Advent Wine Challenge Day 11: Ma’Adra Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
My love of Ma’Adra’s Pinot Noir and Carbonic Maceration Öküzgözü (one of the only Öküzgözü wines I like), I have document well and thoroughly. Most of their other wines I explored in my early Turkish wine days and haven’t revisited. Until now.
Advent day 11
Ma’Adra Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, 2018
Sigh. Ma’Adra went with the heavy format bottle for this one. Heavy bottles does not mean quality wine, people. I don’t harp on about the environment but, come on. This one is easy. The wine filling the unnecessarily heavy bottle, a 100% Cabernet Sauvignon aged for 24 months in French Bordeaux barrels.
Deep, opaque ruby color that was initially very tight in the glass. This one wanted a lot of a breathing time. It opened to aromas of graphite and menthol wrapped around a core of ripe falling off the bush black raspberry and black cherry with notes of walnut, spice, and pastry. Full-bodied with round, well-integrated tannins, 14% alcohol, and nice acidity.
If you like Cabernet Sauvignon, definitely put this on your list.