A Serious, Fantastic Wine for Bargain No.14

Received an email about 10 minutes ago from Winemarket.com.au with a bargain.  Okay so it's not exactly a cheap one but it is a good one.  They have called it a Mystery Coonawarra Cabernet Merlot, normally $62.50 down to $31.25 a bottle by the six pack.  Looking at the pixelated photo and reading the guff about it, it is not difficult to work out what it is.  I am pretty sure it is the 2003 Petaluma Cabernet Merlot and it is indeed a very good wine.  Well respected winemaker, Brian Croser, is the man who built it and is also well known for the Croser sparkling wines and the Tapanappa label. James Halliday says, "...long and very well balanced", gives it 93/100 and says it will last until 2016 so it still has plenty of life in it yet.  I have tasted a slightly younger version of this wine and that one was medium bodied but still quite powerful.  By that I mean it has lots of flavours but not so much that you feel you need a knife and fork to get through it.  Sorry but that is the best way I can describe it.  They have 265 six packs and I have no doubt it will sell out.  'Til next time and remember to live simply, laugh often, wine alot.