Wynns Coonawarra Estate Alex 88 Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

Wynns Coonawarra Estate Alex 88 Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2006The Wynns Single Vineyard range showcases the wines from some of Australia's most important Cabernet vineyards. The famed Wynns Alexander Block, named after Nora Alexander who lived on the block until her death in the 1960s, was planted with Cabernet Sauvignon in 1988. It was subsequently renamed the Alex 88 Vineyard. The Wynns Alex 88 Cabernet Sauvignon is only made in exceptional years. The Alex 88 Vineyard is located 1km north of the Wynns triple

Rich and plush on the palate

full-bodied yet balanced and firm

with a lengthy silky dry finish

It has a flowery bouquet

dark fruit profile

and while there's tannin here it teams beautifully in with the weight of fruit

This impresses all around and is hard to fault

To stand at Duke's cellar door

there is lots of oak and extract

basket pressed and neither fined nor filtered

specifically gravelly loam on sloping areas and Mungite soils located on the flat laterite ridges

"Pale straw-green