Clarendon Hills Sandown Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Clarendon Hills Sandown Cabernet Sauvignon 201595 100 Jay Miller, The Wine Advocate The full bodied 2015 Sandown Cabernet Sauvignon is packed with blueberries and cassis flavors, which pick up delightful notes of baking spices on the lively, zesty finish. Full bodied, rich and velvety, it should drink well sooner than the 2014 and last longer. The Clarendon Hills Onkaparinga Grenache hails from a bush vine, single vineyard in the upper reaches of Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale. The vines are nearly

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Jay Miller, The Wine Advocate

The full-bodied 2015 Sandown Cabernet Sauvignon is packed with blueberries and cassis flavors, which pick up delightful notes of baking spices on the lively, zesty finish. Full-bodied, rich and velvety, it should drink well sooner than the 2014 and last longer.

The Clarendon Hills Onkaparinga Grenache hails from a bush vine, single vineyard in the upper reaches of Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale. The vines are nearly 80 years old being planted in the mid 1940’s and due to the high density rocks found beneath this site the vines struggle to survive and in 80 years of growth the vines have only managed approximately 30 cm of bush vine height growth.  The site is extremely low yielding and highly concentrated and capable of yielding approximately 500 cases for the world. The quality standard is unmistakably world class and is considered a Grand Cru vineyard by Clarendon Hills. It is made only in the best years and the last release was 2015 vintage that scored 97/100 by Wine Advocate. Richly layered and deeply flavoured, the single vineyard expression reveals notes of confectionary like Turkish delight and musk coupled with delicately floral violet and rose petal while layers of fine blueberry, raspberry and cherry skin intertwine with ethereally light and effortless incense and crushed rock mineral notes . Harmoniously balanced and effortlessly powerful, the supple tannins are already soft enough to open up and enjoy today.