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Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Very stylish, elegant and focused, with a wonderful core of fruit, this compelling cabernet has a deeply floral bouquet of violets, cassis and small red berries knit with cedar/chocolate/mocha oak and backed by nuances of graphite and dried herbs. ItÕs long, smooth and polished, with intense, pristine small black and red berry flavoured tightly integrated with handsome new oak and fine, gravelly tannins, extending towards a long, tightly drilled and persistent finish of faint mineral and savoury qualities.
Vintage
2012
Peak years to drink
2032 - 2042
Jeremy's score
96 / 100
Seal type
Screw top
Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon
Margaret River
Price Range at Release: $50-$99
Vintage: 2015
Alc %: 14.0
$ Rel: 98
Very stylish, elegant and focused, with a wonderful core of fruit, this compelling cabernet has a deeply floral bouquet of violets, cassis and small red berries knit with cedar/chocolate/mocha oak and backed by nuances of graphite and dried herbs. ItÕs long, smooth and polished, with intense, pristine small black and red berry flavoured tightly integrated with handsome new oak and fine, gravelly tannins, extending towards a long, tightly drilled and persistent finish of faint mineral and savoury qualities.
Last Date Tasted: 26/09/2018
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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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2015
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92 | 17.7 | 2023-2027+  |
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2014
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96 | 18.9 | 2034-2044  |
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2013
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93 | 18.0 | 2025-2033 |
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2012
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96 | 19.0 | 2032-2042 |
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2011
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95 | 18.6 | 2031-2041 |
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2010
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95 | 18.6 | 2030-2040 |
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2009
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97 | 19.3 | 2029-2039+ |
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2008
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94 | 18.5 | 2028-2038 |
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2007
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92 | 17.8 | 2015-2019  |
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2006
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88 | 16.5 | 2011-2014+ |
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2005
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88 | 16.6 | 2013-2017 |
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2004
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96 | 19.1 | 2016-2024+ |
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2003
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88 | 16.4 | 2011-2015 |
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2002
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87 | 16.0 | 2010-2014 |
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2001
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95 | 18.8 | 2013-2021+ |
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2000
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93 | 18.2 | 2008-2012+ |
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1999
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96 | 18.9 | 2019-2029+ |
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1998
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93 | 18.2 | 2010-2018 |
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1996
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92 | 17.9 | 2004-2008+ |
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1995
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95 | 18.7 | 2015-2025 |
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1994
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93 | 18.2 | 2014-2024 |
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1993
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94 | 18.3 | 2005-2013 |
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1992
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94 | 18.4 | 2004-2012 |
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1991
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96 | 18.9 | 2003-2011 |
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1990
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94 | 18.4 | 1998-2002 |
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1989
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94 | 18.3 | 1997-2001 |
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1988
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92 | 17.8 | 2000-2008 |
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1987
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94 | 18.5 | 2007-2017 |
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1986
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91 | 17.5 | 1998-2006 |
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1985
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90 | 17.0 | 1993-1997 |
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1984
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93 | 18.0 | 1996-2001 |
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1983
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90 | 17.2 | 1995-2003 |
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1982
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93 | 18.0 | 1994-1999 |
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1981
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90 | 17.0 | 2001-2011 |
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1980
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89 | 16.8 | 2000-2005 |
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1979
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88 | 16.5 | 1991-1996 |
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1978
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92 | 17.9 | 1990-1995 |
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Winery
Cape Mentelle
Bursting onto the scene in the 1970s and winning consecutive JImmy Watson trophies (when they meant something) in the early 1980s, Cape Mentelle is unquestionably capable of crafting some of the country's finest wines, from each of the region's classic and varieties and combinations, plus zinfandel in something of a happy anomaly. The brand went right off the boil under a previous winemaking regime in the mid of last decade, and I am keen to see what its current releases - under what is essentially a new team under David Moulton (who was not calling the shots when the wines took a dramatic turn south). Cape Mentelle is one of the steadily expanding number of wineries owned by Endeavour Drinks, the alcoholic beverage offshoot of Woolworth's.
Winemaker:
David Moulton, Coralie Lewis
Viticulturist:
David Moulton, Annabel Angland
Production Dozen:
90000
Tonnes Processed:
1100
White Wines
Chardonnay >
Georgiana White Blend
Marsanne Roussanne
Sauvignon Blanc Semillon >Semillon >Wallcliffe Sauvignon Blanc Semillon >
Address:
331 Wallcliffe Road , Margaret River , Western Australia 6285 Australia
Cellar Door Open Hours:
7 days, 10am - 5pm
Principal Wine Region:
Margaret River
Telephone:
(08) 9757 0888
Facsimile:
(08) 9757 3233
Website:
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