Montesquieu Cabernet Sauvignon Damaru

Drank over 3 nights. Probably best night 1 after a 1-2 hour decant.

Splash decanted. Darker black fruit predominates, and there are a lot of woody/earthy components here ... tobacco, pine smoke, camp fire, cedar, tarnish, meat pie. Still quite tannic, maybe be better in 3-5 years. I think that right now this shows best with a meal, tonight this was particularly delicious with BBQ ribs and chicken mole. If you need a wine to stand up to a spicy meal, this wine is up for the challenge. On it's own, seems rather …

one of the better cabs of the night. uncorked it about 5+ hours before and get to room temp. At first not too thrilled. An hour later after sipping different wines this turned into a gem. My rating of a 93 is conservative and good go to 95

decanted 2 hours; slowly the ROH aroma left and the mild barn-yard smell came into play. smooth the entire drink. afterwards can feel the body in it as at first it seems to be a light bodied Cab