St Hugo Coonawarra Cabernet 1998

The legend returns. It is been plenty of years since we last saw this wine around the traps – a classic old Australian name and an epic vintage. St Hugo is a step back in time to old-fashioned Coonawarra – wines that took 10 years to come around. Well that’s just fine as this wine has had over twenty years in bottle and it is still singing.

The wine is in great condition, still with youthful layers of sweet blackcurrant fruit flavour plus the Hugo minty edge to which are now added some cedar, sandalwood and cigarbox complexity. It is a top wine, in the prime of its life and showcases just how well Cooanwarra can age.

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Angus Hughson

Founder at Winepilot

Angus is an award-winning wine writer and the Founder and Publisher of Winepilot, the Australian Editor for leading international publication VINOUS with Antonio Galloni based in New York City and the Co-Publisher of The Australian Ark with over 15 years of publishing, writing and judging experience.

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