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A wine that sends connoisseurs into a frenzy, Wynns Coonawarra Estate’s flagship John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon is a wine that embodies excellence. The proof is in the glass, with this vintage scoring 100 points. Limited availability leaves everyone asking for more, and presented in a wooden gift box, makes this a lovely gift for your red wine-loving friends.
| Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Coonawarra |
| Volume | 750 mL |
| Closure | Screw Cap |
| Alc/Vol | 13.7% |
| Winemaker | Sarah Pidgeon |
Pure, focused and refined. Beautifully balanced acidity and freshness ensure that this wine will live gracefully for 30 years .
| 100 Points | Andrew Caillard |
| 98 Points | James Halliday |
Andrew Caillard
“Deep crimson. Lovely pure blackcurrant elderberry herb garden aromas with hints of espresso/ roasted chestnut notes. Beautiful concentrated wine with blackcurrant elderberry chinotto herb flavours, fine-grained and plentiful yet vigorous tannins, superb mid palate richness and integrated roasted chestnut/ cedar oak notes. Finishes chalky firm with a long inky/ graphite plume. Made for the long haul. Powerfully expressive yet unforced wine with superb vinosity, richness, density and volume. Superb. The fruit derives from the V&A (Victoria & Albert) and Nursery Vineyards, both located on classic terra-rossa soils. From a dry, mild to warm growing season. Wait a few years to let it unfold, 2025-2050.”
James Halliday
"Densely coloured, its amalgam of cassis and bay leaf is held within a fine web of ripe tannins, the excellent vintage also helping shape a cabernet of the highest class.”
A very warm and dry spring led to early flowering, veraison and harvest. The warm November temperatures were ideal for good berry set, necessitating extensive green harvest (thinning) for quality. The grape ripening months of February and March were influenced by a cold water “upwelling” off the coast, but overall, it was a warmer- than-average Coonawarra vintage. We describe our 2016 wines as being at the “fuller” end of our long-term Wynns Coonawarra flavour and style spectrum.
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