2006 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon

100% Cabernet Sauvignon, produced from only the top 20-25% of Cabernet fruit available from Wynns Coonawarra Estate. Harvest took place in April. The wine spent 16 months in a mixture of French and American oak (French oak 35% new, 29% one-year-old and 15% two years and older ; American oak 8% new, 2% one-year-old and 11% two years and older). Winemaker Sue Hodder. TA 6.55 g/l, pH 3.49. Look no screwcap!!! A blast from the past that was always undersold. Fully ripe fruit that is gentle and more than nods at that lovely 1979 Petaluma enjoyed recently. Serious dry finish. Worth more! (Though I do remember when it cost £4.99...) (JR)

Rich dark fruit aromas – almost savoury in their darkness on the nose. Firmer and thicker and bigger. Rounded but thicker. Very young – only just released. (JH)