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This is a resource for people who want to buy an interesting bottle of wine on a budget of about $20. If you get lost between Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon and have access to a Dan Murphy's or Vintage Cellars (or Aldi, as of 2015!), you've come to the right place. Where possible, wines are listed with their single-bottle price from DM/VC/A and the winery's home page.

A good place to start is the 'Index', or if you know what type of wine you want, head straight to the 'Recommended Reds', 'Worthy Whites' or 'Stunning Sparklers' that only show 4 & 5☆ wines.

Your experience will be different to everyone else's, which makes wine such a pleasure. The same vintage wine at different ages will be distinct, as will the same aged wines from different vintages. What the glass holds is a unique parcel of time that should be enjoyed as such.

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

(R) Kaiken: "Ultra" Cabernet Sauvignon 2008, from Lujan De Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina

Smell
Early: Dry tobacco
Later: Smooth dark berries with a touch of earthy tannin

Taste
The wine leaps out of the bottle like a glass of dry & earthy tobacco seeped in Cab Sauv. Once it's given time to act its age, the wine mellows out to produce spicy notes of ripe forest berries that retain the tart puckering mouthfeel that began when the cork was popped.

Tale
Ambitious Chilean vintner Aurelio Montes decided Chile wasn't big enough for him, so he co-founded Kaiken in Argentina. Kaiken is named after a type of Patagonian goose (Kaikenes), which like Aurelio Montes, would flitter between Argentina and Chile. The "Ultra" are Kaiken's premium line of wines.

Price: $10
Quality: ☆☆☆
Value:   ☆☆☆☆☆

http://www.kaikenwines.com/english/kaiken_ultra.htm


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