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Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard The Revivalist Merlot 2016
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Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard The Revivalist Merlot 2016

McLaren Vale, Australia
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About this Wine

 
country Australia
region McLaren Vale
variety Cabernet Sauvignon
Style Red (Full Bodied)
vintage 2016
closure Screwcap
Alcohol vol. 13.5
volume 750
Brands Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard
 

Tasting Notes

Aroma

The 2020 Trueman expresses cassis, rose hips, mint and Asian spice on the nose.

Palate

Wonderful concentration of flavour, retention of natural acidity and brightness of fruit, delivering a wine with beautiful finesse and balanced tannins. Dark cherry, cedar, slight toast, and silky tannins on the palate.

Vinification

Hand-picked, destemmed, whole berry sorted and gently crushed to open top fermenters. Cold soaked, pumped over daily with a minimum of 21 days on skins. Basket pressed with light pressings included in free run directly to 50% new and used French oak barriques. Bottled November 2021.

Cellaring Potential

2022-2032

Vintage Notes

The growing season was affected by a very hot spring, leading to the lowest yields on our record. When the grapes started their ripening process in January, the weather miraculously cooled to a very mild ripening season.
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Reviews

  • MaryAnn Worobiec
    1

    Fragrant and expressive, offering mocha-laced maraschino cherry, framboise and raspberry flavors, with details of dried sage and tobacco on a plush, velvety frame. Delivers wonderful presence and harmony on the finish, where the tannins provide appealing traction. Drink now through 2033. Points: 93/100

    Wine Spectator Insider ∙ 1st May 2019

  • James Halliday
    1

    It's an impressive merlot for its heady fragrance - a hint of cassis, florals, dried herbs and cedary oak - to its exceptionally silky, fuller-bodied palate. It builds flavour, the tannins sitting pretty and the finish as long as tomorrow. Makes you fall for merlot big time. (Jane Faulkner) Points: 95/100

    Halliday Wine Companion 2019 ∙ 8th Aug 2018

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