Wynns John Riddoch Cab Sauv 1988 750mL

John Riddoch is a icon of the Coonawarra. Its only produced from the top 1% of available Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and then only in the years when grapes of extraordinarily high quality are available. Matured in French oak for up to 26 months, in its youth John Riddoch is intense, almost black in colour. Rich, ripe and complex, the bouquet is a voluptuous infusion of red berry, chocolate, mint, mushroom and cassis-like cabernet aromas merging with lifted, spicy new oak. It is full-bodied with persistent and mouth-filling ripe berry flavour and excellent structure.'Impenetrable red-purple; rich, concentrated and luscious blackberry/blackcurrant/cassis fruit on both bouquet and palate has largely – though not entirely – subsumed the oak. Likewise, the tannins are there, but are in perfect balance.' – 97 Points- James Halliday – Published on 21 Jul 2011.