First produced in 1954, and widely known as ‘Black Label’, Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon has established a reputation for displaying excellent varietal and regional characteristics. The wine is produced from only the top 20-25% of Cabernet fruit available from Wynns Coonawarra Estate.

21 days on skins and matured for 16 months in new and seasoned French oak hogsheads and barriques. The colour is a deeply pigmented magenta. The purity of just-ripe, immaculate blackberries, currants and plums is astounding. It’s almost stark in its pureness of fruit and restraint of oak additions. Elongated tannins and lingering acidity with Nyon olive brine, nutmeg and the slightest touch of fresh picked bay leaf. Confident and completely unsullied. Stunning now and will only improve with age. This is a testament to scintillating fruit and the winemaker’s appreciation of it. Date: Jan 2024; Alcohol: 13.4%; Price: $45.00; Drink by: 2038; Rating: 96 Points & Special Value Star; James Halliday Wine Companion

A pristine, perfectly focused and balanced cabernet whose faintly smoky, violet-scented and cedary aromas of cassis, dark plums and mulberries reveal notes of gravel, dried herbs and cigarbox. Superbly long and textural, its restrained but plush core of handsomely ripened fruit and meaty, earthy nuances drives long and linear down a drying, gravelly spine of fine tannins towards a lingering and savoury finish. Classically polished and stylish, with deft use of creamy, cedary oak, it’s an under-priced stunner for every serious cellar of Australian wine. Drink by: 2042-2052; Rating: 96 Points; Jeremy Oliver

This is the 67th vintage of this famous Australian wine first made in 1954, sourced from the best fruit of the Terra Rosa strip through Coonawarra. There have been some truly exceptional Black Labels over the years, and this is certainly right up there with the best of them. Typically, elegant and stylishly refined with bright fruits a feature. The fine tannin and oak combination support the firm thread through the core. It’s a wine with remarkable ageing potential. In fact, there are few better value cellaring wines than this icon. Drink: 2024-2054; Rating: 96 Points; Ray Jordan