1991 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon: Medium to dark red, maybe a hint of brick. Maybe a fraction cooler and a little more advanced than the outstanding bottle last year but this is still heady stuff, some capsicum at first then ground spices like paprika and dried chilli against a wall of blackcurrant fruit. Likewise the palate’s complex and layered, a little more loose knit and silky, the finish lingering, mineraly, and hauntingly beautiful. My wine of the year so far.
Cheers,
Ian
TN: 1991 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
TN: 1991 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
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Wayno wrote:Foot in the door for WOTY. Sounds like a good 'un.
Bloody good but it's early days, although the 1972 Grange did stay for over over six months to remain my WOTY two years ago.
Got a full-on Central Otago Pinot/Burgundy tasting tomorrow night for starters...
Cheers,
Ian
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Is this "drink now" or is there still some improvement there?
I have tried one a couple of years back and still have 4 left
Thanks
I have tried one a couple of years back and still have 4 left
Thanks
“There are no standards of taste in wine. Each mans own taste is the standard, and a majority vote cannot decide for him or in any slightest degree affect the supremacy of his own standard". Mark Twain.
Snap! I also have 4.
Like most things, it really is about personal taste - how much primary and secondary (or tertiary) characters you like and the balance. To me it is currently a lovely balance of primary and secondary characters (I like a bit of both) and the tannins and acid are supportive such that there is considerable length.
I think it will continue to age gracefully for quite a while (at least 5 years), but from my perspective it is unlikely to improve. For others who prefer more secondary characters, more improvement will happen.
Like most things, it really is about personal taste - how much primary and secondary (or tertiary) characters you like and the balance. To me it is currently a lovely balance of primary and secondary characters (I like a bit of both) and the tannins and acid are supportive such that there is considerable length.
I think it will continue to age gracefully for quite a while (at least 5 years), but from my perspective it is unlikely to improve. For others who prefer more secondary characters, more improvement will happen.
"It is very hard to make predictions, especially about the future." Samuel Goldwyn
At last I found a bottle of this in a mate's cellar and he was nice enough to open it even after I told him that you guys thought it was the duck's nuts.
In short it blew us both away. A wine of considerable flavour and finesse, balance and harmony. Certainly a privilege and a pleasure to drink and as good as anything we could remember in the last couple of years. Reminiscent of a bottle of 2000 Murdock cab sav from just down the road.
We used to have tastings of the Wynns BL and the wines just never seemed to fade much (these were wines of the 60's and 70's).
Thanks for the advice
Cheers
Luke
In short it blew us both away. A wine of considerable flavour and finesse, balance and harmony. Certainly a privilege and a pleasure to drink and as good as anything we could remember in the last couple of years. Reminiscent of a bottle of 2000 Murdock cab sav from just down the road.
We used to have tastings of the Wynns BL and the wines just never seemed to fade much (these were wines of the 60's and 70's).
Thanks for the advice
Cheers
Luke
If you can remember what a wine is like the next day you didn't drink enough of it
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