WynnsJohnRiddochCabernetSauvignon2016

<p>Wynns John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon, Coonawarra, South Australia, 2016Grape: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, aged 16 months in French oak (31% new)Producer Tasting Note:Colour: Intense red/black with great depth and brightness. Nose: Pure, focused and refined. Beautifully balanced acidity and freshness ensure that this wine will live gracefully for 30 years Palate: Plush and juicy ripe cassis flavours combine with a mocha like creaminess from French oak. Beautifully textured. A fine tannin line frames powerful fruit, providing all the hallmarks of a great John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon for the cellar.One of the greatest wines from Australia. Three reviews below from some of the top wine critics will show you why..Critics’ Tasting Notes:”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.”100/100 from Andrew Caillard MW, a reference for Australian wines”From a tiny fraction (about 1% ) of Wynns` cabernet crush handled with kid gloves in the specialised winery. 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.”98/100 from the Halliday Wine Companion, another reference for Australia”This is a very impressive and regal cabernet with a rich array of ripe blackcurrants, mulberries and blackberries on offer, as well as a cedary and gently chalky edge. There’s a very rich and powerful core of deep-set fruit, as well as a thread of rich chocolate flavor and a very polished, assertive core of tannin that holds super long. Try from 2022. Screw cap.”95/100 from James SucklingWynns John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon Coonawarra South Australia, 2016</p>