Penfolds, Cellar Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Barossa Valley

This is starting to drink very well. There's an intense core of ripe cassis. It has some vanilla, sweet tobacco and milk chocolate too. It is full and fleshy, deep and long. Tannins are ripe and sweet. Very fresh under its screwcap.

Dark core and beginnings of an orange rim. Great cabernet nose wafting up from the decanter - cigar box, oak, charcoal, sawn wood, sandalwood, dusty berry. A big , mouthcoating wine, not at integration stage yet - oak is detectable and a tannin furriness back of palate. More cigar elements come into play. Very long finish. This deserves another 5 years at least and animal protein (wagyu I think) and perhaps even a darkened wood paneled room within which to …

Wow what a wine , deep and complex with plenty of ageing capability , will open another in 5 years time , great Aussie Cabernet that will not disappoint

Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of deep purple colour, with narrow fading rim and legs. Nose: Clean, with pronounced intensity aromas of black fruit of blackberry and blackcurrant, oak notes of smoke and vanilla, kernel notes of coffee, mineral notes of tar, animal notes of leather, pungent spice of liquorice. The wine is youthful. Palate: Dry with medium acidity, the wine has medium (+) tannin of ripe and silky texture, medium (+) alcohol and medium (+) body, with …

tasted like swordfish with fennel/salsa. Something bad happened here

Smells of ripe cassis, smoke, vanilla and tar. It is glossy and polished in the mouth with dense fruit and slick oak. It is quite delicious but supremely youthful. Just may live forever under screwcap closure.

Nice fruit, soft tannins. Excellent value.

Bargin for what I paid. Maybe was a mis-mark.

Good color. Mild tannins. Drinks well. Good value

A casual appreciation: the cab/shiraz blend was drinking beautifully after decanting for an hour. Big fruit, mouth-watering, and a long finish. Would benefit even more by some more time in the cellar but a definite keeper.