{"product_id":"wendouree-cabernet-malbec-vertical","title":"Wendouree Cabernet Malbec Vertical 2009 -2014","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWendouree Cabernet Malbec\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eClare Valley, South Australia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr class=\"border-border-200 border-t-0.5 my-3 mx-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eIf Wendouree is the iron fist in a velvet glove, the Cabernet Malbec is where that contradiction is most beautifully resolved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis is a blend with serious vineyard pedigree behind it — co-fermented from old, dry-grown plantings that in some vintages reach back to 1975, 1971 and even 1920. Vines like this don't get replanted; they get inherited. The result is a wine of structural complexity that no young vineyard could ever produce, year after year, regardless of how the season behaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eIn the glass it offers blackcurrant, mulberry, violet and graphite up front, layered with cedar, earth, tobacco leaf and a savoury, almost European edge that sets it apart from anything else on the Australian shelf. The palate is full-bodied yet restrained — cassis, dark plum and savoury spice wrapped in firm, beautifully integrated tannin — carrying through to a long, mineral finish that is unmistakably Wendouree: dense yet poised, demanding yet generous, built to reward patience rather than instant gratification.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eVibrant and lively in acidity one moment, tight and bony in classic old-school structure the next, with notes of ironstone, rosehip and redcurrant jelly running through an assertive finish of real length. It is a wine that asks something of the drinker. It also gives back considerably more than it asks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis is one of the most acclaimed wines in an already acclaimed range — frequently the highest-scoring release in any given Wendouree vintage, and a wine critics return to year after year with genuine excitement rather than professional obligation. Allocations are tiny. The mailing list is famously closed to all but a handwritten letter. If you have this in stock, you have something that very few retailers in the country can say they hold.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Stunned Mullet Wine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47926556459173,"sku":null,"price":1350.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/2597\/2133\/files\/IMG_3330.png?v=1781691617","url":"https:\/\/wine.thestunnedmullet.com.au\/products\/wendouree-cabernet-malbec-vertical","provider":"The Stunned Mullet Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}