Killibinbin Seduction Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

23 May 2025By Yvonne

Killibinbin Seduction Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 $16-$18 Dangerously drinkable Cabernet here, a wine roaring with sweet blackberry, dark chocolate, ripe cherry and plump, plummy generosity on the nose and palate. Simple, fruity, smooth and sippable. Available from Liquorland, Super Liquor, Whisky Online

Obliix Hawke’s Bay Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2022

15 July 2024By Yvonne

Obliix Hawke’s Bay Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2022 $24 Grown in the Gimblett Gravels and crafted by the superstatus talent of Michelle Richardson, this deeply earthy, tobacco and toast-edged blend of 69% cabernet sauvignon, 26% merlot and5% malbec is superbly smooth, soothing, sewn together with bay, cocoa and plum plumpness. Warming, deliciously balanced, licked with dried … Read More

Csânyi Teleki Villanyi Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

6 March 2024By Yvonne

Csânyi Teleki Villanyi Cabernet Sauvignon $27 If you’d told me ten years ago that one day I’d be roaring from the rooftops that Hungarian cabernet sauvignon was going to be my superstar sip, I’d have told you to rack off noddy, Yet that was before this wine by Csányi Pincészet landed on my desk. With … Read More

Taylors Masterstroke Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

31 October 2023By Yvonne

Taylors Masterstroke Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 $60 Journeying outside their home region of Clare Valley, Taylors winemaker Adam Eggins has unleashed his skill and talent on fruit from Coonawarra. The result is an exceptionally floral, exotically scented, sweet tobacco, spearmint, and cocoa-crammed cabernet with a juicy palate saturated with blueberry, dark cherries and boysenberry depth. … Read More

Taylors St Andrews Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

31 October 2023By Yvonne

Taylors St Andrews Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 $70 Just gazing at its impenetrably inky, glossy, magenta-black colour as it pours into your glass was enough to make me wobble at the knees, but hoisting it to my nose and inhaling its rich aromas of spearmint cocoa, dark plum, wild cherry and smoked blueberries made … Read More

Taylors Legacy Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

31 October 2023By Yvonne

Taylors Legacy Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 $1000 This eyepoppingly elegant Clare Valley cabernet sauvignon has had a splash each of merlot and cabernet franc added to inject a touch extra complexity to wine crafted from fruit sourced from the very best blocks of the year. It was given a cool, quiet, 42-month sleep in … Read More

Taylors The Visionary Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

31 October 2023By Yvonne

Taylors The Visionary Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 $220 Tasted bottle no. 4034 Inky-bright and garnet-dark, this deeply complex, exotically-scented cabernet sauvignon roars with bay, blueberry, fresh tobacco and earthy, dutch cocoa characters. It’s the 7th vintage of ‘Visionary’  which is named after founder Bill Taylor, who had a vision beyond his life in big … Read More

Barossa Black Double Oak Series Barossa Rum Cabernet 2021

27 June 2023By Yvonne

Barossa Black Double Oak Series Barossa Rum Cabernet 2021 $21 Well well well. With all the bourbon-aged red wines out there, I didn’t expect the character of this wine to be so different, what with it coming from extended maturation in rum barrels. But hello! It’s chock-full of caramel and vanilla and ripe sultana-saturated sweetness … Read More

Barossa Black Barossa Cabernet 2021

27 June 2023By Yvonne

Barossa Black Barossa Cabernet 2021 $19 Classic dark, inky cabernet with a sweet boysenberry concentration, hints of peppermint chocolate and bay, it’s an easy, smooth, plump red that’ll keep the party moving. Or it’ll round out your quiet time in front of the telly nicely. If you’re a chunk of blue cheese I’d be very … Read More

Mills Reef Elspeth Gimblett Gravels Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

17 January 2023By Yvonne

Mills Reef Elspeth Gimblett Gravels Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 $45 Hailing from one of Hawke’s Bay’s ‘holy trinity’ of vintages (2019, 2020, 2021), the name Elspeth was given, years ago, to their flagship wines, after the owner/winemaker of the time Tim Preston’s grandmother, Elspeth Preston. Only released when the fruit is fantastic, this cabernet sauvignon would … Read More