Ranked #6 of 21 2018 Shiraz from Coonawarra
95/100
5 Stars
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Stuart Knox
Intense garnet colour to the rim. Dry earth, blueberries and bay leaf on the nose. It opens with red and blue fruits alongside red earth and dry herbs. A lithe acid line keeps it quite sinuous across the palate then morphs into a fine tannin profile. Distinctly medium-bodied and classically Coonawarra in both weight and character. A great example
Tasted: 31/10/2020
Drink: 2020 to 2038
95 Points James Halliday
V&A Lane is an important, historic vineyard but it was only in '08 that Wynns started making two V&A Lane wines, a cabernet shiraz and shiraz. The V&A story is all about fineness, grace and beauty, but there is an underlying power, too. Oozes class from this outstanding vintage with black currants, mulberry, cinnamon, crushed violets and faint notes of the Aussie bush. Skimming the depths that it has yet to reach but, nevertheless, mighty fine drinking in its youth. Drink to 2038.
Jeni Port. July, 2021