I found this wine intriguing for one reason: it is from the Coonawarra region of SA. When I browse through any liquor store or specialty shop for wine I am always conscious to look for wines from the Coonawarra region. Wines from the Coonawarra are excellent because the region features a unique soil that is ideal for producing excellent wines. The "Terra Rossa" soil in the Coonawarra is a small cigar shaped mass of soil 15 kilometers long, 1 kilometer wide, and only 5 to 100 cm deep. Wynns Coonawarra Estate owns 70% of the land on the terra rossa soil. So it is safe to say that if your are buying Wynns, you are buying an excellent wine. Yalumba, another popular wine makers in SA also owns land in the Coonawarra, and the Barossa. I currently have a Yalumba wine from the Barossa. Perhaps my next purchase will be from Yalumba's Coonawarra Estate.
This wine is inherently a bit special, being from the Coonawarra. The bottle I have is from 2006. I think it would be safe to say that another 5 years would be the maximum I would want to cellar it. I am sure it wont last that long in my collection. Once I find a replacement wine (i.e. a bottle of Menzies of Coonawarra), I will drink this one. I have no doubt that the bottle is excellent, and I look forward to trying it soon!!
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