Balgownie Estate Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Bendigo
Price Range at Release: $30-$49
Vintage: 2018
Alc %: 14.0
$ Rel: 48
A properly firm and textural cabernet with a rich core of dark berries and plums that moves down a crunchy spine of gravelly tannins before being punctuated with refreshing acidity. Lifted by floral scents and notes of leather and dried herbs, it's tightly knit with cedry oak. Well worthy of cellaring, it perhaps lacks the concentration for an even higher score.
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Cellar
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Drink Now
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Maybe Too Old
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Vintage
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Score/100
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Score/20
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Year To Drink
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2018
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93 | 18.0 | 2030-2038  | Buy it |
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2017
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88 | 16.6 | 2025-2028+  | |
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2015
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94 | 18.3 | 2027-2035+ | |
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2014
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91 | 17.5 | 2026-2034 | |
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2013
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94 | 18.5 | 2033-2043 | |
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2012
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95 | 18.8 | 2032-2042+ | |
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2010
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95 | 18.7 | 2022-2030+ | |
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2009
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96 | 19.0 | 2029-2039+ | |
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2008
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94 | 18.3 | 2020-2028 | |
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2006
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89 | 16.8 | 2011-2014+  | |
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2005
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94 | 18.3 | 2017-2025 | |
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2004
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93 | 18.0 | 2016-2024 | |
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2003
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93 | 18.0 | 2015-2023 | |
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2002
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93 | 18.2 | 2014-2022+ | |
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2000
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90 | 17.3 | 2012-2020 | |
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1999
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89 | 16.8 | 2004-2007 |
Winery
Balgownie Estate
Balgownie has come a long way from its early times as a small individual domaine near Bendigo, although its finest wines still come from the original plantings established by former Bendigo chemist, musician and Bugatti fiend, Stuart Anderson. This vineyard is a national treasure - it has the ability to produce reds from cabernet sauvignon and shiraz that cellar with the elegance and longevity to rival anything in Australia, yet it can also produce savoury and mineral chardonnay the equal of some fine cool-climate sites. The scarce releases of Old Vine Shiraz are nothing short of spectacular. The Yarra Valley wines, the best of which now have a white label, are still some distance from these classics.
Chief Executive(s):
David Glassock
Winemaker:
Tony Winspear
Viticulturist:
Steven Bullock
Production Dozen:
15000
Tonnes Processed:
200
Red Wines
Black Label Sangiovese >
Cabernet Merlot
Centre Block Shiraz >Estate Cabernet Sauvignon >Estate Merlot Cabernet Franc
Estate Pinot Noir >Estate Shiraz >Merlot
Old Vine Cabernet Sauvignon >Old Vine Shiraz >Rock Block Shiraz >Shiraz Viognier
White Label Yarra Valley Pinot Noir >Yarra Valley Pinot Noir >
Address:
46 Hermitage Road , Maiden Gully , Victoria 3551 Australia
Principal Wine Region:
Bendigo,Yarra Valley
Telephone:
(03) 5449 6222
Website:
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