Coriole Mary Kathleen Reserve Cabernet Merlot 2019

Named after the Lloyd family matriarch, this is a serious red reward for the patient cellarer.

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Coriole Mary Kathleen Reserve Cabernet Merlot 2019

"Cabernet excels in these parts. The volume is simply turned up: extract and application of tannins – grape and oak – needed to corral the fruit. Yet this sort of Mediterranean expression remains true to varietal personality when executed well. And here it is: cassis, mulch, sage, bayleaf, tapenade and ample oak, positioned as chamois tannins. Brusque, but all high quality. Needs time." 94 Points, Ned Goodwin MW, Halliday Wine Companion 2023

"It used to be Cabernet Merlot, though maybe there’s some Merlot, though it must be less than 15%. I don’t know, though I do know I usually like this wine.
Blackcurrant, blueberry pie, mint/aniseed, bay leaf and tobacco, some spicy biscuit oak. It’s medium-bodied, sweet blue and black fruit, but with savoury tobacco/black olive characters, and a subtle earthiness. Tannin is supple and fine-grained, some dried raspberry and nori, and a fine finish of good length. Charming. Very good."
94+ Points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

'The Lloyd family founded Coriole in 1967, and are considered pioneers in the McLaren Vale region, and visionaries in the planting of Italian and French varieties.

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