At 8 years of age this is still looking and smelling very young and fresh. Plenty of blackberry, raspberry and blackcurrant nuances, with just a slight green edge. There's secondary notes of fresh cedar/vanilla oak and some earthy undertones that become more evident as it opens up. It's smooth and seamless, unfolding with polished, fine-grained oak and chiselled tannins. Superb.

There are some wineries which are deeply, inextricably entwined within certain wine regions. When it comes to Coonawarra, where the terra rossa soils are as iconic as the vines which grow there, you can’t help but immediately think of Wynns. There’s no shortage of good reasons for this; Wynns has a heritage of winemaking in Coonawarra which extends back to the late 19th century, when the first vines were planted here by a Scottish entrepreneur. Across countless vintages, and a whole lot of standard-bearing for the Aussie wine scene in general, they continue to uphold a level of excellence that matches their clear love of this special part of the country. Today, Wynn’s is overseen by the formidable Sue Hodder, whose winemaking expertise has seen Wynn’s grow to become a bonafide international presence. Working with heritage vines which stretch back to those earliest pioneering days, alongside a number of newer varietals, she continues to impress with her savvy knowledge of what the Coonawarra Estate does best. With the esteemed Black Label collection continually expanding, one thing is for sure: Wynn’s aren’t going away anytime soon, and there’s a hell of a lot of their superb wine to fall head over heels in love with.