Cape Mentelle - Best Reviews

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James Halliday's Wine Companion 2010.

Five stars "Cape Mentelle is firing on all cylinders".

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Wallcliffe Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2007 – 92 points
"Attractive, moderately complex bouquet, good flavours but needs more thrust through to the finish; patience may be rewarded."

Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2008 – 95 points
"Has excellent juicy vinosity on the mid-palate, flavours of lemon, gooseberry and grass all intermingling, the touch of barrel ferment barely noticeable; excellent balance and length for short-term cellaring."

Chardonnay 2008 – 96 points
"Has exceptional structure and mouth-feel; the citrus and nectarine fruit is vibrant, and there is a streak of minerality running through the wine; oak is present, but not at all intrusive".

Chardonnay 2007 – 95 points
"Pale colour, tight, austere, disciplined style in Chablis mode. Gold WA Wine Show '08."

Shiraz 2007 – 96 points
"Spicy fruit aromas on the bouquet, then a voluptuous palate with multiple flavours of spice, liquorice and both red and black fruits; exemplary oak and tannin support."

Shiraz 2006 – 94 points
"Superior medium-bodied Shiraz, with spicy black cherry fruits on a palate of excellent clarity; tannins and oak very well judged."

Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 – 94 points
"Remarkable achievement for the vintage; medium-bodied cassis, blackcurrant; tannins fresh rather than green. Gold WA Wine Show '08."

Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 – 94 points
"Excellent colour, a fragrant, savoury medium-bodied wine, the bouquet and palate offering a seamless array of black fruits, earth, liquorice and French oak; admirable texture, line and length."

Marmaduke 2007 – 91 points
"Good hue; strikingly different spicy/savoury tobacco aromas lead into a strangely harmonious light-to medium-bodied palate that pulls all the strings together on a long, fine finish. Value plus."

Marmaduke 2006 – 91 points
"Bright crimson-purple; fresh, juicy berry fruit flavours in breezy red spectrum; top brasserie food style."

Cabernet Merlot 'Trinders' 2007 – 91 points
"A substantial wine, the medium-to full-bodied palate very much in the usual Trinders style; ripe tannins are woven through blackcurrant/cassis fruit, oak in balance."

Cabernet Merlot 'Trinders' 2006 – 91 points
"Seems always to have struggled for enough vinosity, but this goes close, with intensity and length to the tangy, savoury flavours typical of this wine."

WA Wine Guide 2009, by Ray Jordan
Cape Mentelle "Producer of the Year"
Rob Mann "Winemaker of the Year"
Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 "Red wine of the Year"