Katnook Estate Coonawarra Shiraz South Australia

Katnook Estate PRODIGY Shiraz Coonawarra South Australia from Australia, South Australia, Coonawarra by Katnook Coonawarra SA (6 x 75 cl)

Katnook Estate FOUNDERS BLOCK Sauvignon Blanc Coonawarra South Australia from Australia, South Australia, Coonawarra by Katnook Coonawarra SA (6 x 75 cl)

Colour Straw yellow Nose Inviting ripe peach and melon with subtle smoky oak tones. Palate Silky smooth texture supports well integrated flavours of peach, melon and grapefruit. A lively acidity extends through a long, lingering finish. (6 x 75 cl)

Rich and complex, with layers of blackberry and mulberry fruits, backed by sweet cedar oak and a fine seam of grainy tannin. Classic Coonawarra (6 x 75 cl)

Winemaker Comments Colour Deep plum with purple hues. Nose Elegant, attractive Cabernet Sauvignon fruit aromas of red berries, violets and hints of mint are combined with mocha and coffee from oak maturation. Palate A medium bodied, supple wine with generous fruit, well integrated oak and fine tannins in a lingering finish. (6 x 75 cl)

Deep crimson in colour with light purple tinges. Abundant raspberry, pepper and spicy anise fruit aromas highlight the nose. Hints of vanilla and light toasty oak add complexity to fruit with mellow barrel maturation characters. The palate features an att (12 x 75 cl)

Katnook Estate FOUNDERS BLOCK Chardonnay Coonawarra from Australia, South Australia, Coonawarra by Katnook Coonawarra SA (24 x 37.5 cl)

Katnook Estate FOUNDERS BLOCK Cabernet Sauvignon Coonawarra from Australia, South Australia, Coonawarra by Katnook Coonawarra SA (24 x 37.5 cl)

Tasting Note Soft and ripe with concentrated, juicy plum and blackberry fruit spiced up by vanilla and cinnamon notes from the oak. Full-bodied and well-balanced with flavour to spare. 13.5% Wayne Stehbens and his team at Katnook are making something of a speciality of Merlot in Coonawarra. The region is already well known for its world class Cabernet, and as Bordeaux shows, where Cabernet thrives the chances are Merlot might do pretty well too. Ripe and rounded with fabulous depth of fruit and wonderfully smooth tannins this is a big, characterful wine that really shows Oz's potential for world class Merlot. A bit about Katnook Estate Although the present company was only founded in 1967, the Katnook area had been well known for grape growing since the mid-19th Century, when John Riddoch planted the first Coonawarra vines. In 1980, the arrival of winemaker Wayne Stehbens heralded a new era for Katnook when they began to bottle their own wines for the first time. Since then the company's reputation has rocketed with the wines now recognised as being among the very best in the region. (6 x 75 cl)