Wynns Coonawarra Estate Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Coonawarra South Australia

The reputation of Wynns Coonawarra Estate stretches back four decades to 1951 when David Wynn recognised the potential quality of Coonawarra's wines. He purchased the original cellars built by John Riddoch in 1896 and began a winemaking legacy that continues to this day. The only blend in the range, Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet/Shiraz/Merlot captures all the elegant fruit character that Coonawarra has to offer in a wine that drinks best while relatively young. The Cabernet provides flavour, length and structure; the Shiraz imparts a spicy complexity and richness, while the Merlot adds softness. The resulting red offers a rich balance of varietal characters in a smooth and approachable wine. Grape variety: Cabernet Sauvignon , Shiraz and Merlot . Oak Maturation: Matured for 10 months in a mix of new and used American and French oak barrels. Colour: Deep red with purple hues. Nose: Fragrant, leafy aromas with hints of mint and eucalyptus underlined with dusty oak. Palate: The palate is earthy and supple with soft, dark, berry fruit with a spicy finish and fresh aftertaste. This wine is made for current drinking, thus would only benefit from short-term cellaring. (6 x 75 cl)

The Wynns Shiraz offers exceptional quality and value. Dominated by the classic, black pepper and mulberry characteristics typical of Coonawarra Shiraz, it has all the complexity and structure to develop further depth in the medium term. Matured in new and used, small American and French barrels for 10 months. Deep, dark red with purple hues. Ripe, spicy, with dark berry and black pepper aromas to the fore. Smooth and well-balanced with light cedary oak and sweet fruit. Fine-grained tannins underpin the wine and add to its great length of flavour. While excellent drinking now, the Wynns Coonawarra Estate Shiraz will evolve with careful cellaring over the next three to five years. (6 x 75 cl)

The Wynns Coonawarra Estate Riesling displays attractive, youthful, fresh fruit flavours and delicate, floral scents; careful bottle age will allow this wine to develop depth and complexity. Brilliant pale-straw with green tints. Delicate lemon, orange and lime fruit aromas, with a subtle star-anise spiciness. Excellent, fresh and light-bodied fruit flavour which persists across the palate, finishing with tantalising acidity. Easy to enjoy now while young and fresh, this wine will develop complexity, with toasty, apricot nuances, given five to eight years bottle age. (12 x 75 cl)

As with John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon, Michael Shiraz is only produced in exceptional vintages using only the top one per cent of available Coonawarra Shiraz. Earning a reputation as the benchmark Coonawarra Shiraz, Michael is fermented and then matured in New American Oak for up to 18 months. It is deep red in colour with strong mulberry, peppery Shiraz berry aromas enriched with coffee bean American oak character in the nose. The palate is rich and full bodied with sweet ripe fruit contained within a firm, superbly balanced tannin structure that will grow in complexity with 10 to 15 years of bottle age. (6 x 75 cl)

The Parker Estate Vineyard, situated at the Southern end of Coonawarra, was established in 1985 on the rich Terra Rossa soil over limestone of Coonawarra and carries Cabernet Sauvignon as the predominant variety with minor plantings of Merlot and Petit Verdot. Each vintage small quantities of the best fruit is selected for the Terra Rossa First Growth. If in any one year the grapes do not reach the high standard set, then no Terra Rossa First Growth is made, as was the case in 1992, 1995, 1997 & 2002 . In those years the wine released was under the Terra Rossa Cabernet Sauvignon label. Vintage 2000 was one of the earliest harvests on record (6 x 75 cl)

The Parker Estate Vineyard, situated at the Southern end of Coonawarra, was established in 1985 on the rich Terra Rossa soil over limestone of Coonawarra and carries Cabernet Sauvignon as the predominant variety with minor plantings of Merlot and Petit Verdot. Deep crimson red in colour with purple tinges. The nose shows intense liquorice fruit with mocha coffee, mineral, violets and smoky cedar oak aromas. The palate is strong and firm with liquorice and cedar flavours following onto a long finish with complex tannin flavours and mouth feel. Full of deep, dark, dense black fruit with an element of spice which is classic Coonawarra Cabernet. (6 x 75 cl)

Majella Estate THE MALLEEA Cabernet Shiraz Coonawarra South Australia from Australia, South Australia, Coonawarra by Majella Wines Pty Ltd Coonawarra SA (12 x 75 cl)

Majella Estate THE MUSICIAN Cabernet Shiraz Coonawarra South Australia from Australia, South Australia, Coonawarra by Majella Wines Pty Ltd Coonawarra SA (12 x 75 cl)

Deep rich red in colour, the nose shows fine charry vanillin oak with rich dark berry blackcurrant and blackberry fruit, ripe and dense. The palate is rich and round with opulent black fruit flavours and deep mid palate fruit. As with the first release of the Tally it is the harmony and balance of this wine, which are its outstanding features. DECANT before drinking. We left our best Cabernet Sauvignon Blocks until very late in vintage to achieve the opulent super-ripe flavours characteristic of this vintage. Blended from extended maceration ferments of our Walker Block , Quarry and Avery vineyards . This wine received 20 months in new fine-grained Taransaud Hogsheads and Seguin Moreau Chateau barriques, before light egg fining and bottling in March (6 x 75 cl)