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David Wilkinson

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UPDATE: I just had a second bottle of this wine and am upgrading my score from 4.5 to 5 hearts. Just 7 months later, the time in bottle has made this wine even better. The tannins are now even softer and the blackcurrant flavour is so intense, the first sip is like a blackcurrant cordial. There's now a prominent capsicum aroma to balance the dark fruits, as opposed to the more menthol aromas I got previously. All of this is bound together by a vanilla aftertaste, which isn't sweet but rather rich, creamy and gives the fruit notes a jammy finish. I would now declare this wine my favourite Cab Sav and I think it absolutely justifies its price. I've been enjoying Jen's wines for many years now; I mostly stick to the Rebel range, but this was a treat for my 40th. Cab Sav is my favourite in the Rebel range, so it made sense to try the Diamond Cab Sav. As per Jen'ss advice, I decanted this for a couple of hours first. That really opened up the aromas; lots of dark fruit, particularly blackcurrant, and a subtle menthol note, that I also remember being in the Rebel Cab Sav. The longer the wine breathed, vanilla aromas came out too. On the palate, the wine has a classically Cab Sav flavour of rich dark fruits; blackcurrant, blackberry and some stewed prunes in the aftertaste. True to Cab Sav, there'ss plenty of grippy tannin, but they're soft and rounded, complimenting the full-bodied mouthfeel of the wine. Close to getting 5 hearts but just misses out. It's a great wine, and definitely builds on the Rebel Cab Sav in terms of body and flavour intensity. However, I'm not sure the jump in quality is quite enough to justify the 50% increase in price over the Rebel. Still a great wine though and I'll look to try some others from Jen's Diamond range now. A fitting wine for my 40th. Like Jen, I'm a proud redhead, and it's nice to make it to 40 with my red hair very much in tact. Not a grey hair to be seen here ;o)