Tasting Week 4: Faraway Farms Cabernet Sauvignon

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon

Region: Bosman's Crossing (Western Cape)

Country: Africa

Year: 2008

Price: $5.95

Food?: Paired with milk chocolate.

Winery's Review:
Our Cabernet Sauvignon will spoil you with rich flavors of ripe blackberry and plums.

My Review:

The sister to the Shiraz Faraway Farms wine that I tasted earlier, The Cabernet Sauvignon is very dark purple-red in color and actually smells like grape juice on the nose.  I found the Cabernet Sauvignon to be an odd combination of too sweet and too spicy - if this combination does exist - both on the nose and on the palate.  Initially, I sensed a strong burning/spice sensation on the mid-palate, as well as some dark berry sweetness towards the end.  I found that the milk chocolate pairing did not help to alleviate the overall spiciness of the wine, and perhaps a dark chocolate would be a much better pairing... I think I will stick with the Shiraz.