Credaro 5 Tales Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot 2016
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Medium dark red color with purple tones. Spicy berry, dark fruit aromas and hints of cedar and oak influence on the nose. The palate is refined and smooth, showing flavors of ripe blackberry and red currant characters. Fine, ripe tannins round out the wine, with lingering savory nuances on the finish
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This is a strong, likable offering from Credaro. The 60-40 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot is fragrant and fruity, redolent of bright cherries and raspberries along with earthy peppery spices, dried florals and a hint of graphite. Fruit on the palate is crunchy and tart, as mouthwatering acidity buoys it, emphasized by a tight grip of herbaceous tannins and a mineral graphite streak on the finish.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2016 Credaro Five Tales Cabernet Merlot is stylish and crisp. TASTING NOTES: This wine offers attractive earth, chalk, and black fruit aromas and flavors. Enjoy it with grilled lamb chops. (Tasted: June 23, 2020, San Francisco, CA)
The Credaro family have a distinguished heritage in Western Australia as a pioneering family who settled in northern Margaret River in 1922. The family had humble beginnings within the agriculture and timber industries, building bridges for the first railways and major roads in the region.Ceasare Credaro left Northern Italy for a new start in 1921 and met his brother Olympio at Fremantle Port after a three month voyage. They then made their way to an area north of the Margaret River township called Carbunup.
Cesare Credaro was the first generation of the family to reside in the area of Margaret River, working in the one of the first vineyards in the region.
Though it no longer exists today, it was a five acre vineyard that was established around 1915, near Commonage Road. He would work on this property whenever possible, between his farming and timber interests.
Cesare Credaro worked at the Meleri vineyard in Yallinup in the 1920s and 30s. Cesare, with the help of the family, took some cuttings from the Yallingup vineyard where he worked and planted an acre of the Italian Red Variety Fragola at Carbunup.
The family would make a parcel of wine every year for themselves and the neighbouring families. The Fragola has now evolved from site to site with each generation of the family over the years.
The family has been commercially involved in the wine industry since the 80’s, when their first plantings began supplying other established Margaret River wineries. Today the family manages 110 hectares of vineyard over five sites across the Margaret River Region. The Credaro family produce all of their own wines, in their 1200-tonne winery in Northern Margaret River, which was built in 2003
One of the world’s most classic and popular styles of red wine, Bordeaux-inspired blends have spread from their homeland in France to nearly every corner of the New World. Typically based on either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, the best of these are densely hued, fragrant, full of fruit and boast a structure that begs for cellar time. Somm Secret—Blends from Bordeaux are generally earthier compared to those from the New World, which tend to be fruit-dominant.
Home to some of Australia’s most elegant and long-lived red and white wines, Margaret River is situated in the farthest reaches of Western Australia. Relatively warm and dry, the region is cooled by breezes from the Indian Ocean. Margaret River takes some inspiration from Bordeaux, producing top-quality Cabernet Sauvignons and Bordeaux Blends with firm structure, mouthwatering acidity, balanced alcohol and notes of herbs and spice. For white wines, refreshing blends of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon as well as complex, age-worthy Chardonnays are regional specialties.