99 Points
98 Points
96 Points
95 Points
94 Points

Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

SKU: CMCS201413 UCAU

$139.99

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Powerful and intense with a deep concentrated marriage of fruit flavours

98pts, James Halliday!

Sourced from a premium private cellar

Critic Scores

99 // Decanter

"All the stars have aligned! Magnificent balance between the components leads to complete satisfaction. Mocha notes and rich, pure cocoa slide beneath a luscious roll of blackberry and plum, still with a hint of leafy freshness and tobacco. A seamless palate with a keen savoury edge ensures a coherent conversation between all the elements."

98 // Huon Hooke

"Cape Mentelle's newie, the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon, is I believe among the best that the esteemed winery has ever made. I scored it 98, which is rare for me, especially for such a young wine just setting out on what whill be a long career. Deep, dark red colour with a good tint of purple, the bouquet likewise deep and mysterious, with traces of coffee grounds, tinged with quality oak: a serious wine all-round. It's full-bodied and very concentrated, profoundly flavoured and structured, with masses of tannin and a terrifically long finish. A powerfully built cabernet of outstanding potential."

96 // Tyson Stelzer

"Another grand Cape Mentelle in the making, uniting depth of black fruits with classy French oak. Perfectly polished tannins are its most profound feature, at once ultra fine and at the same time commanding and enduring. A magnificent cabernet with a very big future before it."

95 // Gary Walsh

"Boysenberry, raspberry and raisin, chocolate hazelnut, mint, tobacco. Medium to full-bodied, nutty churn of dark chocolate tannin, tobacco and pencil, smooth yet assertive, powering through the finish with a savoury tobacco-laced aftertaste. Strong release. Tannin is a high point. Yes"

94 // Ray Jordan

"One of the state's most famous cabernets. A Slightly more robust expression of the variety than recent vintages. The tannins are grainy with subtle assertiveness. The fruit is ripe and generous. It's a robust structure deep concentration of fruit that extends to a sustained finish. It has the structure to handle extended cellaring"

Product Details

Red

2012

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cape Mentelle

Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia

15 Plus Years

Stelvin

14.0%

750ml (Bottle)

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Description

Cape Mentelle’s Estate Vineyard was first planted in 1970 with additional plantings in 1988 on a ridge of free draining lateritic gravel with an east west row orientation to minimise the affects of strong westerly sea breezes. For nearly 40 years the best parcels of cabernet have been carefully managed to produce grapes with full concentrated flavour and with a firm yet fine tannin profile. The grapes are harvested by hand and sorted berry by berry to ensure the best possible expression of fruit character and structure each year.
Tasting Profile

Light

Full

Low Tannin

Tannic

Sweet

Dry

Low Acidity

High Acidity

Aroma:

Blueberry, Boysenberry, Herbal

Palate:

Blue Fruits, Cassis, Graphite

Food Pairings:

Pork

Red Meat

Tasting Notes

Description

Cape Mentelle’s Estate Vineyard was first planted in 1970 with additional plantings in 1988 on a ridge of free draining lateritic gravel with an east west row orientation to minimise the affects of strong westerly sea breezes. For nearly 40 years the best parcels of cabernet have been carefully managed to produce grapes with full concentrated flavour and with a firm yet fine tannin profile. The grapes are harvested by hand and sorted berry by berry to ensure the best possible expression of fruit character and structure each year.

Tasting Profile

Light
Full

Low Tannin
Tannic

Sweet
Dry

Low Acidity
High Acidity

Aroma:

Blueberry, Boysenberry, Herbal

Palate:

Blue Fruits, Cassis, Graphite

Food Pairings:

Pork

Red Meat

Cape Mentelle

Cape Mentelle was established in 1970 by brothers David, Mark and Giles Hohnen. It is one of the founding wineries of Margaret River and cemented its position as a premium wine maker when it won the coveted Jimmy Watson Memorial Award for the best one year old dry red wine in 1983 and 1984. It is now one of the oldest wineries in the region.

Cape Mentelle now has over 150 hectares of its own vines across four vineyards, compared to just 16 hectares of vines when it started (now known as the Wallcliffe Vineyard). This is where the winery’s flagship Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced. Primary plantings are Cabernet Sauvignon, Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc, with smaller amounts of Shiraz, Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Zinfandel. The site also has ample water, deep gravelly soils, is sheltered by surrounding bush and fanned by gentle south-westerly winds.

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