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Wynns 50 years of Cabernet
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 5:56 pm
by 707
Wynns held a huge tasting of every vintage of Wynns Cabernet from 1954 in Coonawarra a couple of weeks back that all the scribes attended.
Has anyone seen a write up?
Wondering what they looked like and whether the scribes commented on recent quality issues with the brand?
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 7:23 pm
by qwertt
Campbell Mattinson promises to do a write up in the next edition of winefront monthly.
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:34 pm
by Adair
Huon Hooke dedicated his weekly article in this Tuesday's SMH's Good Living to it. From memory, he alluded to a drop in quality throughout all the 1970s and 1980-81 due to wine judges' preferences for greener, "more Bordeaux" Cabernet, but this changed from 1982 with John Wade. He also addressed the drop in quality issue in a round-about way by mentioning that a much greater percentage of vines are hand-picked and pruned, mostling Cabernet.
He also went through the Black Label vintages that he was most impressed with.
Adair
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 9:22 pm
by David Lole
Chris Shanahan did a similar write up in the Canberra Times last Sunday.
Perhaps you can find it on their website?