Wynns Cabernet Franc 2024
- 94
- $80
- Drink by: 2025-2035
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This is the first time we have seen a straight Cabernet Franc from Wynns and it is a cracker, suggesting that perhaps we might surely see more in the future. The fruit is sourced from the McKillop Vineyard in the northern part of Coonawarra. The 2024 harvest was considered to be so good for Cab Franc that it was time it went solo. Maturation was for six months in 3,000 litre French oak vats. A vibrant magenta/purple, the nose offers notes of cassis, raspberries, lead pencils, herbs and spices, plums, delicatessen meats, red cherries, hints of tomato bush and kirsch. This is well focused, finely balanced, exhibits juicy acidity, serious length and precise satiny tannins. A profound example of Cabernet Franc which will continue to provide pleasure for the next eight to ten years.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
