1990 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon John Riddoch

Community Tasting Notes (35) Avg Score: 92.1 points

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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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