Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 Carema cassis and licorice (98 -

cassis and licorice (98 - 100)

elegant style as well as pretty citrus

Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot

Medium-full body

The attack is full and rich

Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 Carema cassis and licorice (98 -No. 1 of 38 ranked 2013 Margaret River Cabernets* The color is medium red with both brick red and purple tints. The bouquet has sandalwood, briar, mint and leaf notes. The palate is elegantly weighted and sinewy, with a touch of leanness. The tannins are domineering and the finish chewy and grippy. This needs more time. Two days later the wine is transformed. The bouquet is very detailed and subtly complex, not super ripe but fragrant and lovely, with