Intense garnet with minimal to no bricking, almost an opaque core. A hint of mint and eucalypt, intense blackcurrant and a touch of leather. Medium bodied, densely flavoured core of blackcurrant and graphite, still some tannic grip on the midpalate, reasonable acid spine to balance the fruit core. Give this one a bit of air prior to opening, needs the oxygen to stretch out and blow away the cobwebs.
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Decanted for over one hour. The colour is densely red/black. The nose is quite complex with cigar box notes to the fore. A hint of minty menthol remains in the background. The palate has a caramel like character mixed in with the blackberry suggesting that the oak may be starting to overcome the fruit. Whatever, thirty two years have treated the wine very well and the lamb shanks complemented it more than adequately.
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Cork crumbled and fell apart on opening, decanted off sediment. This bottle was past its best, showing too much acid that was out-of-balance with the mint-edged cassis fruit.
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From a magnum. Dark black red colour with a “Xmas pudding” nose of plums, cinnamon and cake mix. With air more classic black currant, coffee and menthol but still some primary sweet fruit. ABV 13.5% so the sweetness is fruit character not alcohol. Tannins are soft and furry. It’s a crowd pleaser, but lacking savoury complexity so not my style.
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very dark opaque despite 30 years, menthol, dark fruits and plum, savoury, earthy, integrated oak - very complex nose. still has primary elements on the palate - fruit forward, leafy, a touch of acid with silky smooth chocolatey tannins, good length. Satisfying wine
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Patience is rewarded! So balanced and silky smooth. Beautiful tannin, plum, mushroom, truffle and a perfect touch of acidity. Superbly delicious and forever long after taste. 1990 is one of the best vintages in decades and this John Riddoch has proven and expressed all.
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Very dark. Dark berries, plums, sherbet seeet spice. No vanilla!! Fine furry tannins, medium bodied. A lovely blend of red and dark berries, plums, mulberry, sherbet brightness, some tar spice. Surprisingly supple, and well balanced. Delicious.
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My last of four, and the first that disappointed. The extremely dry cork likely accounts for this, not that the wine was flawed as such, but it was missing some lift and energy, perhaps due to accelerated development due to modest exposure to air. Smooth, seamless in fact, no structure of note, and just a touch flat.
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Dark, has the Coonawarra edge, a fresh feel, acidity pokes out a little. Intense, extended. At peak, could be on downslope. Acidity indicates may be starting to crack up. Safest to drink soon.
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One Fun-Filled Afternoon Spent Poolside with Friends (Los Olivos, CA): Color me biased, and take this note with a grain of salt, but as an aficionado of Aussie wine, with an appreciation of its legacy, I am again humbled and awed by this wine. It tastes as if 8-10 years old, consistent with other recent bottles, and present as complex an array of Cabernet signature notes as I have encountered. Cassis, eucalyptus, some smoky sage notes and smooth, sweet tannins. Unmistakably of its place, and with a firm footprint in the global wine cartography.
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From deep in the cellar this wine initially opened somewhat closed and clumsy but evolved into a classic Coonawarra Cabernet of the old style. The colour was deep crimson red and the nose showed a rich show of blackcurrant, plum and blackberry leaf with touches of cedar and mint. The palate was quite rich and finishes with good length and slightly prominent acid. 4 hours opened and an hour in the decanter really benefited the wine allowing the delicious fruit characters to shine.
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GMs - Aussie Classics: Cranberry, eucalyptus, orange chocolate and ashy notes. The palate has softened out really nicely, there is a good mix of red fruit and spice, with some youthful brightness remaining. Great length. Heading towards its peak now.
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The first of four bottles bought for a song at auction. Even though in pristine condition from all appearances, I chose the one with the lowest fill and opened it with some trepidation. No need to have worried. If anything, this was a bit primary, at least until some jamminess blew off, leaving a seamless and elegant wine, unmistakably of its place and really haunting in its beauty. Cassis, eucalyptus, some smoky sage notes and smooth, sweet tannins. I would think this is at or near peak based on a comparison to my memory of some mid-90's vintages I've had.
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Cassis and eucalyptus segue into dark red cherries and rare prime rib on the long finish. A wine that's seemingly immortal--I've had other bottles in the past and they don't really change much, they just get older.
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Decanted 1hr and drank over 6hrs total. After 3hrs it declined... but then displayed wonderful fruit at 6hrs. Quite strange. A surprisingly youthful wine...better than I had 5yrs ago ...suggesting my previous comments might be flawed. We had it against the 90 Latour...which was a real hard competitor ... drink now to 5 years.
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Medium red. Intense nose of green pepper, mushroom, eucalyptus and cassis. Keeps improving. Delicious menthol and red fruit flavours and a long dry tannic finish.
Great wine. Only out done by the 707.
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powering along beautifully, and not yet at it's drinking plateau. The second last excellent vintage of JR before it lost it's way for a dozen years or so, a problem with mechanical harvesting and poor winemaking. I would suggest this will be perfect drinking around 30 years post vintage, that is, in 2026. Incredibly, this is still in the primary phase, with young Coonawarra fruit still very much at the forefront. Interestingly, I don't think this is any better than the standard release black label from the 90 vintage, a truly excellent wine at that price-point.
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Owned since birth, and amazingly youthful. Fragrant and hetbal. Mint, sage, highly integrated wood supporting gripping tannins, followed by excellent length. Simply delicious.
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At Amuse Bouche Australian Cabernet Dinner in Hong Kong - For the price point this is an excellent wine but not in the same league as Bin 707. As a vintage on the night 1986 was head and shoulders above it also. Don't get me wrong Riddoch is a lovely example of pure Australian cabernet just 707 is better but you pay at least double for the privilege.
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Drank at 20 degrees, decanted, Riedel Bordeaux sommelier glass.
Fairly loose cork that broke away during extraction.
Appearance - looks like a 10 year old wine, no bricking whatsoever in the rim. Leaf, cedar and cassis on the nose and also a touch spirity. Medium-bodied, a hint of mould and a leafy zing on entry, savoury flavour profile - graphite and leaf; firm tannins at the end.
This seems like a wine that has survived time, but hasn't really gained all that much interest through the ageing process. I can see this wine holding in its current state for many years yet, but not turning into anything special - a touch disappointing, given the vintage and the marque. 1991 is the vintage to go for in the 90s for John Riddoch.
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Mini Verticals - Tasted Blind: Ash, VA, lifted florals, orange peel, blackcurrant and graphite. Red fruited on the palate, it is still driven by that same fruit. Excellent balance and has plenty of time left on its side based on this bottle.
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Magnum Christmas Party 2014: VA, earth, graphite and redcurrant. The acidity feels a step out of pace with the fruit on the bottle, the flavour is still bright and enjoyable, it just isn't quite what it could be.
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Black cherries with lots of sour black cherries. Licourice and leather. A bit vegetal and green capsicums but very old world. Almost like a pessac with limestone. Classical aussie a pt of reference
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Post-Dinner Cellar Raid with Ludovic Belin and Vincent Rapet (Extra Space, Singapore): I thought this lovely. It had a beautiful Coonawarra nose of rich cassis and plum notes, with a touch of roasted green peppers, earth and tobacco smoke. Nice. The palate was lovely as well. There was lots of power, but it was also completely integrated and beautifully resolved with velvety tannins draped around a deep core of dark fruited cassis, some sweet black plums and more tobacco, spice and earth, touched perhaps by just a hint of eucalyptus at the back-end that spoke of the wine's origins. With time, a very savoury black olive note started showing up alongside the dark fruited notes. Beautiful stuff, really complex and at a nice place now. This could hardly have come from anywhere apart from Coonawarra, but it was clearly from the amongst the very best the region can offer. I really enjoyed this. At a nice place now, but it should hold this level for a long time yet.
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NobleRottersSydney - Cabernet prior to 2001 (Alio's, Surry Hills): [cork, 13.5%] {Gordon} Double-decanted two-three hours prior to drinking. Solid garnet, no fading. Aged nose of old leaves and black fruits; generally attractive but not a knockout. Palate is quite mysterious; initially seeming quite dense with rich curranty fruits seasoned with oak, and boasting a decently long, medium-bodied finish, it somehow seems to add up to less than the sum of its parts. If it weren’t for the fact there seems to be a kind of hollowness at its core, I’d just say it needs more time. And yet, it’s evidently an older wine; it has soft dusty tannins, and enough acid to hold it together, yet it just doesn’t grab you. Maybe it’s just that it lacks ultimate complexity, and the expectationas of the 1990 vintage are a little too much for it. I don’t think it’s in any danger of falling over soon; you may as well hang onto it in the hope of a late transformation. A tough wine to call.
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This was a little past its prime but still an elegant wine that proves some Australian wines are made to age. Had more than a touch of the earthiness of the old world that would have caused doubt at a blind tasting.
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smenzies TN hits it spot on-- past its prime. Predominant aroma and taste is violet, lavender, and hint of sour plum. OK with flank steak, but an unloving wine by itself. It is the first Wynns John Riddoch wine I've had that disappointed.
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Decanted 1hr but tasted through this time and beyond....it had a small window of optimal drinking...about 45 mins after decant....then stabilised to a lifeless palate, balanced tannins but lacking fruit. This wine is well past it's best...another Australian cabernet that is made to last...but doesn't
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Red with some bricking. Nose of port. Smelled exactly like a bottle of port! What is this, we cried. Is it a fault? Certainly the cork was in a sorry state and beginning to leak around the side. Palate was complex with smooth mouthfeel. Spice, Xmas pudding and red fruit aplenty, but still tasting like a low alcohol port. Is this what is meant by madeiraized or can you only use it in the context of white wine?
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NobleRottersSydney - Margaret River v Coonawarra (Alio's, Surry Hills): {cork, 13.5%} Gently restrained aged cassis and cedary oak aromas greet the nose. The palate is still very tannic, with a mass of chalky astringency framing the ripe cabernet fruit, which blooms much more on the palate than the nose hints at. There’s plenty of weight on the mid and back palate, it’s full-bodied overall, with a medium length finish. A very good wine, but I was expecting a multi-dimensional wine from this vintage in Coonawarra, and although enjoyable, I find this a bit four-square and lacking excitement somehow. Never had it before, so can’t comment further.
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NobleRottersSydney - Langtons Classification (Darling Mills, Glebe): {cork, 13.5%} Deep purple/red. Mulberry/chocolate nose, intense & focussed. Well-structured palate; fine-grained tannins, warmth of ripe fruit, medium-length finish. Oak still dominates the palate over the fruit – hope for evening up as it ages further. Not quite the ‘wow’ factor you’d expect from 1990.
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7/23/2022 - lightning wrote: 91 Points
Intense garnet with minimal to no bricking, almost an opaque core. A hint of mint and eucalypt, intense blackcurrant and a touch of leather. Medium bodied, densely flavoured core of blackcurrant and graphite, still some tannic grip on the midpalate, reasonable acid spine to balance the fruit core. Give this one a bit of air prior to opening, needs the oxygen to stretch out and blow away the cobwebs.
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6/21/2022 - cogo44 wrote:
Decanted for over one hour. The colour is densely red/black. The nose is quite complex with cigar box notes to the fore. A hint of minty menthol remains in the background. The palate has a caramel like character mixed in with the blackberry suggesting that the oak may be starting to overcome the fruit. Whatever, thirty two years have treated the wine very well and the lamb shanks complemented it more than adequately.
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9/6/2020 - coremill wrote:
Cork crumbled and fell apart on opening, decanted off sediment. This bottle was past its best, showing too much acid that was out-of-balance with the mint-edged cassis fruit.
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8/22/2020 - Geoff7777 wrote:
From a magnum. Dark black red colour with a “Xmas pudding” nose of plums, cinnamon and cake mix. With air more classic black currant, coffee and menthol but still some primary sweet fruit. ABV 13.5% so the sweetness is fruit character not alcohol. Tannins are soft and furry. It’s a crowd pleaser, but lacking savoury complexity so not my style.
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6/26/2020 - JTAFcellar Likes this wine: 97 Points
very dark opaque despite 30 years, menthol, dark fruits and plum, savoury, earthy, integrated oak - very complex nose. still has primary elements on the palate - fruit forward, leafy, a touch of acid with silky smooth chocolatey tannins, good length. Satisfying wine
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12/19/2019 - David J Cooper wrote: 92 Points
Dark almost black red. Very bright plummy, menthol and thyme nose. Delicious dry plum and red cherry flavours and a slightly rich long dry finish.
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8/12/2019 - CC-OZ Likes this wine: 98 Points
Patience is rewarded! So balanced and silky smooth. Beautiful tannin, plum, mushroom, truffle and a perfect touch of acidity. Superbly delicious and forever long after taste. 1990 is one of the best vintages in decades and this John Riddoch has proven and expressed all.
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4/20/2019 - Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very dark.
Dark berries, plums, sherbet seeet spice. No vanilla!!
Fine furry tannins, medium bodied. A lovely blend of red and dark berries, plums, mulberry, sherbet brightness, some tar spice. Surprisingly supple, and well balanced. Delicious.
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2/17/2019 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 92 Points
My last of four, and the first that disappointed. The extremely dry cork likely accounts for this, not that the wine was flawed as such, but it was missing some lift and energy, perhaps due to accelerated development due to modest exposure to air. Smooth, seamless in fact, no structure of note, and just a touch flat.
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2/17/2019 - chbeaumont wrote: 93 Points
Dark, has the Coonawarra edge, a fresh feel, acidity pokes out a little. Intense, extended. At peak, could be on downslope. Acidity indicates may be starting to crack up. Safest to drink soon.
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8/26/2018 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 96 Points
One Fun-Filled Afternoon Spent Poolside with Friends (Los Olivos, CA): Color me biased, and take this note with a grain of salt, but as an aficionado of Aussie wine, with an appreciation of its legacy, I am again humbled and awed by this wine. It tastes as if 8-10 years old, consistent with other recent bottles, and present as complex an array of Cabernet signature notes as I have encountered. Cassis, eucalyptus, some smoky sage notes and smooth, sweet tannins. Unmistakably of its place, and with a firm footprint in the global wine cartography.
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7/10/2018 - drjb Likes this wine: 93 Points
From deep in the cellar this wine initially opened somewhat closed and clumsy but evolved into a classic Coonawarra Cabernet of the old style. The colour was deep crimson red and the nose showed a rich show of blackcurrant, plum and blackberry leaf with touches of cedar and mint. The palate was quite rich and finishes with good length and slightly prominent acid. 4 hours opened and an hour in the decanter really benefited the wine allowing the delicious fruit characters to shine.
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5/17/2018 - CamWheeler wrote: 93 Points
GMs - Aussie Classics: Cranberry, eucalyptus, orange chocolate and ashy notes. The palate has softened out really nicely, there is a good mix of red fruit and spice, with some youthful brightness remaining. Great length. Heading towards its peak now.
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2/23/2018 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 96 Points
The first of four bottles bought for a song at auction. Even though in pristine condition from all appearances, I chose the one with the lowest fill and opened it with some trepidation. No need to have worried. If anything, this was a bit primary, at least until some jamminess blew off, leaving a seamless and elegant wine, unmistakably of its place and really haunting in its beauty. Cassis, eucalyptus, some smoky sage notes and smooth, sweet tannins. I would think this is at or near peak based on a comparison to my memory of some mid-90's vintages I've had.
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7/27/2017 - Neecies Likes this wine: 93 Points
Cassis and eucalyptus segue into dark red cherries and rare prime rib on the long finish. A wine that's seemingly immortal--I've had other bottles in the past and they don't really change much, they just get older.
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7/21/2017 - smenzies wrote: 91 Points
Decanted 1hr and drank over 6hrs total. After 3hrs it declined... but then displayed wonderful fruit at 6hrs. Quite strange. A surprisingly youthful wine...better than I had 5yrs ago ...suggesting my previous comments might be flawed. We had it against the 90 Latour...which was a real hard competitor ... drink now to 5 years.
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7/20/2017 - David J Cooper wrote: 93 Points
Medium red. Intense nose of green pepper, mushroom, eucalyptus and cassis. Keeps improving. Delicious menthol and red fruit flavours and a long dry tannic finish.
Great wine. Only out done by the 707.
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5/25/2017 - felixp Likes this wine: 95 Points
powering along beautifully, and not yet at it's drinking plateau. The second last excellent vintage of JR before it lost it's way for a dozen years or so, a problem with mechanical harvesting and poor winemaking.
I would suggest this will be perfect drinking around 30 years post vintage, that is, in 2026. Incredibly, this is still in the primary phase, with young Coonawarra fruit still very much at the forefront.
Interestingly, I don't think this is any better than the standard release black label from the 90 vintage, a truly excellent wine at that price-point.
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11/26/2016 - agriffin Likes this wine: 96 Points
Owned since birth, and amazingly youthful. Fragrant and hetbal. Mint, sage, highly integrated wood supporting gripping tannins, followed by excellent length. Simply delicious.
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11/13/2015 - KoalaHK wrote:
At Amuse Bouche Australian Cabernet Dinner in Hong Kong - For the price point this is an excellent wine but not in the same league as Bin 707. As a vintage on the night 1986 was head and shoulders above it also. Don't get me wrong Riddoch is a lovely example of pure Australian cabernet just 707 is better but you pay at least double for the privilege.
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8/23/2015 - lightning wrote: 89 Points
Drank at 20 degrees, decanted, Riedel Bordeaux sommelier glass.
Fairly loose cork that broke away during extraction.
Appearance - looks like a 10 year old wine, no bricking whatsoever in the rim. Leaf, cedar and cassis on the nose and also a touch spirity. Medium-bodied, a hint of mould and a leafy zing on entry, savoury flavour profile - graphite and leaf; firm tannins at the end.
This seems like a wine that has survived time, but hasn't really gained all that much interest through the ageing process. I can see this wine holding in its current state for many years yet, but not turning into anything special - a touch disappointing, given the vintage and the marque. 1991 is the vintage to go for in the 90s for John Riddoch.
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4/10/2015 - CamWheeler wrote: 92 Points
Mini Verticals - Tasted Blind: Ash, VA, lifted florals, orange peel, blackcurrant and graphite. Red fruited on the palate, it is still driven by that same fruit. Excellent balance and has plenty of time left on its side based on this bottle.
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11/28/2014 - CamWheeler wrote: 89 Points
Magnum Christmas Party 2014: VA, earth, graphite and redcurrant. The acidity feels a step out of pace with the fruit on the bottle, the flavour is still bright and enjoyable, it just isn't quite what it could be.
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2/11/2013 - salua wrote: 94 Points
wonderful wine. great fruit, fine grain tannins, long finish. The best of coonawarra. Has plenty of life in it still. Simply impressive
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2/12/2012 - Alex H wrote: 90 Points
Black cherries with lots of sour black cherries. Licourice and leather. A bit vegetal and green capsicums but very old world. Almost like a pessac with limestone. Classical aussie a pt of reference
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2/11/2012 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
Post-Dinner Cellar Raid with Ludovic Belin and Vincent Rapet (Extra Space, Singapore): I thought this lovely. It had a beautiful Coonawarra nose of rich cassis and plum notes, with a touch of roasted green peppers, earth and tobacco smoke. Nice. The palate was lovely as well. There was lots of power, but it was also completely integrated and beautifully resolved with velvety tannins draped around a deep core of dark fruited cassis, some sweet black plums and more tobacco, spice and earth, touched perhaps by just a hint of eucalyptus at the back-end that spoke of the wine's origins. With time, a very savoury black olive note started showing up alongside the dark fruited notes. Beautiful stuff, really complex and at a nice place now. This could hardly have come from anywhere apart from Coonawarra, but it was clearly from the amongst the very best the region can offer. I really enjoyed this. At a nice place now, but it should hold this level for a long time yet.
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6/6/2011 - graemeg wrote:
NobleRottersSydney - Cabernet prior to 2001 (Alio's, Surry Hills): [cork, 13.5%] {Gordon} Double-decanted two-three hours prior to drinking. Solid garnet, no fading. Aged nose of old leaves and black fruits; generally attractive but not a knockout. Palate is quite mysterious; initially seeming quite dense with rich curranty fruits seasoned with oak, and boasting a decently long, medium-bodied finish, it somehow seems to add up to less than the sum of its parts. If it weren’t for the fact there seems to be a kind of hollowness at its core, I’d just say it needs more time. And yet, it’s evidently an older wine; it has soft dusty tannins, and enough acid to hold it together, yet it just doesn’t grab you. Maybe it’s just that it lacks ultimate complexity, and the expectationas of the 1990 vintage are a little too much for it. I don’t think it’s in any danger of falling over soon; you may as well hang onto it in the hope of a late transformation. A tough wine to call.
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5/11/2011 - Winestein wrote: 90 Points
This was a little past its prime but still an elegant wine that proves some Australian wines are made to age. Had more than a touch of the earthiness of the old world that would have caused doubt at a blind tasting.
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3/4/2011 - jmht wrote: 83 Points
smenzies TN hits it spot on-- past its prime. Predominant aroma and taste is violet, lavender, and hint of sour plum. OK with flank steak, but an unloving wine by itself. It is the first Wynns John Riddoch wine I've had that disappointed.
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11/27/2010 - smenzies wrote: 85 Points
Decanted 1hr but tasted through this time and beyond....it had a small window of optimal drinking...about 45 mins after decant....then stabilised to a lifeless palate, balanced tannins but lacking fruit. This wine is well past it's best...another Australian cabernet that is made to last...but doesn't
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2/5/2010 - smenzies wrote: 90 Points
Decanted 30 minutes. Magnificent nose!! ...palate refined but nothing outstanding. I suspect it is on the decline.
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10/23/2008 - spaniel wrote: 91 Points
Red with some bricking. Nose of port. Smelled exactly like a bottle of port! What is this, we cried. Is it a fault? Certainly the cork was in a sorry state and beginning to leak around the side. Palate was complex with smooth mouthfeel. Spice, Xmas pudding and red fruit aplenty, but still tasting like a low alcohol port. Is this what is meant by madeiraized or can you only use it in the context of white wine?
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4/7/2008 - graemeg wrote:
NobleRottersSydney - Margaret River v Coonawarra (Alio's, Surry Hills): {cork, 13.5%} Gently restrained aged cassis and cedary oak aromas greet the nose. The palate is still very tannic, with a mass of chalky astringency framing the ripe cabernet fruit, which blooms much more on the palate than the nose hints at. There’s plenty of weight on the mid and back palate, it’s full-bodied overall, with a medium length finish. A very good wine, but I was expecting a multi-dimensional wine from this vintage in Coonawarra, and although enjoyable, I find this a bit four-square and lacking excitement somehow. Never had it before, so can’t comment further.
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12/24/2000 - chbeaumont wrote: 91 Points
Loads of tannin. Needs 5 yrs. Thick. 16+
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6/5/2000 - graemeg wrote:
NobleRottersSydney - Langtons Classification (Darling Mills, Glebe): {cork, 13.5%} Deep purple/red. Mulberry/chocolate nose, intense & focussed. Well-structured palate; fine-grained tannins, warmth of ripe fruit, medium-length finish. Oak still dominates the palate over the fruit – hope for evening up as it ages further. Not quite the ‘wow’ factor you’d expect from 1990.
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