Legendary Wine. Incredible that it’s only 12.5%. Not a blockbuster and still drinking very well.
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Nice one Kent, happy that your bottle also showed really well.
Cheers Brodie
re-upping my implicit question from above – does anyone know why this great producer has seemingly lost distribution in the U.S.?
and if there are any power brokers lurking who would like to correct that, please do!
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I suspect was a function of disappointing sales when they were distributed. Was easier to use additional resources to increase Penfolds sales, plus Coonawarra as a region doesn’t have same reputation and cachet in US market as it does in Oz and UK. Added to this is that when consumers think of Australian red wine, they look for Shiraz in the main. It just happens that Wynns and Coonawarra’s best wines are Cabernets.
It’s an interesting exercise though to line up a Wynns BL CS against other similarly priced Cali Cabs at around $25 or so.
In addition to this bottle being from an earlier era than the peak of big Aussie Shiraz exporting, is it also true in a very general sense that Australian cabernet has tended to be made in a more moderate style that looks more to Bordeaux than to the Americas?
Note that I said “in a very general sense,” so my point is not for someone to find a handful of exceptions, of which I’m sure there are some. Though if you think my generalization is wrong, feel free to say so.
So true. I pick up lovely Coonawarra cabs as bin ends and auction throwaways. Never understood why it wasn’t more popular here as a region. Maybe the huge focus on domestic stuff
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Had a bottle of this beauty at a boys lunch yesterday.
1991 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Centenary: Drinking beautifully. Has a nose of cedar, briary fruits, tobacco, earth and spice. It is still very fresh, with a core of intense fruit. There’s plenty of savoury nuance and good energy from a line of minerally acidity. The finish is long and carried by sinewy tannins.
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