Wynns John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Wynns’ flagship Cabernet has risen to iconic status since its first release in 1982. Produced only in the best vintages and sourced from the top one percent of estate Cabernet fruit, the 2022 vintage clearly meets the mark. It’s a wine of both elegance and power, expressed through a classic Coonawarra lens. The nose opens with dusty cedar, forest mulch and old leather, woven through sweet-scented mulberry, dark cherry and blackcurrant juice. Beneath that lies a cool undercurrent of eucalyptus and rubbed mint. With air, further detail unfolds: graphite, black liquorice, tobacco leaf and dark earth, as the elegant blackcurrant fruit becomes more integrated and resolved. The palate plays a beautiful tension between lift and structure. Blackcurrant, mulberry and plum glide through the mouth with grace, supported by cedar, mocha, mint, dark chocolate and graphite. Tannins are firm and architectural, giving shape and persistence. What’s most striking is the fruit’s elegance – it’s lifted and buoyant, never heavy or ponderous. Still compact in its youth, this will unfold gracefully over decades in the cellar.