Xanadu - Exceptional Wines From Margaret River
These Xanadu releases really impressed us recently when we tasted through there range. They're top of the tree Margaret River wine, from the insane value DJL Chardonnay to the effortless Reserve Chardonnay and Cabernet. From a cracking 2020 Margaret River vintage, these comely highly recommended from us and critics alike.
Xanadu Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
margaret river, australia
$120
92/4/4% cabernet sauvignon/malbec/petit verdot. Fruit from Wilyabrup, Treeton and the Steven's Rd vineyard. Matured for 14 months in French oak (45% new). Sometimes, you gotta start at the end of a wine, rather than the front. Usually it is because the wine is so long, that the first flavours are long forgotten. Such is life, here. The tannins, which are laced like a fine silky web through the finish, capture the pure fruit on the mid palate and coax it through the mouth. Caught also, like fine droplets of dew in a spider's web, are pockets of spice which add pop and thrill to the overall. Another scintillating and pure cabernet release from the team at Xanadu. Drink to 2042. 97 Points. Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate.
