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2008 Xanadu Cabernet Sauvignon

The ferments are split, 35% given extended fermentation on skins, the other pressed at or before dryness; the wine is matured in 40% new French oak. A complex bouquet of dark berries and oak, the palate ranging further afield with mulberry and plum coming into the picture, the texture built around fine, ripe cedary tannins.

James Halliday, Top 100 Wines, The Weekend Australian