Cape Mentelle Explorers Blend 2017
- 95
- $180
- Drink by: 2024-2044
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A blend of Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon – a Bordeaux-inspired blend by any other name – and living large. Seven years old and plush, ripe and seemingly bigger bodied than it probably is, there’s a lot happening here. Oak is apparent, smoky and cedary, tied to a solid base of black fruits and a world of spice, chocolate, liquorice and solid tannins, no doubt thanks to the role of Petit Verdot. Takes a light savoury turn which adds to the level of complexity on show before finishing with an oak-led cigar box oomph.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
