1998 Kay Bros Amery Cabernet Sauvignon Winery: Kay Bros Amery Vintage: 1998 Region: McLaren Vale Bottle Size: 750ml Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon Price: $70.00 (out of stock)

The spectacular 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon Amery Vineyard (14.9% alcohol from 25-year old vines cropped at 2-2.5 tons per acre) offers the textbook huge ripeness and burly, muscular style of Australia intertwined with an Italian-like creosote, earthy, rustic, leathery component. The wine has great fruit, a fabulous multi-layered texture, massive concentration, and noteworthy levels of glycerin, blackberry, plum, cherry, and cassis fruit. All of this is tied together in a chewy, full-bodied, slightly rustic style. It should continue to evolve for at least two decades. But readers take note - the notions of creosote, bay leaf, anise, and leather are out of the mainstream for Cabernet Sauvignon, and are likely to be controversial.