General: Although Vintage Cellars belongs to one of Australia's largest retail chains, it projects itself upmarket in competition with suburban wine stores. Their branded wines have been good value in the past and this was no exception.
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region/GI: Limestone Coast, SA
Subregion: Coonawarra
Alcohol: 15.0%
Bouquet: Blackcurrant with some hint of vanilla. Juicey.
Flavour: Medium length with gentle tannins. Lingering, smooth finish. Very nice drinking and a good example of the variety.
Points: 83
Notes: I am surprised the alcohol content was so high as it did not appear in the wine. This was one half of a two for $20 (330 Kc) buy i.e. 165Kc/bottle although its regular retail is $15 (248 Kc). Very nice stuff but I will continue working through the other offers as Cab Sav remains a prominent variety here. The actual producer of the wine credited on the bottle is Penley Estates from the Coonawarra.
is this like white label stuff due to overproduction so the producer does not have to market it under its own label and canibilize its own branding?
ReplyDeleteIt's more like the Tesco Finest strategy where you can always see who the real producer is (if you know to look). The producer is relatively small so having Vintage Cellars distribute them widely probably doesn't hurt their cashflow. I think Vintage Cellars, like Tesco, change the producers from year to year.
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