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THREE DARK HORSES THE BANDY CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2023

Warming and inviting with a big, mouthfilling palate, totally over delivering for the price.

Product Code: 6082
Country: Australia
Region: South Australia
Sub Region: McLaren Vale
Style: Red
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Producer: Three Dark Horses

Closure: Screw Cap
Unit: Each
Volume: 750ml
Alcohol: 14.0%
Grape: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Original price was: $25.99.Current price is: $18.99.

Warming and inviting with a big, mouthfilling palate, totally over delivering for the price.

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The Bandy is back – We just get one allocation annually!

Superb new release of this almost 'cult' wine. Made in a small quantity and available in only a few selected NZ outlets and at the Three Dark Horses cellar door in Australia. Previous vintages have been hugely successful at wine shows (including Golds & Trophy Champion Cabernet NZIWS). More importantly this label has developed a serious following with our customers who recognise the quality and value it offers.

Three Dark Horses is the project the of former Coriole winemaker Matt Broomhead with his father Alan and grandfather Frank (who recently passed away) – the Three Dark Horses. Their focus is on producing small batch, basket pressed, hand made, and affordable wines of character sourcing grapes from old vines throughout the McLaren Vale.

Best described as a "Blockbuster" – this 2023 is again inky dark (glass staining) with flavours of vanilla and ripe dark berry compote. Warming and inviting with a big, mouthfilling palate. Fine graphite-like tannins from the 14 months in French and American oak coat the mouth. The words 'sumptuous and generous' easily come to mind and, even as a young wine, is deliciously drinkable. It will also cellar very well. It totally over delivers for the price.

Winery notes (2023 Vintage)
"To increase volumes for the 2023 vintage, an opportunity to source some ‘A Grade’ fruit that had been previously going to Penfolds arose. This vineyard is 55 years old and located on McMurtrie Rd just south of the township of McLaren Vale. It makes up 50% of the blend with the other half coming from our own vineyard on the estate.

Lifted aromas of red and black fruits, subtle perfume and wood spice. Flavours of blackberry plum and cassis. Nice perfume which is a hallmark of the vintage. Some earth and a little spice. Medium to full bodied, plush through the palate with fine grained tannins and a subtle wood spice finish.

Destemmed only. 10 day open ferment with regular pump overs. Basket pressed. 14 months in French and American oak (25% new). Bottled without fining in June 2024."

5 Stars & 93/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, August 2024 (2023 Vintage)
"This is immediately appealing on the nose, showing blackcurrant, sweet cherry, rich floral, subtle tobacco and cedar aromas. The palate is equally enticing with succulent fruit intensity combined with fine texture and chalky tannins, making it sturdy and supple at the same time with a sustained, delectable finish."

We provide a door to door delivery service nationwide. Delivery charges are calculated on a 12 bottle case or part there of.

Delivery charges are calculated during the checkout process based off your address post code. Please ensure you choose the correct post code. We will advise you if you have chosen the incorrect post code.

You may also choose to 'pick up' your order from our wine shop at 188 Durham Street South, Christchurch.

For further details on prices and delivery options please go to the Delivery & Returns section of our site.

If for any reason you are not entirely happy with your order or you suspect that it may be affected by a quality issue, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will remedy the problem straight away. Contact us on (03) 3655134.

Note, for orders of 1 - 2 bottles we charge an additional $5 for packaging. To ensure the safety of the bottles we use specially designed posting boxes.

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Established on a 22 acre vineyard in Blewitts Springs, South Australia, Three Dark Horses is located in the heart of a region known for producing magnificent red varieties, their vineyard producing Shiraz and Cabernet and including a section of 60 year old Cabernet vines. They focus on offering small-batch, hand-made, affordable wines of character that represent their unique expression of the McLaren Vale region.

The hand-made aspect is central and of highest importance to Three Dark Horses, with everything being hand made, with a shovel, basket press and with wild yeast reigning supreme.

Three Dark Horses produces variants of Shiraz, Grancahe, Touriga and Cabernet, with a milestone occuring in 2014 when they produced their first white wines, a Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, both from the Adelaide Hills. It began when Matt, a former winemaker at Coriole, was presented with a unique opportunity to make wine from Bruno Romano’s old vineyard in the Seaview sub-region of McLaren Vale. It was an offer from his father Alan and grandfather Frank that he could not refuse.