68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Petit Verdot, 8% Merlot and 7% Shiraz. I wasn’t expecting much given the tough vintage for reds. Quite a contrast to the 2007. Backward, though perhaps it is just a year down the road, more herbal, dusty, red cherry and leathery fruits, raspberries. Palate is medium bodied, more acid driven, cedar, raspberries and mulberries, cherries, some richness, but a little gangily and awkward. Fine grained oak. Later it showed more tobacco and less dried herbs. Absolutely silky tannins. Cleanish, perhaps a bit of dirty undergrowth. Quite charming really. Needs time.
Rated : 93 Points
Tasted : May09
Alcohol : 13%
Price : $51
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2016 – 2021+
Source : Cellar
Website : Lakes Folly
One of my fond memories of weekends in the Hunter is a tasting at Lakes Folly. I’d never managed to get near it before they ran out of wine so we were delighted to make it the last stop. It had been a long day of extensive lists of reds and whites and tasting room shelves filled with the products.
Two gentlemen stood with a barrel between them. On the barrel was a single bottle of red. “Today, we’re tasting the 06 Cabernet Sauvignon”, one announced. Apologetically, he added that they’d run out of the Chardonnay. I was just delighted that they seemed to have at least another couple of bottles of the red left
We had a great time there.
Thanks for the review, Lincoln. I’ll update my notes
David
Hello
Really great to see that this wine is available for the same price
in half, standard and magnum bottles ex winery.I ordered some half bottles-
would like to see other wines in smaller bottles as well.
Thanks for the TN
Michael