Wynns Black Label The Original Cabernet Sauvignon 2024

This is the wine that started it all for Wynns when it was first released from the 1954 vintage. It has been consistently a great Australian example of Cabernet from this great wine region. As always, it’s approachable with its medium-bodied structure, but has the remarkable potential to cellar for many years. The colour is quite deep and red, and then the nose reveals all you expect from classic Coonawarra Cabernet: lifted cherry and other red fruits, with a subtle floral violet note that stamps this as Cabernet from Coonawarra. The palate is so seamlessly integrated, with those fine chalky tannins and neatly aligned oak all combining to produce a wine of class. The winemaking team of Sue Hodder and Sarah Pidgeon continue to push this wine into new levels of elegance and poise, and I have to say, this has been one of the most appealing releases I have tasted—and believe it or not, I’ve tasted them all.