Re: Winter 2014/15 | Page 53

Wes’ Reviewed by Wes Game USA Dark Horse, Cabernet Sauvignon South Africa Three Rivers, Chenin Blanc £9 Tesco £7 Laithwaites/Sunday Times Wine Club New to the UK in 2014, this wine is packed with bold flavours. Cabernet Sauvignon is the most widely planted black grape in California, which is a huge wine growing region. California enjoys long and very dry summers, which produces ripe fruit flavours within its wines. This wine lives up to its name. It’s dark, full bodied and full flavoured. As you would expect, blackberries and black cherries are prevalent together with hints of chocolate and spice. Aromas