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Three quick questions.
Recent mailorder list said it will live 10-20 years...is this realistic
Is it worth $27 a bottle
Are there similar cab sav around that price for long term cellaring

Graham,

1) VF Cab can last up to 10yrs or more under optimum cellaring cond.
20>yrs? A little far off.
2) Prices r relative to each diff. individual
3) Plenty, but not fr M.River. Look at Coonawarra ie. Balnaves, Punter's or Majella.

Cheers,

1. great year so anything is possible. I think a lot of good wines will see 10 years out pretty comfortably. Drinking Well past 10 years is a different story. I would want to drink this within 8-12 years as that is when I think it will be drinking at its peak.

2. Yep

3. Balnaves Cabernet Sauvignon 00, Majella Cabernet Sauvignon 01. (a touch more 01 Voyager Cab/Merlot)

cheers
anthony

MArtin, now I know when they say great minds think alike.

graham wrote:Three quick questions.
Recent mailorder list said it will live 10-20 years...is this realistic
Is it worth $27 a bottle
Are there similar cab sav around that price for long term cellaring

Had the 2001 Vasse Felix recently (obviously) - Quite elemental, yet to harmonise but very, very powerful in an old fashioned Margaret River style. Heaps of fruit not hindered by oak, menthol that at first seemed to overpower the fruit but was soon swamped by it, and with intense massive gravelly, chalky tannins. I rated it Excellent/Outstanding but needing a few years as stated above or a very rare steak! My only question about the wine, and I am sure the more experienced one's here can answer it better than I, is whether the tannins will ever fully integrate. I have had a couple of old Vasses whose tannins were the odd part out. However, I am sure many have had different experiences.

So my answer is "Yes". I think it is worth every cent of $27 a bottle. The only other WA wine (at the WA Great Estate's tasting) that might compete on a value for money scale was the Plantagenet.

Must catch a plane,
Adair

Thanks for the replies...clears up a number of questions.
Sounds like a goer. I'll probably also get the Rockford Rifle Range as well as it looks to have term potential

Thanks for the replies...clears up a number of questions.
Sounds like a goer. I'll probably also get the Rockford Rifle Range as well as it looks to have term potential