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Katnook Estate Founder's Block Sparkling Shiraz
Coonawarra
Vintage: 2008
$ Rel: 23
Last Date Tasted: 13/9/2010
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Vintage
Score/100
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Year To Drink
2008
8716.2

2010-2013

Winery

Katnook Estate
Katnook Estate used to hold a prominent position amongst Coonawarra's leading producers. Its wines are however some way short of previous performance although there is evidently more craft and effort being applied to its whites, resulting in more complex and textured wines. While still lacking true polish, its reds are now made from more evenly ripened fruit and treated more carefully in oak. This is very encouraging for those, like me, who retain an affection for the brand. My excuse is that I worked there way back when in 1983, when I fell head over heels with the Sauvignon Blanc and the Cabernet Sauvignon, which at that time were two of the hottest wines in Australia.
Chief Executive(s):
Jose Maria Ferrer
Winemaker:
Wayne Stehbens
Viticulturist:
Chris Brodie
White Wines
Chardonnay >Founder's Block Sauvignon Blanc >Riesling >Sauvignon Blanc >
Red Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon >Founder's Block Cabernet Sauvignon >Founder's Block Merlot >Founder's Block Shiraz >Merlot >Odyssey Cabernet Sauvignon >Prodigy Shiraz >Shiraz >
Sparkling
Founder's Block Sparkling Shiraz >Vintage Brut (Formerly Blanc de Blancs Chardonnay) >
Address:
Riddoch Highway , Coonawarra , South Australia 5263 Australia
Cellar Door Open Hours:
7 days, Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm, Sat & Sun 11am - 5pm, Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day
Principal Wine Region:
Coonawarra
Telephone:
(08) 8737 0300
Facsimile:
(08) 8737 0330
Website:
www.katnookestate.com.au
Email:
[email protected]