{"id":16301,"date":"2008-05-26T12:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-26T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/benbournies-near-100-per-cent-score-card-2\/"},"modified":"2008-05-26T12:54:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-26T12:54:00","slug":"benbournies-near-100-per-cent-score-card-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/05\/benbournies-near-100-per-cent-score-card-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BENBOURNIE\u2019S NEAR-100 PER CENT SCORE CARD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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YOUR FREE WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for May 26 2008<\/p>\n

wine with david ellis<\/p>\n

IT’s ultra-premium, it’s ultra-priced and you can bet it will be in ultra-demand \u2013 not just because this is a sensationally soft and subtle wine with an-almost 100 per cent score-card for everything that’s great about Cabernet Sauvignon, but because over 60% has already been grabbed for the overseas market.<\/p>\n

It’s the Jim Barry 2002 The Benbournie Cabernet Sauvignon, a mature and refined spectacular from one of the greatest vintages in the Clare Valley; that soft and subtle palate has beautifully vibrant fresh fruit flavours and enduring tannins, while on pouring the glass comes alive with a bouquet of cedar, menthol, blackcurrant, cigar box and roasted capsicum.<\/p>\n

If you’re going on the hunt for this wine for a very special celebration, expect to pay $85 \u2013 great value in fact as its one that will not only stand up with our top local Cabernet Sauvignon’s, but match it with the best international labels.<\/p>\n

(Colleagues recently shared a bottle at a special-event dinner at Bel Parco Restaurant in Sydney’s Bicentennial Park; they matched it with roasted fillet of beef, truffle-infused potato puree, wild mushrooms and Cabernet Sauvignon jus. And the verdict? Perfect-o.)<\/p>\n

ONE FOR LUNCH: \u00a0A great idea next time you’re in party mood is Beelgara’s 3-litre sq3 Wine Cube Ros\u00e9 2007, as this is a quality wine in a box and very competitively priced at just $20 – with 3-litres equaling four bottles, it’s the equivalent of just $5 a bottle. Served chilled, this wine from the NSW Riverina has nice sweetish raspberry fruit flavours to the fore and a soft mouthfeel. And ideal for the party room or as a barbecue-starter, as it’s easy to serve and goes nicely with dips, p\u00e2t\u00e9s and cheese platters.<\/p>\n

BUY OF THE WEEK: TIM Adams’ 2006 The Fergus is one of those wines that takes blending to almost new lengths: this one from the quite excellent 2006 vintage in the Clare Valley combines Grenache, Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Malbec, Cabernet Franc and Tempranillo. Pay $25 and enjoy its full-on flavours and aromatics with duck, turkey, lamb or game dishes.<\/p>\n

(Need a drink? We’re archived on http:\/\/vintnews.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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UP there with the best international Cabernet Sauvignons.<\/p>\n

PARTY time: this Ros\u00e9 in a cube is great value at the equivalent of $5 a bottle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wc26May08 YOUR FREE WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for May 26 2008 wine with david ellis IT’s ultra-premium, it’s ultra-priced and you can bet it will be in ultra-demand \u2013 not just because this is a sensationally soft and subtle wine with an-almost 100 per cent score-card for everything that’s great about Cabernet Sauvignon, but because over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}