

Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2001
Style: Red Wine
Closure: Cork
Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon 2001
Camberwell
Burke Road
Camberwell VIC 3124
Australia
Critic Score: 95 and ★★★★★
Alcohol: 15.0%
Size: 750 ml
Drink by: 2025
Description
Philip Rich's Top 20 wines of 2005
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Wine industry pioneer David Hohnen established Cape Mentelle Vineyards in 1970. The 16ha Wallcliffe Vineyard was planted in the early 1970s and the winery's flagship Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced primarily from this Vineyard.
"Immensely powerful and complex cabernet. Its richness, perfectly handled and integrated oak, and supple, fine-grained and persistent tannins provide the structure for this wine to become even softer and more complex over the next 10 to 15 years – and makes it one of my favourite wines of 2005." Philip Rich
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Western Australia
Western Australia is home to more than 400 wineries across nine vast and extraordinary wine regions which are almost entirely concentrated in the south-west and great southern land divisions of the State. The regions are Blackwood Valley, Geographe, Great Southern, Peel, Pemberton, Manjimup, Margaret River and Swan District.
The oldest region is the Swan Valley, the best known both nationally and internationally is Margaret River and the largest is Great Southern. The Great Southern region is further divided into the five subregions of Albany, Denmark, Frankland River, Mount Barker and Porongurup.
The history of wine production in Western Australia dates back to 1840 with the establishment of Sandalford in the Swan Valley region. The recognition of the fine wine possibilities started to be realised after the establishment of the Margaret River Region in 1967, which has become renowned for its high quality Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. The other regions produce a diverse range of regionally distinct wines, from stunning Rieslings and evocative Shiraz, to a range of unique Cabernet Sauvignon blends.