Fine Wine: New World Wines

Live Virtual Auction, 18 September 2022

New World Wines

Sold for

ZAR 3 518
Lot 856
  • Wynns Coonawarra Estate; John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon; 1998; 1 (1 x 1); 750ml


Lot Estimate
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 3 518

About this Item

John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon, 1998
1 (1 x 1) 750ml

Since the first vineyards were planted by visionary Scottish pioneer John Riddoch in 1891, Wynns Coonawarra Estate has built a reputation as the South Australian Coonawarra region’s pre-eminent wine producer. The estate focuses its production around Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz, and boasts some of the oldest vineyards in the region planted in the unique terra rossa soil. Winemaker Sue Hodder has been at the helm of the estate since 1998 and has been instrumental in the exceptional quality of the wines and the careful rejuvenation of the estate’s vineyards. 

Critics Ratings

‘Dark blackish ruby. Complex nose. Lively and not in the first flush of youth but fine-boned and with much more fruit than the average 1998 Bordeaux! Dry finish.’ - Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, 17/20 (Nov 2015)

‘Very dark purple-edged red. Brooding, very closed nose suggests dark plum, cassis and blackberry, intermeshed with dark chocolate and cedary oak notes and a whiff of briar. Assertive and powerful; a long-term red whose rich palate of dark fruit is tightly integrated with a firm spine of youthfully astringent tannins. Tough and rather unyielding at the moment, but should develop slowly and gracefully over the long term.’ - Jeremy Oliver, Vinous, 93/100 (Jul 2003)

Provenance

Private Client

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