Wynns Coonawarra Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
- 95
- $45
- Drink by: 2024-2044
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One of the most famous wines made in this country, dating back to 1954, it has proven on many occasions that it can age alongside the very best the world has to offer. Twenty, thirty, even forty years is often no challenge for this Coonawarra classic. The team only look to the best 20 to 25% of their terra rossa Cabernet for inclusion here. This vintage is a dark purple colour, with the nose weaving through a range of aromas, including mocha, aniseed, chocolate and blackberries. There is oak but the integration is well handled and the balance throughout is immaculate. A wine of elegance and intensity, finesse and focus with such a long finish. On the palate, there are notes of blueberries and florals. It offers fifteen to twenty years in the cellar, although experience has shown that a much longer life is more than likely.
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.
