Yalumba Menzies The Cigar 2009

The following two posts are of two wines that I am excited to try. Both wines are in the $25 range which means that they are potentially good wines to enjoy on a regular basis. Today I am reviewing Yalumba's The Cigar from Yalumba's Menzies vineyard. Yalumba named the wine The cigar after the shape of the terra rossa soil in the Coonawarra region where the vineyard is located. Menzies is one of their premiere vineyards, so I am excited to give this one a try.
The wine is a cab sav, which is a nice change from all the shiraz I have been sampling recently. I have had less experience in tasting cab sav wines so this will further my experience with this type of grape. Lets take a look at what Yalumba is offering with this wine:

The very first thing I noticed with this wine was the very light tannins. Virtually no grippy tannins to be noticed. The wine is a bit heavy in texture. It would be excellent with some seafood, or chicken. It seemed very well oaked, something that is not quite as noticeable with shiraz, at least in terms of what I have tried. Very bold flavor. It is certainly worth a taste and it is a very good value for what you are getting. The coonawarra produces excellent wines and this is no exception. It is a very well done cab sav. I would be interested in camparing it with the iconic Bin 707 from Penfolds and compare. perhaps one day...
NExt up wil be a shiraz from Wynns Coonawarra Estate. It is their entry level shiraz, similar to this wine from Yalumba. I am hoping that it will be as recommendable as this wine is for anyone looking for a great wine at a decent price, from an excellent region in SA.