Brothers in Arms No. 6 Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
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Deeply colored. This elegant Cabernet has blackberries, wild fennel, and red currants. A savory palate with red currants and elegant tannins build to a lingering finish.
Pair with steak and wild mushrooms.
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There's currently a slight volatility to this wine that serves to lift the drying red raspberry and plum fruit. Alongside it sits chocolate and dried herbal notes and a dusty earth quality that evokes the dry, sunbaked South Aussie soils. The palate is a little less cohesive. While the fruit is tangy and the warm, dusty earth character evocative, the oak is a little overpowering, weighing things down somewhat. Nevertheless, this is a solid wine from a historic winery.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2018 Brothers in Arms No. 6 Cabernet Sauvignon offers attractive richness and length on the palate. TASTING NOTES: This wine exhibits pleasing aromas and flavors of black fruit and savory spices. Pair it with grilled short ribs. (Tasted: June 23, 2020, San Francisco, CA)
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After many years of watching their fruit leave the vineyard on the back of a truck, largely to disappear into a large winery's mulit-regional blend, Guy and Tom felt the time was right to take the next step and leave a lasting legacy for the next generation. Brothers In Arms was born. Their first release, a 1998 Shiraz, certainly vindicated their decision, being an outstanding wine and selling out in the blink of an eye.
There is certainly an exciting future ahead for Brothers In Arms, with so many blocks of outstanding fruit to select from. After many years of planning, their winery on the family property has become a reality.
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