2021 Halliday Companion
26/08/20202018 Mount Horrocks Cabernet Sauvignon
95 Points
A mid to full weighted cabernet with mint, sap, blackcurrant and bouquet garni. Pliant tannins doused with sage, galvanise the flavours. Highly savoury. Very versatile. The oak and unobtrusive acidity are beautifully positioned to let this run for a decade or more.
By Ned Goodwin
1st August 2020
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01/05/2020Classy cabernet – Mount Horrocks 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon
By Winsor Dobbin
The Clare Valley – and Mount Horrocks – are home to some of Australia’s finest rieslings, but Stephanie Toole also produces hugely impressive Nero d’Avola and this beguiling young cabernet. This is estate-grown and sourced from a single vineyard, deftly crafted to result in a wine that has coiled power and immediate dark appeal. Forest notes, blackcurrant and well-integrated oak are to the fore in a downright delicious red that can confidently be cellared.Share with a loved one, or a fillet steak.
28th April 2020
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28/04/20202018 Mount Horrocks Cabernet Sauvignon
By Nick Butler
95 Points
Loads of colour – dense purple. It ticks all of the cabernet aroma boxes, with a tease of regional eucalypt. While ripe and easily carrying rich blackberry and purple-berried fruits, it’s quietly aristocratic, with dried herbs and cedar ahead of supple tannins. Approachable now and will reward time tucked away
Drink 2020-2028
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27/09/20192017 Mount Horrocks Cabernet Sauvignon
By Huon Hooke
95 Points
Good, clean cabernet aromas, fresh and cassisy, with background vanilla and violet but little sign of vegetal notes. The wine is medium to full-bodied and elegantly-framed, with freshness and energy, harmony and precision. An excellent young cabernet.
The Real Review
May 2019
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Mount Horrocks Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
93 Points
By Tyson Stelzer
Great depth and density of blackcurrent and cassis fruit is overlaid with lifted rose hip and capsicum, making for a consummately varietal Cabernet. It’s slick, glossy and yet confidently structured, with firm fine tannins promising classic Mount Horrocks potential.
WBM Trade Magazine
May/June 2019
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21/05/20192017 Mount Horrocks Cabernet Sauvignon
By John Fordham
A wine showcasing the immense standing this regal variety enjoys in the Clare Valley. Owner-winemaker Stephanie Toole has again excelled with her attention to detail in fruit selection and oak maturation. A five-star effort oozing refined rich and toasty flavours that have you drooling to the final drop.
Sunday Telegraph 19th May
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14/08/20182016 Mount Horrocks Cabernet Sauvignon
95 Points
By Campbell Mattinson
Two of the most beautiful words in the English language, when used in tandem, are ‘medium-bodied’. Or that’s what a wine like this makes you think. It’s cabernet sauvignon in effortless mode, its curranty, brambly, toasty flavours travelling through the palate in calm, confident style. Something of a masterclass.
James Halliday Wine Companion 2019
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14/06/20182016 Mount Horrocks Cabernet Sauvignon
By John Fordham
A seamless combination of low-yielding, organically-grown fruit and partial new French oak maturation, qualifies this medium-bodied Clare Valley red for top drawer rating. Flavour definition, texture and length ensure a rewarding and magical palate journey.
Sunday Telegraph 6th May
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15/08/2017Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
95 Points
The gleaming purple-crimson colour waves the flag for a pure, medium-bodied cabernet that captures the mouth with its delicious cassis fruit, a wisp of bay leaf, ultra-fine, but persistent, tannins and French oak.
By James Halliday
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04/07/20172015 Mount Horrocks Cabernet Sauvignon
By James Halliday
95 Points
Clare Valley cabernet is seldom deficient in impact, but it’s usually rustic. Wendouree one exception, and this (albeit in a different mode) is another. The gleaming crimson-purple colour waves the flag for a pure, medium-bodied cabernet that captures the mouth with its delicious cassis fruit, a wisp of bay leaf, ultra-fine, but persistent, tannins and integrated French oak.
Wine Companion Magazine
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August/September 2017Winefront
07/04/20172015 Mount Horrocks Cabernet Sauvigonon
94 Points
Clare Valley cabernet sauvignon rules/rides again.
This is the best red in the Mount Horrocks range this year; again. It has that extra lick of tannin, that extra push through the finish. There are some reductive characters here, in a good way, which help to bolster the medium-weight flow of curranty fruit. Both silken-texture and a general sturdiness are key positive traits. It isn’t ‘big’ by any stretch. It’s a kind of Claret/luncheon style of cabernet, composed and at one with itself, and should mature beautifully.
By Campbell Mattison
March 17th
winefront.com.au
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16/02/20172014 Mount Horrocks Cabernet Sauvignon
94+ POINTS
By Campbell Mattison
Essence of cabernet. One for the cellar. Not particularly deep – though it’s deep enough – but most importantly it’s balanced, complex and lengthy. Dust, woodsmoke, boysenberry, cloves, redcurrant. It stretches its legs out beautifully along the palate, and out through the finish. Strings of herbs and presses of mint. Old school varietal character, served super fresh.
April 2016
winefront.com.au
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