2021 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Shiraz
Community Tasting Note
Rote Kappelle Likes this wine:
Monday, August 7, 2023 - This wine often makes me think of Guigal's Cotes du Rhone, or Antinori's Peppoli - great value, mass produced reds that from time to time transcend their pop status to offer something a little more serious. A bit like James Taylor and my thoughts turn to 'Fire and Rain', a song that I am sure he wrote about an addiction to steak and red wines like this.
I absolutely love this vintage of this wine. It comes raging out of the bottle like a hurricane, or a Maoist cow bent on revenge with an AK47 and RPG7 in each hoof. Soon the air is filled with lead, or plum, blackberry, sour cream and pepper and the heart is surging.
Now my Maoist cow is singing like Ian Astbury (Yea-ah!) of Spanish Gold and Shape the Sky, because this wine has so much power and it is coiled and taught.
Don't overthink these wines because they are cheap and cheerfuls, even when they transcend their status. Just love them more. Australian Shiraz showing balance and power; 'I like the way you whip my mind, lover'.
Screwcaps and Robbie K have written two contrasting and very good notes on this wine. I think each is a valid take, though I have little doubt that this wine will still be giving a lot of pleasure (as a budget wine) in a decade. The acid and tannin are right and the fruit is ripe and the wine has cellaring pedigree. You can buy a dozen for the price of a decent cigar and guzzle 6 as youngsters and leave 6 for a bit to see what it does. I really doubt it will disappoint.
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