St Hugo Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
- 96
- $58
- Drink by: 2021-2031
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When the planets align, not even a nasty black frost in November could impede what turned out to be an excellent vintage in Coonawarra. And of course, the benchmark expression from St Hugo pretty much says it all. I just loved this marvellous example of Coonawarra cabernet from the time I plonked my nose into those seductive alluring aromas. This is what the variety is all about in this famous cabernet region, with its brightness and pristine purity. The wine has that Coonawarra elegance and charm, but with power and intensity coursing through every sinew. Powdery tannins and silky fine oak gather into a seamless merging of their important powers to carry the palate forward.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
