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'Awarded 93pts... Great value for money, and offers terrific drinking' Wine Orbit

'Wonderfully ripe and fragrant, the nose is filled with cassis, dark plum and mixed spice characters with hints of cedar and dried herbs.' Wine Orbit

Enjoy with a leg of lamb or roast rack.

W5 Hawkes Bay Cabernet Merlot 2014

Member rating / 9
$14.49p/Btl
Erp $26.50 $23.04

Limited time special.

Awarded 93/100 Points 100% New Zealand Freight Included
W5 Hawkes Bay Cabernet Merlot 2014

W5 Hawkes Bay Cabernet Merlot 2014

Member rating / 9
93pts... Great value for money, and offers terrific drinking
$14.49p/Btl
Erp $26.50 $23.04

Accolades

Awarded 5 Stars (93/100 Points)

Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

Description

"Wonderfully ripe and fragrant, the nose is filled with cassis, dark plum and mixed spice characters with hints of cedar and dried herbs. The palate is ripe and beautifully weighted, and displays excellent fruit intensity and smooth texture, well structured by fine, chalky tannins. Great value for money, and offers terrific drinking. At its best: now to 2018." Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, June 2016.

This delicious Hawkes Bay Cabernet Merlot displays flavours of blackberry and blackcurrants. The palate is weighty with balanced acidity and a silky fine structure. A lengthy finish shows elements of dark chocolate and warmed spice with a touch of new leather.

W5 Cabernet Merlot underwent malolactic fermentation while aging in a mix of new and older American oak.  It was then gently extracted, blended and prepared for bottling.

Drinking beautifully now this wine can be enjoyed young or with careful cellaring will mature over the next 5 years from vintage date.
Enjoy with a leg of lamb or roast rack

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Screw Cap

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Alcohol

13%

Delivery

Includes Delivery

Member Rating

4.5 Stars

User comments (4)

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S
This was a fantastic wine - I tried to buy some more a couple of days later and it was sold out - I'm sad... for me it's a classic Hawkes Bay Cab/Merlot with a bit of age to smooth it out - a bargain at the price

Steve - 11/05/2018

C
smooth....will definetly reorder

Clare - 31/03/2017

G
Always consistent.

Geoff - 17/09/2016

J
Disappointing. Has not aged well.

John - 28/04/2018


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