Ranked #26 of 55 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon from Coonawarra
94/100
4.5 Stars
Huon Hooke
Deep red with a trace of purple in the rim, the bouquet strong on oak and superripe-fruit, fruit-cake notes, chocolate and vanilla. A full-bodied, densely-structured wine, with concentrated flavour and lots of oak contributing to the rum-and-raisin chocolate, fruitcake flavours. It smells oakier than it tastes. It's very rich and smooth and will appeal to lovers of big reds rather than Coonawarra afficionados.
Tasted: 04/04/2017
Drink: 2017 to 2032
95 Points Robert Parker
Crushed and destemmed, cultured yeast, part cold soak, 5-7 days on skins, matured for 24 months in 90% French (46% new) and 10% used American oak. Hyper-intense, full-bodied cabernet varietal fruit is beyond the normal Odyssey style, but none the worse (indeed better) for that; blackcurrant and bay leaf, plus notes of tar, race along the palate, barely checking their momentum on the finish and aftertaste. Drink to 2037.
James Halliday Wine Companion.