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NOTES
Nugan Estate second tier wines, Cookoothama; is made from estate grown fruit from the family’s vineyards in the King Valley and Darlington Point. Cookoothama “cooka-a-tharma” is the name of the family’s vineyard at Darlington Point on the Murrumbidgee River and is the aboriginal word meaning ‘fertile land’. The two hands on the label represent the people who have lived and cultivated the land spread along the banks of the Murrumbidgee River transforming it into the prosperous land it is today.
TASTING NOTES
The Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot for this wine is sourced from our Cookoothama Vineyard on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River at Darlington Point in the Riverina. Deep crimson with a youthful purple hue. Lovely plum aromas infused with hints of spice, herbs and dark chocolate. A very stylish, well structured wine with an intense and concentrated palate of blackcurrant and mint with rich silky tannins and well integrated oak.
REVIEWS
Good colour, with a dark savoury bouquet complemented by well-handled oak; bright, juicy, complexed by a chewy finish. Great value. Screwcap.14% alc. Rating 92 James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2010
AWARDS
2008 Cairns Wine Show SILVER
Winefront Monthly, Campbell Mattinson
"My wordy... thinking of rating it a little higher its that good." 90 POINTS
Courier Mail, Mike Frost: BARGAIN BUY 89 POINTS
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