Wynns, Shiraz, South Australia

Soft but holding up quite well. A touch of brown but a pleasure to drink.

1997 vintage

Wynns estate shiraz from the 90s have overall held up very well. Good deep colour, plush, some leather and tertiary notes, peppery, delicious. Last bottle from this vintage :(

1997 vintage

This wine pours deep, opaque ruby with slight bricking. The nose isn't terribly expressive showing blackberry coulis, leather, a touch of mint chocolate, and faint nori. The palate enters on dark fruit via blackberry with medium tannin and medium acid. The finish goes quite tarry with touches of barbecue sauce almost heading to soy sauce, and is quite short. All in all aging this for over 13 years didn't pay off. This is quite monolithic, unexpressive and the finish feels …

2008 vintage

Aged beautifully under my ideal cellar conditions. Exceeded my expectations. A very good wine with special qualities

2008 vintage

Wynns Shiraz of this era have held up very well. This '97 is a close second to my favourite, the '93.

1997 vintage

Good Coonawarra Shiraz. Smooth tannins, hint of pepper and eucalyptus. Mouth filling dark fruits. At peak but will keep. Dan Murphy cellar release.

2015 vintage

Interesting. Just $17 as part of DM's Cellar release and strangely enough feels very fresh for such a low priced wine. Simple red fruits, blocky palate, tailing finish. I'm not seeing much age, if any, and seems like a 15yr proposition. Mind you, can't see how it would approve.

2015 vintage

Flavours of compost and sour cherry, with a hint of burnt toast. Drinkable, but not really enjoyable.

1997 vintage

2015 Wynns Shiraz: In the glass, this wine presents a deep purple hue. The aroma is slightly off, with alcohol and formaldehyde notes dominating initially. Upon tasting, however, the wine reveals an array of rich plum and black fruit flavors that lead into a long finish. While this nostalgic wine stirs memories from 30 years ago, it seems that, even with some age, the proportions are somewhat out of balance. Despite its intensity, one might yearn for a bit more …

2015 vintage

Well, here we are seven years later, and this is still a deep, dark ruby. It starts very positively in that the first whiff tells me it's Coonawarra, despite the ripe blackberry notes. As the bottle gets emptier, however, the Coonawarriness seems to fade, though the fruit does not. The palate is straightforward, without the spicy-peppery character I had expected, but with a good concentration of forward blackberry flavour. A little too sweet and not savoury enough. Some minor grip. …

2008 vintage

still deep opaque with browning at the rim, mass of secondary notes, leathery, musty, hint of fruitcake, palate more of the same, gravelly tannins

1996 vintage

Drinking well now but, alas, not for not much longer. Lacking the depth of other Wynns' Shiraz, but still enjoyable.

2008 vintage

Still a gorgeous wine. The cork gave a hint of depth and complexity which was matched from the first taste and this steadily improved. Started on the front palate with deep round flavours and rolled smoothly and deliciously into the back.

1996 vintage

Worthy as I recall

1996 vintage

Great value, still drinking well.

2015 vintage

Broken cork (middle); decanted and drunk over 2.5 hours. Brown- purple rim. Medicinal, mushroom, burnt cherry and brambles nose. Very subdued at onset but very nicely evolved over the course of dinner. Plum, brambles, cooked cherries, leather, some rose, faint tobacco. Slightly plum and a little tired after 2 hours. Tannins fully faded and a little light on back palate. Very enjoyable estate Shiraz, but drinking window fading. Maybe max 2 years to still enjoy. Drink up.

1997 vintage

Excellent. Such a consistent wine through the vintages. 14% alc. Colour: bright blackberries Bouquet: ripe red and black berries, slightly jammy, dusty, liquorice, cedar Palate: as bouquet, especially black fruits, liquorice and aniseed, voluptuous, silky though substantial body with big soft fruit driven tannins, black pepper and olives. Long clean very dry finish. Seems relatively young still. May 2020

2006 vintage

A little sour for first half hour. Then rich and raspberry. Next time air well

2015 vintage

Under screwcap. Deep dark red with a little fading at the edges. Fruit and wood melding together for a very smooth mid palate with reasonable length. Could probably have gone another 3-5 years but drinking very nicely now. Absolute bargain at the price for those prepared to be patient.

2008 vintage

Great value wine. Bbq or pizza always consistent always good. Drinking well but will go a lot longer

2015 vintage

By the glass at the BA lounge. Looked like freshly opened. Quite on the rich but also brash side, a touch on the mass market feel for Aussie Shiraz. Not offensive but also lacked a charm. Decent dark fruit and well managed on the oak at least. 86 better young and fresh.

2015 vintage

This is mostly about dark, yet fresh and lively fruit. Lovely black berry and purple grape, along with some stoniness, violet, iron, and subtle meatiness. Lively acid and restrained wood and light tannins. Comes off with classy simplicity, quite fresh for its power.

2015 vintage

Elegant vintage.

2015 vintage

No formal notes. On opening, this smelt pretty finished. Sour red fruits, green earth, rotting bush. Not TCA but certainly potentially just a bad bottle. That did clear off over time however, and reveal a genteel, sweetly fruited, mature red wine. On this showing Drink Up, however, this is from Melbourne St Cellars, provenance for the prior 22yrs unknown. So I would review another bottle before commenting definitively on the current state of this wine.

1996 vintage

While there is excessive acidity at this point, suggesting a need for further aging (2-3 years, perhaps), there is much to like about this Shiraz from one of my favourite Australian producers, a Coonawarra that showcases the varietal's elegant qualities rather than the fruit-bomb nature of expressions from warmer regions. Ripe fruit emerges by the second day, along with menthol and roast meat, but earlier on the leaner elements are expressed through a complex mix of black pepper, earth, iron, …

2015 vintage

At 10 years of age under screwcap this wine has softened up and is now in a very good drinking window. Still a dark red with crisp edges and no sign of bricking. Bouquet and flavours of red berries and dark plums, a hint of black pepper, faint chocolate, soft almost silky tannins and acid in balance. Medium bodied, good mouth feel and length. Amazing value for the price.

2008 vintage

Excellent, a relief after last one being past it or corked. This is last bottle and superb. Colour: dark garnet, light edges Bouquet: raspberry, blueberry and pepper, lovely soft aromatics Palate: as bouquet, soft tannins, very savoury berry, long clean finish. June 2017

1997 vintage

corked, or just kept too long, but past it

1997 vintage

White Label, very underrated. Nine years on, under screw cap. Dark red through to the meniscus. Nice balance of fruit, wood, acid and soft furry tannins. Good mouth feel, a little pepper, no eucalypt, just a nice every day Coonawarra shiraz. Could have gone longer in the cellar but happy to drink it tonight. 89+

2007 vintage

This Coonawarra shiraz is continuing to develop in the bottle. Very dark with crimson edges, subtle pepper, plum and dark berries, integrated wood, light tannins, no sign of excessive acid, really smooth drinking. Will keep in the cellar for a few more years 89+.

2008 vintage

Mid-red. Reticent nose of bright berries. A slight yeasty lift, but more of a raw/youthful/red under screw cap element than any real fault. Slightly dumb, raw palate. Relatively ordinary albeit what do you expect for $8.50. Less impressive than several adjacent vintages. Still not paint remover whatever other users may suggest.

2007 vintage

Excellent, 14% alc. Colour: black berry and chocolate Bouquet: white pepper, savoury red and black berries, dried herbs, dusty, mint, chocolate, soft leather, Palate: as bouquet, blueberry, full bodied, great berry mouthfeel, big soft tannins, long finish, great balance, dry and developed already! perhaps less depth than some previous vintages! but still good depth! and slightly higher alcohol not evident November 2015

2006 vintage

excellent, 13% alc. Colour: black brick red Bouquet: herbal, developed fruit, licorice, coffee, vanilla Palate: opens out very nicely over 2-3 hours, similar to bouquet, very savoury, slight jammy, black olives and black fruits, becomes quite full bodied with breathing, long clean finish. Big soft tannins, quite furry with breathing. Very dry finish too. October 2015

1997 vintage

Several bottles were consumed in September - all consistent. An impressive deep, dark ruby, with a small amount of crimson still remaining. Plenty of spice and white pepper both on the nose and the vibrant, fullish-bodied and very nicely concentrated palate. Despite being matured in oak, I couldn't detect any woody characteristics whatsoever, allowing the fruit to occupy the entire stage - which is just the way I like it. Very good. Will cellar well.

2008 vintage

Apperance deep crimson even to the rim Nose is savoury first before fruit, starting with a smokey meaty aroma, black pepper leading to deep dark fruits - black berries cassis prune. Palate is medium- full round with black fruit and savoury continues as per the nose. some alcohol warmth, but very good to medium plus finish Good- could hold this longer but drinking well now 90.drink now to drink soon Would match with home made beef pies.

2008 vintage

Should have used it as a paint remover.

2007 vintage

Excellent. 14% alc. Colour: deep black berry Bouquet: big soft dry blackberry and plum fruit, leather, cedar Palate: as bouquet, a little jammy, astringent, 'sweaty saddle', big soft tannins, full bodied, long clean finish. A wine of substance. September 2014.

2006 vintage

Excellent, developed wine. 12.5% alcohol. Colour: dark black/brown Bouquet: sweet berry, licorice, leather, earth Palate: as bouquet, full flavoured, soft, great length and clean acid finish, very dry soft tannins, black cherries, nice berry texture and mouthfeel. July 2014

1996 vintage

Very good-excellent 12.5% alcohol Colour: dark chocolate/brown Bouquet: sweet peppery, leather Palate: as bouquet, full soft tannins, licorice, very developed, less fruit than '96. Black olives, long clean acid finish. August 2014

1997 vintage

Drinking good right now. Predictably a full Shiraz with enough flavour to be appreciated.

2008 vintage

The wine looks Crimson colored. It smells like Blackberry, Prune, and Black Pepper. It tastes like Bark, Black currant (cassis), and Raisin. The body is Medium/Full. The wine has Round texture. The wine finishes Medium.

2008 vintage

Med garnet with developing tawny rim. Nose: med intensity, developed, blueberry, raspberry, cedar, vanillin oak, hints toasty American oak. Palate: med intensity, well rounded, raspberry, blueberry, plums, cedar, vanillin oak. A wine that is past it's best. Med bodied, med length, low acid and tannin, well rounded, soft mouth feel. Still ok to drink but the intensity, complexity, and length are no longer there.

1996 vintage

So this wine is past its peak. But it's a graceful decline for a wine from a top vintage 17 years ago. Lovely flavours. Just delightful.

1996 vintage

No time to breathe or decant due dinning out. Quite impressed, intense flavours

2007 vintage

dark, full bodied, jammy

2008 vintage

dark, full bodied, plum, black cherry, oak, fruit forward

2008 vintage

Deep colour. Cherry, plum and spice. Powerful fruit flavours on palate. Licorice.

2008 vintage

Found this at the bottom of cellar. Had forgotten all about and so given age was expecting much. Turned out ok. Did lack some depth of flavour but still very drinkable.

1996 vintage

dar, full bodied, intense, blackberry and otehr black fruits, spiced and oaked , flavourful

2008 vintage

dark, full bodied, not sweet but raisined, a bit of a fruit bomb

2008 vintage

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