Parker Coonawarra Estate, Terra Rossa Cabernet Sauvignon, Coonawarra

Plenty of blackcurrant and spice on the palate with fine acidity. Oak interplay with fruit very pleasant at this stage but more integration will occur. Will be leaving bottle 2 for a while longer

First impressions night one early after aeration and decanting ... Subtle wine in fruit and alcohol [well integrated alcohol]. Very firm tannin structure for a 14 year old wine. Let’s see how it goes across the evening and later nights (with fridge storage). Day 2 - still a subtle wine. Day 4 - wow! So lovely! Full of interesting flavour layers. On the basis of improving over four days stored in an ordinary fridge, I'd say this wine has many …

Quite disappointing in that it lacked any strong fruit nose and in the taste was more bland dried fruits. Although young, I had expected some deeper tannin or real fruit but perhaps this is why cabernet is now focused in Margaret River and other cooler climates rather than South Australia

Took a while to settle in the glass but opened up wonderfully with chewy tannins and big fruit.

Crimson red, earthy leather, some spice, fruit driven with grippy tannins at first pour but settled in the glass and gained balance with equal amounts of fruit and acidity.

Fermented in open-top oak vats. Aged for 21 months in barriques (partly new, partly once used). 14,5% alcohol, 0,3 g/l residual sugar, 7,4 g/l acidity. Dark, dense and almost fully opaque blackish-red color. Very powerful and heavily oak-driven nose with aromas of toffee, dark chocolate, some fresh blackcurrant tones, a little bit of herbal minty character and a hint of sweet, concentrated dark fruits. Contrasting the rather sweet and extracted nose, the wine is surprisingly fresh, bright and delicate on …

Coonawarra Roadshow (Town Hall, Sydney) : Black over red currant, slight spice, cedar and leather. In the mouth the wine has balance fruit, tannins and acidity, relatively long as well but despite these contributing factor it is a little indifferent for me. Hmm

Dark fruit, tight until it had an hour to breath after opening. Blackberry, not sweet, currants.

Red colour with slight ruby. Cassis, black fruit, white pepper on nose. Similar palette although a bit thin. Dusty tannins. Savoury with good acid and length. Nice but needed to breathe for a couple of hours to open up.

somewhat monot one - not overly exciting - tannins a bit brash

Dark, currant and blackberry?, Not fully ready.

Chocolate, blackcurrnant smokiness - overall very pleasant

Weinakademie Aufbaukurs II; 3/15/2010-7/5/2010 (Wien) : Optischer Eindruck: blank, dunkles Granat brauner Rand, stärkere Farbintensität; Geruch: dezent+, sauber, pflanzlich, würzig, leicht fruchtig, jugendlich, Röstaromen, Holz; Geschmack: setzt sich intensiver fort, Frucht dominiert, komplex, Tannine mittlere Quantität mit Struktur und Biss, vegetale Noten, Cassis, Minze Eukalyptus, gut eingebundene Säure; Abgang mittel+

Eucalyptus and pepper, deep, black and red fruit, higher acidity than a Shiraz would have, dry but juicy, firm structure, good length. Very young, perfect with steak.