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Wynns Coonawarra Estate Alex 88 Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
Jeremy’s score 94/100A structured and stylish cabernet whose delicate aromas of red and black berries, fresh, tight-grained cedary oak and sweet floral notes are backed by nuances of mint and dried herbs. Supple and sweetly fruited, with layers of plush, brightly lit dark berry and plum flavour smoothly knit with restrained oak, itÕs wound around a gravelly spine of loose-knit, kernelly tannins before finishing with genuine length, elegance and a faint sappiness. It has a long cellaring life ahead.
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Wynns Coonawarra Estate Alex 88 Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2010
Jeremy’s score 96/100A savoury, gravelly cabernet whose deep, floral perfume of violets, dark olives, cassis, dark plums and cedary oak reveals a hint of game and mineral. Full to medium-bodied, itÕs long and polished, with a powerful, sour-edged presence of dark berries, plums and olives beautifully integrated with subtle walnut-like oak and framed by a firm, mouthcoating spine of kernelly, slatey tannins. It finishes with exceptional length and harmony, lingering nuances of roast meats and dark chocolates, leaving an impression of strength and structure.
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Wynns Coonawarra Estate Alex 88 Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Jeremy’s score 96/100This beautifully shaped, medium to full-bodied and deeply layered cabernet superbly marries structure with elegance. Scented with notes of iris and violet, cassis and mulberries, earthy and mineral notes, it becomes more perfumed, herbal and faintly spicy with aeration. ItÕs sumptuously flavoured, flaunts its long, plush presence of dark fruit and dusty cedar/chocolate oak, unfolds a firmish, gravelly and fine-grained spine before finishing with remarkable length, poise and lingering savoury qualities.
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Wynns Coonawarra Estate Alex 88 Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
$78.00Jeremy’s score 90/100Very ripe, bordering jammy, with deep, faintly smoky, earthy and meaty aromas of dark plums, cassis and chocolatey oak. It’s smooth and moderately long but while its offers plenty of rich fruit over a drying, mineral spine, it lacks genuine fruit sweetness, freshness and core. Strangely, I found this vintage at a large local retailer and never had the chance to taste it earlier, so perhaps this is indeed its first release? If that’s the indeed the case, it’s no great addition to the history of this otherwise fabulous label.
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Wynns Coonawarra Estate Black Label (Vertical July 2017) Cabernet Sauvignon 1954
Jeremy’s score 89/100Fragrant and herbal, sweet fiery red fruits and restrained oak with waxy, camphor-like complexity. It’s long and lean, drying out, with ethereal fruits still just hanging in, but beginning to madeirise.
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Wynns Coonawarra Estate Black Label (Vertical July 2017) Cabernet Sauvignon 1955
Jeremy’s score 91/100Affected to an extent by cork wood aspects, itÕs wild, smoky and fiery, with some pleasing fruit and a kernelly structure culminating in a long and savoury finish.
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Wynns Coonawarra Estate Black Label (Vertical July 2017) Cabernet Sauvignon 1956
Jeremy’s score 91/100Marginally under and overripe, lacks great complexity and perhaps a shade short, but packed full of fresh cranberry and confiture-like red and black fruits before a marginally metallic and angular finish.
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Wynns Coonawarra Estate Black Label (Vertical July 2017) Cabernet Sauvignon 1957
Jeremy’s score 92/100Long, fine and evenly paced, complex and cigarboxy, with a pleasing length of small black and red berry flavour supported by a fine, mineral spine and backed by nuances of chocolate and a faint bitterness. Very complete and elegant.
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Wynns Coonawarra Estate Black Label (Vertical July 2017) Cabernet Sauvignon 1958
Jeremy’s score 93/100Deep and structured, quite firm and gravelly, with an evolved, peaking presence of fiery black berry/plum fruit and tobaccoey notes underpinned by sinewy, mineral tannins.
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Wynns Coonawarra Estate Black Label (Vertical July 2017) Cabernet Sauvignon 1959
Jeremy’s score 94/100Deeply and sweetly fruited, with pleasing cedary, leathery and faintly herbal complexity, this long and rather polished cabernet delivers a bright, generous presence of fruit supported by a fine, dusty spine. ItÕs very regional and ageworthy, with lingering suggestions of mint and pine needle.
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Wynns Coonawarra Estate Black Label (Vertical July 2017) Cabernet Sauvignon 1960
Jeremy’s score 90/100Elegant, fine-grained and medium-bodied, with an alluring bouquet of fiery red fruits, cedar and camphor. Long and complete, with bright flavours of small red berries, cranberries and restrained oak supported by fine, dusty tannins, it finishes with herbal complexity and bright acidity. Just too varnishy for a higher rating.
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Wynns Coonawarra Estate Black Label (Vertical July 2017) Cabernet Sauvignon 1962
Jeremy’s score 96/100Superbly balanced, mature and elegant medium-weight cabernet scented with complex, engaging aromas of piercing small fruits backed by nuances of forest floor, polished leather and meaty, animal notes. Its vibrant core of cassis, mulberry and dark plum fruit overlies a dusty, firmish spine, finishing with genuine length and balance. Classical Coonawarra cabernet.
