The 2021 vintage was a cool and long growing season resulting in classical Coonawarra reds. Neither the Black Label Cabernet or the Black label Shiraz disappoint. While the Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon needs about an extra year to start fully expressing its virtues, it has all the elements of a classical Coonawarra Claret style. It will fill out on the mid palate with a touch of bottle age and develop into a brilliant wine. The Black Label Shiraz is of exceptionally high quality with amazing fruit complexity and balance. The V&A Lane Shriaz and V&A Lane Cabernet Shiraz are cooler expressions and sit on the cusp of ripeness. This results in beautiful violet notes, a touch of grip and moderate alcohols.
The Black Label Shiraz is of exceptionally high quality with amazing fruit complexity and balance.
These will have wide appeal as well. The well-balanced and appealing Glengyle Cabernet Sauvignon highlights the fidelity of the vintage and the versatility of Cabernet Sauvignon in all Coonawarra seasons. The 2020 Wynns Coonawarra Estate John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon will be released in September in Australia and globally through La Place de Bordeaux. For a detailed history on Wynns Coonawarra Estate you can access ‘Imagining Coonawarra’ here on The Vintage Journal.
2021 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Old Vines Shiraz, Coonawarra – South Australia
Deep crimson. Lovely pure blackberry pastille, cassis hint dark chocolate pepper aromas. Generous and inky with ample blackberry, mulberry fruits, fine loose-knit velvety textures and underlying vanilla, marzipan notes. Finishes chocolaty and minerally. A brilliant Coonawarra Shiraz with superb fruit definition, density, buoyancy and length. Based on heirloom vineyards – Undoolya (1894) and Johnson’s Block (1925). A wonderful vintage with the structure for long term aging. 13.8% alc Drink now – 2035+ 97 points
2021 Wynns Coonawarra Estate V&A Lane Shiraz, Coonawarra – South Australia
Medium deep crimson. Musky plum, blackberry dark cherry aromas with mocha, herb garden notes. Inky deep wine with pure blackberry, dark cherry flavours, briary/ grippy textures and well-balanced mocha, vanilla notes. Finishes slinky and long with crunchy notes. Still in its elemental phase but should develop well. 12.7% alc Drink 2024 – 2034 93 points
2021 Wynns Coonawarra Estate V&A Lane Cabernet Shiraz, Coonawarra – South Australia
Medium deep crimson. Attractive blackcurrant, blackberry, elderberry, dark chocolate aromas with herb garden, hint leafy notes. Well concentrated blackberry, cassis fruits, fine cedar, touch leafy tannins and well-integrated savoury notes. Finishes grippy firm and long with bittersweet chocolaty notes. 12.8% alc Drink 2024 – 2034 94 points
2021 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Coonawarra – South Australia
Deep crimson. Beautiful cigar box, blackcurrant aromas with underlying roasted chestnut notes. Classically structured with plentiful cassis, black cherry, cedar flavours, fine grained savoury tannins, attractive quartz-like acidity and well-integrated roasted chestnut/ vanilla oak. Finishes chalky firm and minerally. Archetypal Coonawarra Claret withs superb vibrancy, and cabernet bloodlines. Deserves a year or more cellaring time to allow all the elements to unfold. 13.4% alc Drink 2024 – 2038 97 points
2021 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Glengyle Cabernet Sauvignon, Coonawarra – South Australia
Deep crimson. Fragrant violet, pure cassis aromas with hints of dark chocolate. Expressive wine with blackcurrant, Parma violet, touch cedar flavours, fine grainy/ al dente and sinuous tannins, attractive density and well-balanced marzipan, roasted chestnut oak notes and fresh crisp acidity. Finishes sinewy with bittersweet cacao notes. Delicious minerally wine with seductive pure cassis notes. Drink now – 2034 95 points
