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Vintage: | 2019 |
Grape Variety: | Cabernet Sauvignon |
Cellaring: | Drink now or cellar for long term |
Bottle Top: | Stelvin |
Alcohol Content: | 13.50 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.00 |
Rating: | 98 |
The Wynns John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 is a stunning expression of Coonawarra’s finest Cabernet Sauvignon, born from a legacy of exceptional viticulture dating back to the 1982 debut of this flagship wine. Inspired by John Riddoch, a visionary who built the Wynns Gabled Winery and established the Coonawarra Fruit Colony, this wine has become synonymous with Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon.
The 2019 vintage benefited from ideal growing conditions — an excellent balance of winter rainfall followed by a cool, dry spring and cool nights brought on by the Southern Ocean upwelling. These conditions were critical in preserving the grape quality, which resulted in a medium-bodied wine with great colour, brightness, and fine tannins. The 2019 vintage perfectly showcases the Wynns John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon’s signature style of red and black forest berries, violet floral aromas, and brooding complexity.
On the nose, this wine displays an attractive lift of violet, paired with bright red and dark cherries and subtle undertones of chestnut and bitter dark chocolate. The palate reveals vivid red and black berries within a medium-weighted frame, beautifully balanced with sandalwood and finely detailed tannins. This wine is the epitome of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon, known for its elegance, great persistence, and complexity.
With the 98 Point rating from James Halliday and numerous accolades from wine experts like Andrew Calliard MW, Erin Larkin, and Winor Dobbin, the Wynns John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 is one of the most revered wines from the Coonawarra region.
This exceptional wine is perfect when paired with grilled steaks, roast lamb, or aged cheeses. The full-bodied richness and complexity of the wine will enhance the flavors of these dishes, creating a truly memorable dining experience.
98 Point Rated James Halliday Weekend Australia
"It spent 16 months in French oak (31% new). This is a wine of extraordinary quality. Small wonder winemaker Sue Hodder says it’s “amongst the best wines we have made”. It is mediumbodied, and so agile in the mouth, no one flavour dominates at any stage of its consumption."
98 Point Rated Winor Dobbin
97 Point Rated Erin Larkin Halliay Wine Companion
"Like the 2018 that preceded it, this is a wine of stature, precision and endurance. The tannins are fine and omnipresent, but then a cabernet without tannins would be like a person without purpose. This is direct, forthright and confident, with a core of pure, soft and unfettered berry fruits that cascade over the tongue and trail through the interminable finish. The piercing intensity of fruit on the middle palate echoes in the mouth. Truly, sublime."
97 Point Rated Andrew Calliard MW, The Vintage Journal
"Deep crimson. Expressive blackcurrant, blackberry, mocha, espresso aromas with graphite, hint leafy notes. Generous, dense and inky with plentiful blackcurrant, blackberry fruits, fine chocolaty/ grainy tannins and well-integrated roasted chestnut, mocha, vanilla oak notes. Finishes cedar firm. Elemental and compact wine with lovely density, vigour and mineral length. Not ready to drink, but should unfold and develop brilliantly. 16 months in new and seasoned French oak barrels. 31% new French oak, 69% in 1-4yo French oak. 85% barriques, 15% hogsheads. Drink 2025 – 2038 13.5% alc
97 Point Rated Robert Parker Wine Advocate
97 Point Rated Stuart Knoz The Real Review
"Deep and intense ruby core with a brightness at the rim. A heady nose with blackberry, graphite and oak spice nuances that sings of the variety and region. Palate has an ethereal quality to it, intense dark fruit with layers of dry earth, ironstone and all make for a full-bodied wine yet there’s a deftness of touch that keeps you returning for further inspection. Tannins are finely integrated with power and precision to an incredibly long finish. A benchmark cabernet from Coonawarra."
96 Point Rated Campbell Mattinson The Winefront
"This is a stellar release. It’s everything you could hope for in a cabernet; both pure and bold of fruit, elegant at the same time, lengthy, silken and rippled with fine-but-assertive tannin. One sip and I was both bowled over and convinced. It’s awash with blackcurrant, whispered with tobacco, lifted with mint and finished with both redcurrant and cedarwood. It’s the combination of power, balance and length that really sets it apart. It’s so well put together that you could easily drink it now, seriously, though of course, its true magic will come in another 20 or 40 years time."
96 Point Rated Jane Anson jameson.com
96 Point Rated Angus Hughson Vinous
96 Point Rated Georgina Hindle Decanter
96 Point Rated Ned Goodwin Expert Review
"Denser and tightly coiled, with a curb of toasty oak accentuating the richness of currant, clove, olive and brine. This said, the wine remains poised, fresh and very savoury. A bit four-square in its bolshier youth. The finish, cedar-drying and in need of the breadth and attenuation that comes with time. Will age with grace."
95 Point Rated Nick Stocks Expert Reveiw
"Ripe but precise, with slightly minty blackberries, cassis and just a hint of cedarwood and lead pencil on the nose that extends to a juicy, medium-to full-bodied palate. Quite an elegant expression of John Riddoch, with juicy and bright berries on the mid-palate rounded with tight, but extremely polished tannins. Slightly mineral in the finish. Poised and nothing overstated here. Enjoy now or hold."
94 Point Rated Markus Del Monego tastingbook.com
93 Point Rated Lisa Perrotti Brown The Wine Independent
Gold Medal - Erin Larkin Halliday Wine Companion 2022
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