Tasting- Little Boomey Cabernet Sauvignon

Name: Little Boomey Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: South Australia
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Year: 2013
Price: $8

Winemakers notes: This excellent Cabernet Sauvignon has a generous blackcurrant flavor, combined with subtle oak characters and a soft finish. It's ripper with roasted and grilled meats, hamburgers and hearty pastas.

Critic Review: The Little Boomey Cab Sauv 2009 was a strong and smooth fruit-forward wine with medium plus body. Fruit was tasty but a bit out of balance with other elements. Tastes strongly of tart cherry juice with fuzzy tannins and medium acid. Finish was mostly fruit with same flavor. Initial nose was strong cherry with a hint of spice, maybe a bit of earth. This wine would be good to please a crowd at a large party.

My review: Holy cow. I chose this wine at dinner at Outback Steakhouse. I was ordering fillet mignon and mashed potatoes so I wanted a Cabernet Sauvignon. I chose this Australian wine trying to be festive at Outback. I was completely blown away. I usually tolerate Cabs because they pair well with food and I am trying to adjust my palate to them. This wine was everything I could have wanted. It was a very rich, dark purple color. The aroma was strong fruit but it did have a hint of spice which did scare me that this wine was going to be peppery. It was nothing of the sort. The wine was extremely fruity with black currant/ black berry flavor. It had a very smooth finish and was not heavy on my palate. With steak it was delectable and added amazing flavors to an already perfect cut of meat. Overall this is my favorite wine to date. I loved it so much, I ordered a case of it from Dennis at Kroger that I am excited to add to my collection. 


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