Vinloco Top 50: cabernet sauvignon
The election is over and it’s time to drink. Heavily. What better way to forget glass ceilings than to fill a glass with one of Australia’s Top 50 cabernets sauvignon. We’ve perused 32,000 ratings from 47 shows to come up with our list. After sifting through 3000 ratings for this variety we bashed the keys on the calculator for days on end. It helped pass the time while we watched The Deplorables file into their polling booths. There were no prizes for guessing Jimmy Watson winner Deep Woods Estate Reserve 2014 would come up trumps (geddit?) so this list was all about the placegetters. Unlike the vice-presidency, number 2 isn’t a bad place to be given the sheer number of wines in this category. Indeed, any wine making the Top 50 is a worthy contender. For aficionados, Margaret River dominates the list with six of the Top 10. The Barossa, Langhorne Creek, Central Victoria and the grape’s spiritual home in Australia – the Coonawarra – also make appearances. Enjoy!
| 1 | Deep Woods Estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 2 | Xanadu Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 |
| 3 | Brand?s Laira Coonawarra Blockers Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 |
| 4 | Watershed Premium Wines Awakening Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 5 | After Hours Wine Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 6 | Lake Breeze Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 7 | Blue Pyrenees Estate Richardson Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 |
| 8 | Houghton Wines Crofters Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 9 | Jacob’s Creek Bungalow Lane Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 10 | Forester Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 11 | Banks Thargo Wines Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 |
| 12 | Nepenthe Altitude Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 |
| 13 | Bowen Estate Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 14 | Xanadu Stevens Road Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 |
| 15 | Graham Stevens Wines Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 |
| 16 | Houghton Wines Jack Mann 2013 cabernet sauvignon |
| 17 | Moppity Vineyards Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 18 | Saltram Wine Estate Edward Salter Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 |
| 19 | Blue Pyrenees Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 20 | Forester Estate Yelverton Reserve Cabernet 2014 |
| 21 | Evans & Tate Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 |
| 22 | Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 23 | d’Arenberg The High Trellis Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 |
| 24 | Redman Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 |
| 25 | Four Sisters Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 |
| 26 | Smallwater Estate Rob’s Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 |
| 27 | Pepper Tree Block 21A Single Vineyard Wrattonbully Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 |
| 28 | Xanadu Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 29 | Evans & Tate The Evans & Tate Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 |
| 30 | Ringbolt Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 |
| 31 | Amelia Park Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 32 | Terramore Wines Flow Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 |
| 33 | Watershed Premium Wines Awakening Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 |
| 34 | Shingleback Davey Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 35 | Hugo Wines Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 36 | Redman Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 37 | Lindemans Coonawarra St George Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 |
| 38 | The Yalumba Wine Company The Menzies Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 |
| 39 | Evans & Tate Redbrook Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 |
| 40 | Kirrihill Wines, Vineyard Selection, Clare Valley, Tullymore Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 |
| 41 | Tahbilk Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 42 | Jacob?s Creek Wines Expedition Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 43 | Xanadu DJL Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 44 | Windance Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |
| 45 | Evans & Tate Redbrook Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 |
| 46 | Shingleback D Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 |
| 47 | Punt Road Napoleone Vineyard Block 1 2014 cabernet sauvignon |
| 48 | St Hugo Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 |
| 49 | Orlando Wines Jacaranda Ridge Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 |
| 50 | Cellarmasters Black Wattle Icon Mount Benson Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 |