96/100
5 Stars
Huon Hooke
A great wine. Remarkably fresh and youthful, bright and intense with pristine, ripe cabernet dark berry aromas and great intensity as well as elegance in the mouth. A thoroughly beautiful cabernet still with many years ahead of it. (This bottle was topped and recorked in February 2008)
Tasted: 24/03/2013
Drink: 2013 to 2026
87 Points Robert Parker
The 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon is rich, with complex aromatics. Dark ruby-colored, with scents of spice box, cedar, tobacco, and black currants, this medium-bodied, nicely packaged Cabernet Sauvignon exhibits good ripeness and purity as well as an overall sense of grace/balance. Drink it over the next 7-8 years.
Source: Robert Parker (Wine Advocate) by Robert M. Parker, Jr. January, 2000
The 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon is rich, with complex aromatics. Dark ruby-colored, with scents of spice box, cedar, tobacco, and black currants, this medium-bodied, nicely packaged Cabernet Sauvignon exhibits good ripeness and purity as well as an overall sense of grace/balance. Drink it over the next 7-8 years. Source: Robert Parker (Wine Advocate) February, 2000 by Robert Parker