First made in 1982, the John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon was conceived as a flagship wine for the Wynns portfolio. The wine honours pasturalist and parliamentarian John Riddoch, who was the largest land-owner in South Australia’s south-east corner. With his brother George, the two owned the freehold to more than 70,000 acres.

The grapes represent 1% of the total Wynns cabernet harvest. It spent 16 months in French Oak, 31% new. This is a wine of extraordinary quality. It is medium-bodied, and so agile in the mouth that no one flavour dominates at any stage of its consumption. Drink to: 2054; Price: $150.00; Rating: 98 Points & Top 100 Wines; James Halliday

This is why we drink wine: to taste the place that it came from and to be transported there, if even for a moment. This 2019 John Riddoch is exceptional - it is pure and has tannic sway and flow, and the palate is steeped in five spice, raspberry, mulberry, cassis and black tea. Inchoate. Drink: 2029 - 2059; Rating: 97+ Points; Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

30 years of Hodder and 40 years of John Riddoch Cabernet, one of Australia's most globally respected high-end wines and a relative bargain at $150 a bottle compared to many rival releases with far inferior pedigrees. The new-release 2019 is one of the greatest; judiciously utilising great fruit to produce a stunning wine. Price: $150.00; Rating: 98 Points; Winsor Dobbin