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BINGO! Best buy 1/2 price Cab Sauv
No Sorby Adams isn't one of the missing members of the Adams Family.
The Uncle Fester of the wine world he ain't. Well to our knowledge anyway. Instead he is renowned as the man who put Yalumba's premium wine program back on track and in recent years set out alone to create his own high quality brand.
This super Cabernet comes from Sorby's select vineyards. It's a wine from a restrained and elegant winemaking year and it sings with quality fruit and mass appeal. Satiny tannins and sweet black berry fruit combine with bramble and gentle spice. Some serious oak lends a hand in the deal and the wine is a bingo! in anyone's world.
In a stroke of blind luck the warehouse packers lost a little stash, now our job is to clear the room for the new gear. Therefore, after a team meeting that involved wine and song, we at WineMarket decided to get out the sharpened pencils and go a little crazy on the discount. Cousin IT not included.
- Eden Valley: one of the Barossa's well-known sub regions
- Don't miss out on an amazing deal on elegant, well-crafted cabernet
- Match it with wintery favourites such as roast beef, wood-fired pizza or a hearty ragu
- 4.5 STAR Halliday rated winery
- Simon Adams, the man behind Sorby: formerly chief winemaker at Yalumba (also known as the dude who created Octavius)
- 30 year old vines
- Gourmet Traveller Wine magazine – Best Buy (Dec/Jan 2010)
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SORBY ADAMS JELLICOE EDEN VALLEY CABERNET 2007 (12) |
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| Oak |
French Oak for 16 Months |
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| Varieties |
Cabernet Sauvignon |
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| Foods |
Beef bourgignon pie on a bed of potatoes and gravy |
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| Background |
Sorby Adams' Cabernet Sauvignon vines grow in the district of Jellicoe, hence the name of the vineyard and the wine.
The Jellicoe vineyard sits in the Eden Valley 'Golden Triangle' at Mt McKenzie, famous for old vine Riesling and stylish Cabernet Sauvignon. The shallow gravelly soils, high altitude, cold wet winters and long temperate summers are ideally suited to growing aromatic whites and elegant reds. Approaching 30 years old, the Jellicoe vines are in their prime, producing intense fruit of superb quality. |
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| Colour |
Intense Deep Garnet |
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| Nose |
Rich ripe cassis and voluptuous dark chocolate |
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| Palate |
Layers of flavour have been created by the addition of Shiraz from the same vineyard. Intense dark chocolate and dark berry fruits dominate the palate along with hints of spice which are finely integrated with subtle French oak, creating a delightful texture and mouthfeel. |
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| Highlights |
Showcasing why Barossa's Eden Valley is a region perfect for aromatic and varietal red styles, Jellicoe has been handcrafted to create an elegant, balanced, fruit driven wine, styled to optimise longevity.
Enjoy now or cellar be rewarded with a soft and rich wine. |
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| Winery Information |
With its heart and home in Barossa’s Eden Valley, Sorby Adams Wines is a boutique producer of quality, handcrafted, individual vineyard wines. Owner and Winemaker Simon Adams (Simon David SORBY ADAMS) is passionate about creating varietal wines to reflect the strengths of Eden Valley which he believes produces some of the best Riesling and Shiraz in the world. This passion extends to exploring fruit from the world’s most respected wine regions to truly showcase what a variety can do. Sorby Adams Wines is a reflection of Simon’s hands on approach to winemaking. It is his backyard 1932 vineyard that produces the flagship wines. He personally tends each vine to handcraft his Eden Valley range. Bringing European style to Australian winemaking, Simon has developed a diverse range of wines full of regional flavours and nuances styled to optimise longevity. |
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