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Church Road Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Tasted:	22 Jun 2016 (age 3 years)
Name:	Church Road McDonald Series (939)
Variety:	Cabernet Sauvignon (4)
Year:	2013
Producer:	Church Road
Region:	Hawkes Bay
Rating:	good-
Web Site:	Not available

The colour was quite deep dark purple red. The bouquet had currant fruit, and was quite earthy, with dry tannins. There was smooth currant fruit, vanilla, and a long dry earthy tannic finish. This wine was quite complex and nicely balanced with fairly intense flavours.

Note 1 I am not really a wine expert (just an enthusiastic amateur), so please don't take my recommendations as anything more than a rough guide to these wines. I can take no responsibility if you buy a lot, on my recommendation, and then regret it!

Note 2 You may not agree with my evaluation of these wines as a lot of this is quite subjective. I tend to put a lot of emphasis on complexity and intense characteristic flavours and bouquet, so if you disagree you might just have different priorities.