I have revisited this several times over the course of writing this year's Guide and have upped the ante to place this in the very top level of Margaret River Cabernet. This has a youthful allure about it and is just settling into stride on the nose. Smells of mocha-scented oak give way to leaves and cassis, fresh picked roasting herbs and some earthy nuances too. The Palate has lively, supple berry uptake amid rich, swirling tannins that straighten through the middle and pin the finish into long, even shape. Toasty oak adds swanky style. This is quite a wine, immaculately complete in every sense - Juniper Estate has truly arrived.
96/100 Best Cabernet Sauvignon
The Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide 2010, Nick Stock
Another excellent cabernet from Margaret River’s ace ’07 vintage. Concentrated, vibrant blackberry fruit; oak is handled with subtlety. There’s a burst of liquorice on palate and the tannins are ample on the long finish. A wine of real structure. Now to 20 years.
95/100 Food: Aged Gruyere cheese.
Huon Hooke, Gourmet Traveller Wine, Top 100 New Releases. Aug/Sept 2010
Purple-crimson; typical of the somewhat severe but clear-cut expression of cabernet in Margaret River this vintage, with pure blackcurrant, earth and cassis fruit; here the tannins are evident but are ripe and in balance. Screwcap.
14% alc. Rating 94 Drink 2027 $45 Date Tasted Jan 10
James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion 2011
This Cabernet is class through and through. The fresh cassis aromas and flavours are complemented by tobacco leaf and French oak overtones. The palate is long, with very fine tannins.
Rated: Outstanding
Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends Tasting, Winewise Vol. 25 No.6, February 2010
Fruit concentration and power are evident from the first time you plonk your nose into this pure essence of cabernet fruit. A nice mix of fresh cut flowers with more substantial blackcurrant and black olive beneath the surface. The palate has power in abundance with the oak worked into the rich opulent fruit. Tannins are firm and astringent. Excellent wine for the cellar. Cellar 7 Years
93/100 Ray Jordan’s 2010 WA Wine Guide
2007 Juniper Estate (Cabernet) is developing slowly. Forrestal admired the "ripe, sweet blackcurrant fruit, with a nice touch of cedar in neat balance. It's fresh, clean and lively." The wine combines good depth of blackcurrant and regional bay-leaf characters and shows considerable concentration, although I did find the tannins very dry. Give it a few years to soften and for complexity to build.
90/100 Nick Bulleid MW, Gourmet Traveller WINE, June/Jul 2010 issue
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