I was prepared to offer you the Fall
releases of the 2000 Etude Cabernet Sauvignon and 2000 Dunn Cabernet
Sauvignon from Napa Valley, but I will place that email on the back
burner for now and let this opening salvo alert you to stay tuned for
next week.
Why? I just sampled the
best Cabernet Sauvignon wine value I have come across
since the 1998 Yalumba Cabernet Sauvignon from Barossa Valley in
Australia. In June of 2001, veteran email recipients will recall how I
compared this wine to the very top Cabernet Sauvignon producers from
Sonoma's Alexander Valley...at almost one fourth the price.
My radar has been up for another of
these gems! And you would think with all the crying about high prices
and the wine "glut" that a opportunistic California producer would like
to bury a notch in the savvy consumer's bed post with a successful, but
affordable Cabernet Sauvignon. Guess again! It is another Aussie
producer!!
Let me just preface my introduction
with a "don't laugh at the name", this is a serious Cabernet
Sauvignon. The Aussies are known for creating off-the-wall proprietary
names. Some of you might think it's cute....I don't! But the wine
is worth any abuse when you open a bottle and introduce your friends
to the lush and smooth
2002 "ANGUS THE
BULL" Cabernet Sauvignon from the Aberdeen Wine Company.
No Bull!
"Wow! What a
spectacular value in 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Four thousand cases of
this gorgeously rich, pure, medium to full-bodied 2002 were produced.
A dense, ruby/purple color is followed by copious quantities of crËme
de cassis, spice, and earth aromas. Rich and textured, it is a total
hedonistic turn-on that readers should consider purchasing by the
case. Why can't any California wineries produce a Cabernet Sauvignon
this special for a similar price? Drink in over the next 4-5 years!"
90 points - Robert Parker, The Wine
Advocate - Issue 147 (June 03)
The wine is a bargain at $17.95 a
bottle. ORDER NOW by reply email while I can
supply and offer it to you at $14.75 a
bottle!!
Angus or
"the bull" will be available to sample at the corral...I mean tasting
bar this Friday, October 17th.
Thank you,
Eric Stumpf
The Wine Consultant
8039 Greenback Lane
Citrus Heights, CA 95610
(916) 721-WINE (9463)
(#125-6805)
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