Katnook Odyssey Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

This 21st vintage release is classic Odyssey and showcases the essence of Coonawarra. With 39 months maturation in French and American barriques, intense regional and varietal fruit characters are seamlessly combined with an array of oak maturation characters.

97 Points - James Halliday (Feb 2018) Machine-harvested, crushed and destemmed, 5-10 days on skins with cultured yeast, matured for 39 months in French and American oak (52% new). This has always been an iconic wine, and the bright crimson colour is a great start, quickly followed by beautifully pitched cassis/blackcurrant fruit and finely shaped tannins in perfect balance. There's not much to say about this wine, so perfect is the balance and mouthfeel.

Andrew Caillard MW “The best selected parcels of small flavour intense Cabernet fruit – from specific vineyard rows planted on rich clay loams over a thick hard layer of limestone – are used for Katnook Estate’s concentrated and powerful Odyssey Cabernet Sauvignon. This highly prized Coonawarra wine has emerged as a benchmark ‘essence of Coonawarra’ style with beautifully intense pure blackcurrant aromas, mocha oak complexity and plush chocolaty flavours. After vinification in ‘headed down’ fermenters maturation takes place over approximately 36 to 40 months in 100 % new French oak. Some parcels are “double oaked” to increase flavour complexity. Winemaker Wayne Stehbens describes the overall style as “fruit richness and elegance”. Odyssey has established proven cellaring potential and has a very keen secondary market following."