The Head Honcho, Coonawarra Cab 2015
$100.00 inc GST
♥ Organically grown
♥ Vegan Friendly
♥ Low in sulphur
♥ Dry wine
♥ No residual sugar
The Head Honcho was created from our 10 acre single Cabernet vineyard. This vineyard produces small berries full of intense flavour, harvesting a tiny 1 tonne per acre. In the 2012 vintage, it had only organic additives, and no pesticides (none have been used in this vineyard for 10 years).
We aged this wine for 24 months in the finest French Oak barrels. From these, only the most complex flavours from the finest barrels were selected. This year only 3 barrels made the cut, creating only 100 cases, with only 888 bottles being released. The French Oak barrels have integrated beautifully in this wine. The darkest of dark berries went into this; blueberry, cassis, and molasses over mint. Extremely long finish. The Head Honcho will age well until 2042.
- Equal Top In Category, Winestate Magazine Qatar Airways Cabernet & Bordeaux Challenge 2018
- Gold Huon Hooke, The Real Review, Wine Writer
Download tasting notes PDF – 2015 vintage
Download tasting notes PDF – 2012 vintage
Critics Review: Award winning Coonawarra Cabernet
Our The Head Honcho, Coonawarra Cab 2012 vintage was awarded:
• 95 points, James Halliday “Even more concentrated and focused than the Family Reserve Ambriel’s Gift, with more blackcurrant fruit and more tannins.”
• 4.5 Stars, Winestate Magazine “Intense black fruit aromas with a sweet oak lift. The palate is dark and closed at the moment with very pure varietal fruit characters and excellent tannin definition.”
Additional information
| Region | 100% Coonawarra |
|---|---|
| Variety | 100% Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Vineyard | Single Vineyard – Ambriel's Gift Vineyard |
| Alcohol | 13.9% Alc/Vol |
| Closure | Diam Cork |
| Harvest | April 2015 |
| Cellaring | Made to age, drink now until 2042 |
The Guardian Angel Piccolo, Sparkling, Mount Gambier 2019
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Wanderlust, Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
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We love the people who make the journey to come and visit our cellar door in Coonawarra; they have Wanderlust. They are the daring explorer, the lover of life with tales of adventures and experiences from their many trips. This wine’s for you, intrepid travellers... Decanting this wine for an hour will allow you to see the true depth of flavour, but also show you that this wine is almost unique at this price - in that it will get better over 10 years. No residual sugar, below organic levels of sulphur, and organically grown. The dense fruit and the soft tannins with allow this wine to age well until 2030."Inky in colour pungent fruit aromas with a hint of cigar box cedar adding to the complexity, a big palate with lashings of tight restrained flavours, which will burst forth in due time, and it has a lovely, lingering tight finish. To really enjoy it now, please decant it, or have some patience as in time this will become a REALLY SUPERB WINE!!" Dan Traucki, wine writerDownload tasting notes PDF – 2016 vintage Download tasting notes PDF – 2015 vintage Download tasting notes PDF – 2014 vintage
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*Aged release*
This wine is named after our little girl Alice (6 year), who loves to sing songs she has made up. Like this wine, they are beautiful in their purity and make you smile. When she is old enough, this will be our song to her. Just 40 minutes south of our Coonawarra vineyards are our Mount Gambier vineyards. Mount Gambier is the coolest region in mainland Australia and has perfect conditions for creating excellent Riesling. Razor-sharp flint rocks rise from the thin soils under vines, and the pure underground water flows from the famous Blue Lake. This vintage is fresh, crisp, lean with some lovely minerality and lemon/citrus characters. Food match: Vietnamese prawn and glass noodle salad. 91 points James Halliday Download tasting notes PDF – 2013 vintage Download tasting notes PDF – 2015 vintage
Cape Banks, Chardonnay 2016
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