectator - 94 points $535.00 per bottle 2006 Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon "It's a remarkable Australian cabernet. The finesse, the mouthfeel, the brooding length, the integration: everything" - The Wine Front, 97 points; "An effortlessly luxuriant and pure wine... Great 707" - James Halliday, 96 points; "A deep, dark and brooding cabernet" - Jeremy Oliver, 96 points $220.00 per bottle 2005 Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon "Tremendous wine" - The Wine Front, 97 points; James Halliday - 96 points; Jeremy Oliver – 95 points $230.00 per bottle 2004 Penfolds Block 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon The oldest Cabernet Sauvignon vines in the world; Jeremy Oliver – 98 points; "The best straight Cabernet Australia has ever made" - Wine Spectator, 97 points; James Halliday - (97-100) points; Robert Parker - (94-96) points $695.00 per bottle 2006 Penley Estate Phoenix Cabernet Sauvignon $18.75 per bottle 2005 Penley Estate Phoenix Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 93 points $19.95 per bottle 2004 Penley Estate Phoenix Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 94 points; Jeremy Oliver – 91 points; Top 10 Value Wines - Gourmet Traveller Wine; Winestate ***** $25.95 per bottle 2003 Penley Estate Phoenix Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 90 points $24.50 per bottle 2002 Penley Estate Phoenix Cabernet Sauvignon $27.00 per bottle 2000 Penley Estate Phoenix Cabernet Sauvignon BEST WINE OF SHOW - Boutique Wine Show; BEST WINE OF SHOW - Cairns Wine Show; Winestate *****; "Great cabernet..." - Huon Hooke; The Wine Front - 92 points $31.50 per bottle 1999 Penley Estate Phoenix Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Spectator - 90 points (90-94 pts outstanding) $31.50 per bottle 2001 Petaluma Coonawarra Jeremy Oliver - 95 points; The Wine Front - 93 points $49.95 per bottle 2000 Petaluma Coonawarra Halliday's Top 100 of 2002 - 95 points; Jeremy Oliver - 94 points $58.95 per bottle 1998 Petaluma Coonawarra Jeremy Oliver – 98 points; James Halliday - 97 points; Tyson Stelzer - 94 points $79.95 per bottle 2001 Peter Lehmann Mentor James Halliday - 94 points; Jeremy Oliver – 88 points $39.95 per bottle 2007 Picardy Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc A delicious wine, made very much in the style of the Merlot dominant St Emilion/Pomerol wines; all about elegance and refinement; "A fleshy, soft elegantly weighted wine with pristine cassis fruit... seamless dark-fruit flavours" - Huon Hooke, 94 points *****; "A most attractive and fragrant wine with fresh cassis notes giving a juicy cast to the palate" - James Halliday, 94 points $24.95 per bottle 1999 Plantagenet Mount Barker Cabernet Sauvignon Gavin Berry 's favourite; James Halliday - 92 points $44.95 per bottle 2004 Punters Corner Cabernet Sauvignon "Lots of juicy black fruit flavours" - James Halliday, 94 points; Winorama - 92 points $24.95 per bottle 1998 Punters Corner Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 90 points; Jeremy Oliver - 90 points $39.95 per bottle 2006 Redbank Sally's Paddock Red Blend (375ml) "A lovely wine that is sure to please" - Neil Robb $29.95 per bottle 2006 Redbank Sally's Paddock Red Blend "A lovely wine that is sure to please" - Neil Robb $54.95 per bottle 2000 Redbank Sally's Paddock Red Blend "Challenging the magnificent 91 vintage" - Neil Robb; Jeremy Oliver – 93 points $69.95 per bottle 1999 Redbank Sally's Paddock Red Blend James Halliday - 89 points; Jeremy Oliver – 88 points $56.95 per bottle 2001 Red Edge Heathcote Cabernet Sauvignon Cult wine; "Blackberry fruit on entry floods the mouth" - James Halliday, 93 points $44.95 per bottle 2002 Redesdale Estate Cabernets Stunning Heathcote wine; James Halliday - 93 points $46.95 per bottle 2004 Rockford Rifle Range Cabernet Sauvignon Winorama - 93 points $57.00 per bottle 2002 Rockford Rifle Range Cabernet Sauvignon "This is a stunner..." - The Wine Front, 94 points; Tyson Stelzer - 92 points $65.00 per bottle 1998 Rockford Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver - 94 points $85.00 per bottle 2004 Rymill Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon "Absolute cabernet" - The Wine Front, 92 points; "A wine of considerable finesse and style" - Winorama, 92 points; Paddy Kendler ***** $24.95 per bottle 2005 Shingleback D Block Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 JIMMY WATSON TROPHY WINNER; "Great balance and concentration with a long life ahead" - Decanter; "Floods the mouth with intense blackcurrant varietal fruit" - James Halliday, 93 points $59.95 per bottle 2001 Smithbrook Naked Grape Cabernet Merlot Gourmet Traveller Wine ***** $19.95 per bottle 2006 Squitchy Lane Yarra Valley Cabernets A simply delicious cabernet blend from 25 year old vines in the Yarra Valley. An elegantly structured palate with gentle, sweet cassis fruit and soft, fine tannins. $24.95 per bottle 2006 St Huberts Cabernet Sauvignon Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front - 91 points $26.95 per bottle 2000 Tatachilla McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon "Nice wine" - James Halliday, 90 points; Winestate, Best of 2002 ***** $25.95 per bottle 1999 Tatachilla McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon Winestate ***** $29.50 per bottle 1997 Tatachilla McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon "Full-bodied wine with lots of depth to the fruit" - James Halliday, 92 points $31.50 per bottle 1998 Tatachilla Padthaway Cabernet Sauvignon "Very rich, very impressive wine", "A beautiful wine and a great wine with the dish" - Top 100 of 2000 Sydney International Wine Competition; Jeremy Oliver - 90 points $25.95 per bottle 2000 Tatachilla Partners Cabernet Shiraz $14.99 per bottle 1998 Tatachilla Partners Cabernet Shiraz Jeremy Oliver - 89 points $17.99 per bottle 2006 Te Aro Estate The Pump Jack Cabernet Sauvignon Trophy for BEST CABERNET at the 2008 Barossa Valley Wine Show; Top Gold Medal (56.5 points); Deep, brooding, rich and intense; James Halliday - 94 points $32.95 per bottle 2001 Temple Bruer Cabernet Merlot (Organically Grown) $19.95 per bottle 2007 Te Mata Awatea Cabernet Merlot (375ml) "Brilliant... It tastes long, lean, balanced and perfectly right, everything in its right place. Beautiful wine" - Andrew Graham, 18.7 points out of 20; "Scarcely distinguishable from 2007 Coleraine. This is the sweetest, ripest and finest Awatea in years, maybe ever... in terms of pinpoint cassis character, florality, and Bordeaux styling, this is a lovely wine... VALUE" - Geoff Kelly, 18.5 points out of 20 *****; Nick Stock - 93 points; "Probably the best Awatea yet - certainly the best I can recall... superbly ripe fruit flavours" - Huon Hooke; "An impressive Hawkes Bay red that could challenge even the Coleraine" - Sue Courtney $25.95 per bottle 2007 Te Mata Coleraine Cabernet Merlot ""Giving depth new meaning, this dry, powerful red is, quite simply, a stunning wine;... Ultimately, its a muscular, beautiful, near perfect Bordeaux blend... Just buy some. All cool climate Cabernet fans should" - Andrew Graham, 19.0 points out of 20; "The Margaux analogy is even more apposite here. They show exactly why British winewriters increasingly say the best Hawkes Bay cabernet / merlot is the closest competitor Bordeaux has... it is the best Coleraine ever, I think. ... VALUE" - Geoff Kelly, 19.0 points out of 20 ***** $69.95 per bottle 2006 Thorn-Clarke Shotfire Ridge Quartage "An excellent red" - Huon Hooke, 94 points & Wine of the Week; "An excellent follow up to the 2005 and perhaps even better given a little more time in bottle" - Winorama, 92+ points; Paddy Kendler ***** $19.95 per bottle 2005 Thorn-Clarke Shotfire Ridge Quartage BEST WINE AT 2006 HOBART INTERNATIONAL WINE SHOW; James Halliday - 94 points; Tim White - 93 points; "Super wine. Smooth, seductive and very winning" - Winorama, 93 points; "layers of delicious flavour" - New Zealand Wine Show, Gold Medal $21.95 per bottle 2004 Thorn-Clarke Shotfire Ridge Quartage Multiple Trophy Winner, BEST WINE AT ROYAL ADELAIDE WINE SHOW; Gourmet Traveller Wine - 96 points ***** ; James Halliday - 94 points; Nick Stock – 93 points; The Wine Front - 92 points; Jeremy Oliver – 90 points; "A giant killer" - Max Allen $24.95 per bottle 2002 Thorn-Clarke Shotfire Ridge Quartage "... astonishingly pure, riveting wine" - Robert Parker - 94 points; "Top Aussie red"- Huon Hooke; Jeremy Oliver – 90 points $26.95 per bottle 2006 Turkey Flat Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 93 points $35.95 per bottle 2007 Vasse Felix Cabernet Sauvignon Trophy for Best Cabernet Sauvignon - 2009 Perth Royal Wine Show; "Right up my alley... Buy some" - Andrew Graham, 18.5 points out of 20; Jeremy Oliver - 91 points $31.95 per bottle 2004 Vasse Felix Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver - 93 points; James Halliday - 93 points; The Wine Front - 91 points $39.95 per bottle 1999 Vasse Felix Cabernet Sauvignon Top 20 cabernets in Australia - Gourmet Traveller Wine; "Wow!" - The Wine Front $57.50 per bottle 2004 Voyager Estate Cabernet Merlot "2004 Voyager Estate Cabernet Merlot is the best red wine made at this estate" - Cliff Royal (winemaker); "A powerful bouquet and even more powerful palate, with layers of blackcurrant and cassis" - James Halliday Top 100 for 2008, 96 points; "This is an especially good one" - Campbell Mattinson, 95 points; "So utterly beguiling and downright delicious that I can't stop drinking it... in a word, outstanding" - Jane Faulkner; "A benchmark MR cabernet" - Tyson Stelzer, 95 points $49.50 per bottle 2003 Voyager Estate Cabernet Merlot "Long and sumptuous" - Jeremy Oliver, 96 points; Winorama - 96 points; James Halliday - 95 points; Tim White - 94 (95) points; "The long, firm palate is very impressive and perfectly balanced" - Winewise, Outstanding; The Wine Front, 93 points $54.50 per bottle 2001 Voyager Estate Cabernet Merlot Trophy at the Margaret River Wine Show 2004 (57 points out of 60 - an unheard of result!); "Superbly balanced and revealing exceptional length of flavour" - Jeremy Oliver, 97 points; "The best red wine the winemaking and viticultural team have ever made" - Cliff Royle, Winemaker; "This is a superb wine" - Philip Rich, AFR Top 20 Wines of 2005; The Wine Front, 94 points $69.95 per bottle 2007 Voyager Estate Girt By Sea Cabernet Merlot "It's a seriously good red and great value at the price" - Huon Hooke, 94 points; "Lip-smacking flavours form and flow beautifully through your mouth. Gorgeous drinking" - The Big Red Wine Book 2009/2010, 92 points; Paddy Kendler ****(*) $19.95 per bottle 2005 Voyager Estate Girt By Sea Cabernet Merlot James Halliday - 94 points; Winorama - 91+ points; The Wine Front - 90 points; Gourmet Traveller Wine - **** 90 points $21.50 per bottle 2004 Wantirna Estate Amelia Cabernet Merlot "Exceptionally elegant and finely crafted... An artisan's wine of poise and sensitivity" - Jeremy Oliver, 97 points $69.95 per bottle 1993 Wantirna Estate Cabernet Merlot $80.00 per bottle 1992 Wantirna Estate Cabernet Merlot $80.00 per bottle 1991 Wantirna Estate Cabernet Merlot $80.00 per bottle 1990 Wantirna Estate Cabernet Merlot $80.00 per bottle 2002 Water Wheel Cabernet Sauvignon Courier Mail - 91 points; Paddy Kendler ****; James Halliday - 88 points $21.95 per bottle 2005 Witchmount Estate Cabernet Sauvignon $25.50 per bottle 2007 Woodlands Margaret Reserve Cabernet Merlot "A long-term classic, with finely honed power and exceptional balance... offering a tightly controlled measure of voluptuous depth and expression rare in Australian cabernet" - Jeremy Oliver, 97 points; "Its so perfect and pure and awesome... Buy it right now" - Andrew Graham, 19.0 out of 20 points; "Is truly worth hunting down" - Philip Rich; "We consider our 2007 'Margaret' to be our best yet" - Winery Notes $36.95 per bottle 2006 Wynns Alex 88 Cabernet Sauvignon "Wonderful cedar and blackberry fruit: classy and perfectly ripened... Excellent!" - Huon Hooke, 95 points *****; "The wine really imposes itself on the palate, with great fluency and drive to the cassis-accented fruit" - James Halliday, 95 points; "Wonderfully dense and concentrated yet elegant palate... It's beautifully balanced, harmonious and somehow quite feminine too" - Australian Wine Journal, 94 points; The Wine Front - 94 points; "And an impressive debut may I say. The velvety seamless ripe rich character of the fruit is evident from the first pour" - Paul Ippolito, 93 points $39.95 per bottle 2007 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon "A medium- to full-bodied palate with remarkable power and energy" - James Halliday's Top 100 of 2009, 96 points $24.50 per bottle 2006 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon "Serious wine" - James Halliday, 95 points; "Gee, this is a delicious wine and one of the best-value quality-driven cabernets around" - Jane Faulkner; Winorama - 93 points; "This classically proportioned wine will cellar beautifully and bring great pleasure to the patient over the next couple of decades" - Grant Dodd, 92+ points $26.50 per bottle 2004 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon "The wine has considerable length and finesse, and will be long-lived" - James Halliday, 94 points; "Its smooth, restrained and supple palate of vibrant fruit overlies a wonderfully tight spine" - Jeremy Oliver - 93 points; Ray Jordan - 12 Best Wines $25-$40; Winorama - 92 points; The Wine Front - 91 points $29.95 per bottle 1998 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon "Every bit as good as the vintage reputation would suggest" - James Halliday, 94 points; Jeremy Oliver - 91 points $39.95 per bottle 2004 Wynns John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver - 97 points; James Halliday - 96 points; "The craftsmanship of this wine is exceptional... It is simply perfect" - Toni Paterson MW, 10 Top Drops $74.50 per bottle 2003 Wynns John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon "A beautiful wine" - James Halliday, 96 points; Jeremy Oliver - 93 points $69.95 per bottle 1996 Wynns John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 96 points; Jeremy Oliver - 95 points $95.00 per bottle 1994 Wynns John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 96 points; Jeremy Oliver - 95 points $95.00 per bottle 2005 Wynns Messenger Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon "A powerful wine, with considerable depth and structure" - James Halliday, 96 points; "Quite beautiful" - The Wine Front, 95 points; "Highly impressive wine. Huge potential" - Grant Dodd, 94+ points; "A wine buff's Cabernet" - Paul Ippolito, 93 points $39.50 per bottle 2005 Xanadu Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon "Just to make it perfectly clear, this comes with my emphatic approval in all departments - value, quality, style etc... A delightful wine of considerable grace and sophistication" - Winorama, 92 points; "Classic Margaret River cabernet" - James Halliday, 92 points; "Masses of ripe cassis fruit. A super wine. Young, worth the wait" - Decanter.com ****(*) $25.95 per bottle 2007 Yalumba The Scribbler Cabernet Shiraz "A beautiful example of this classic blend. It has power and structure, an enormous amount of length, and terrific, supple texture" - The Big Red Book, No 1 in Top 100 Reds under $20, 94 points (Value *****) $17.95 per bottle 2006 Yalumba The Scribbler Cabernet Shiraz Trophy winner at The Great Australian Red; "Startling value for money" - Huon Hooke, 93 points; "A wine showing plenty of depth, richness and generosity" - James Halliday, 92 points; "And what a bargain it is too!" - Winewise, Highly Recommended $19.95 per bottle 2004 Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Shiraz "It should age like a charm" - The Wine Front, 94 points; "It has gobs of ripe fruit, complexity, superb balance, and exceptional length" - The Wine Advocate, 94 points; Ray Jordan $39.95 per bottle 2007 Yarra Yering Dry Red No. 1 A superb wine - more feminine and elegant than the meaty and robust 2006 $75.00 per bottle 2006 Yarra Yering Dry Red No. 1 "A superlative blend of first-rate elegance, integration and harmony... long, deep and piercingly intense palate " - Jeremy Oliver ***** $75.00 per bottle 2004 Zema Estate Cabernet Sauvignon "A delightfully intense, elegant and tightly focused cabernet" - Jeremy Oliver, 93 points; "It's a bargain" - Gourmet Traveller Wine *****; "Absurdly good value. Don't hesitate to put a dozen in the cellar if you have a hole to fill! " - Winorama, 93+ points $26.95 per bottle 1999 Zema Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Jeremy Oliver - 93 points $37.95 per bottle 1998 Zema Estate Cabernet Sauvignon James Halliday - 95 points; Jeremy Oliver - 94 points $49.95 per bottle 2000 Zema Estate Family Selection Cabernet Sauvignon $49.95 per bottle |