Moothi Mud Cabernet Sauvignon

Vintage - 2002

Winemaker - Drew Tuckwell

Alcohol - 13%

Awards/Accolades: Blue-Gold Medal (best wine with food) Sydney International Food and Wine Show 2005 - Silver Medal - Mudgee Wine Show 2004

Stocks: Limited

The wine has a good deep red colour with crimson hues.

The aroma shows good varietal cassis and herbaceousness. There are defined blackcurrant fruits and a toasty vanillan nit lift from new oak maturation, providing depth and balance.

The palate is well balanced with a seamless texture and integration over a creamy mid-palate from barrel ferment. The tannins are fine and elegant, giving the wine great presence.

This wine has developed well in the bottle and will continue to do so over the next three to five years.

Vintage - 2003

Winemaker - Drew Tuckwell

Alcohol - 13.4%

Stocks: Adequate

The wine has a strong red colour with ruby hues.

The oak is a background aroma and is expressed as cedar and vanilla with hints of chocolate.

The palate is very even from front to back.

The tannins are not aggressive as the open fermentation produced very fine grained tannins that give the wine very good length .

The wine has developed well in the bottle and will cellar well over the next five years

Vintage - 2004

Winemaker - Drew Tuckwell

Alcohol - 13.1%

Stocks:Adequate

The wine displays a deep ruby red colour.

There are fresh cassis aromas of fully ripened Cabernet fruit with hints of cedary oak. The fresh fruit comes to the fore on the front of the palate and there is a rich earthy mid-palate supported by subtle oak and a vanilla lift.

The palate is even and has a lovely velvety texture. The wine is well balanced and will provide drinking pleasure now but will have the ability to develop complexity with good cellaring over the next five years.