Jim Barry The Benbournie Cabernet Sauvignon Cellar Release 2013
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- Drink by: 2026-2036
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In case you’re wondering why a wine from 2013 is still available: the decision was made to hold back a portion of the release for further aging in the cellar before subsequent release as a mature, developed wine. This was a very good season, and the wine, sourced from the Clare Valley in South Australia, has started to develop some lovely combinations. On the nose and into the richly textured palate, aromas of wet leather, black fruits, and dark chocolate swirl through a complex bouquet. The palate is seamlessly woven together, an intricate maze of chocolatey dark fruits, chalky tannins, and fine-grained oak. Quite superb, and still with plenty of time left in the cellar. To me, this wine sits in that neat zone where some primary characters remain but secondary characters are emerging, creating a wine of great interest.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
