2010 Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet
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(a 75/25 blend): Dark ruby. Cassis and candied plum on the fragrant nose. Lush, open-knit dark fruit compote flavors show good energy and pick up a note of bitter chocolate with aeration. Finishes smooth and soft, with good length and gentle spiciness.
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Josh Raynolds
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
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Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2010 Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet offers intense cassis and blackberry notes with some chocolate box, dried roses and eucalypt. Medium-bodied and very crisp in the mouth with medium-firm grainy tannins, it has a long finish with some spiciness coming through. Drink it now to 2019+. The first vintage of the good value Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet was 1976. Back then it was labeled as “Claret” in reference to the style rather than the grapes. In September 2011, Peter Gago put together a vertical of the Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet, going back to the very first vintage. Importer: Treasury Wine Estates, Napa, CA; tel. (707) 259-4500
About the producer
Penfolds is Australia’s most famous wine producer, known best for their iconic top wine, Grange. First produced commercially in 1952, Grange has since gone on to become one of the world’s most famous fine wines. In 2001, the wine was listed as an Australian heritage icon.