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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Mischa Estate Eventide Cellar Wellington Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 78+ Points

Mischa Estate Eventide Cellar Wellington Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 78+ Points


Medium clear, bright, dark cherry red with slight mahogany / brown rim, high concentration, high viscosity, no gas or sediment.

Clean, medium plus intensity, very ripe cassis, blackcurrant and blueberries verging on overipe with slight porty / raisiny note, kind of sugary / sucrosity aromatics, earthy dark soil, varnishy note, high alcohol, toasty oak, quite charry in profile.

Dry with residual sugar, low plus acidity, medium plus tannins, quite extracted in style with slight bitterness, high alcohol follows through with new flavours of jammy ripe red fruits, coffe and caramel, low complexity, fair lenght, now until 2016