Marco Luigi Family Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
28/06/08 19:34 Filed in: Wine,
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I was given this bottle by a fellow wine lover while visiting my Dad in Malaysia. The bloke was a Brasilian who had spent over 24 hrs continuous travel to get the bottle to us. Apparently only 7000 bottles of this vintage were produced, this is the 2003 version.
If nothing else, this wine is spectacularly displayed, with string, wax and gold lettering, and almost tastes as good as it looks.
Colour: Rich ruby red as you’d expect from a Cab Sav, but with a slight mauve tint. I’m not sure where that came from.
Bouquet: I have to admit this wine has a great aroma. I can detect tobacco though not very strong, and cherry and plum. A typical Cab Sav I think.
Taste: surprisingly there wasn’t the strong typical Cab Sav taste and the finish was almost fizzy which I think is an indication that the wine was a little old. However, it was a full mouth taste that covered the entire tongue.
This is not the best Cabernet Sauvignon I have tried, indeed it’s not up there in the top 20 or 30 I would suggest. I think this is more to do with it’s age and probably should have been consumed sooner. The presentation is something else and looks like something out of the middle ages.
There is no export label on the bottle so I assume it’s not available in Australia. Pity, I’d like to give a younger vintage a go.
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