"Soft cartel"
The cartel venturing into Cabernet? Well, perhaps (really), they shouldn't.
Coonawarra is renowned for Cabernet Sauvignon, it is also famous for producing some really big styles for an equally big price. This wine is neither.
It is an easy drinking style of Cabernet with alludes to what can come out of the region with hints of the big dusty plummy wines but lacking all the length as well as having a degree of sharpness and tartness that has come from over extraction – read: squeezing the hell out of the grapes, which were also pretty young, based on the lack of body.
This typical easy drinking style means you get what you pay for. The lesson here is definitely don’t buy it just because it has Coonawarra on the label as there are great wines for the same price from lesser regions that will take this wine out like Mike Tyson took out Evander Holyfield’s ear.
It doesn’t really like food, as it’s too easily overpowered. So drink it like you are on a diet and have it with some water crackers or a carrot. Don’t wait too long as age won’t be of benefit. Buy it on a Monday and drink it by Friday.
No more can be said about this wine. Available exclusively through the wine society for $9.99.
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