2014 Watershed Awakening Cabernet Sauvignon

Covered in bling this wine has been awarded 8 trophies and numerous gold medals on the show circuit. Matured for 18 months in French oak barriques. Impenetrable black dark red colour with a deep dark red black tinged hue. Intense blackcurrant and mulberry aromas are overlaid by tobacco leaf and toasty cigar box notes with distinct black olive and spicy dried herbs ensuing. Medium to full in body the palate is flooded with ripe blackcurrant and mulberry flavours which meld into bay leaf, cedary tobacco, earth, black olive and spice elements. Fine grained yet sturdy tannins provide great structure Magnificent concentration with a deep finish of ripe blackcurrants laced with bay leaf, cigar box, earth, subtle black olive and dried herbs.
Cellar 6-8 years.
Alc. 14%

Other Reviews…
Laden with gold medals, this bottle incites heady expectations! Thankfully it doesn't disappoint. Graphite, cassis, pencil lead and bouquet garni set the aromas alight. A sinuous mid-weighted frame. Bay leaf and black olive confer a more savoury chord. The oak serves as a conduit for the intensity of fruit, dishing up a gentle bit of roughage across the finely wrought beam of grape tannins. Will age well. Drink by 2029.
96 points
Ned Goodwin – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion