The Head Honcho, Coonawarra Cab 2015

Koonara Wines Organic Wine Coonawarra - The Head Honcho Cabernet

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The Head Honcho, Coonawarra Cab 2015

Name: The Head Honcho, Coonawarra Cab 2015
SKU: 15119
Price: 100.00 AUD
Availability: InStock

$100.00 inc GST

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.”

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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.”

Tasting Notes

Vegan friendly

Organically grown

No residual sugar

Low sulphites

Member Prices

All prices shown below are per bottle.

Angels Guild: $90.00

Angels Guild - Twice Yearly: $90.00

Awards

5 stars Wineshowcase Magazine
Equal Top in Category, Winestate Magazine Qatar Airways Cabernet & Bordeaux Challenge 2018
96 points Huon Hooke - The Real Review

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

Top of the class

I previously purchased a 2012 Head Honcho and shared it recently with friends and wow. I had to by another. Look forward some time in the future to enjoying the 2015.

The best of Koonara

Extraordinary wine. As good as some of the best i have had. Keeping rest for special occasions.

Decades ahead of it

It doesn’t seem fair to review this wine at such a young age, when it clearly has decades ahead of it. Blackberry fruit with secondary blueberry flavours. Cool mint on the front of the palate, building to a complex savoury profile on the mid-palate, and a nicely rounded finish on the back palate. Fine and dusty tannins. The oak still playing a dominant role, with enough acidity to carry it though many years. Rated the 2012 Vintage.

Smooth, lingering well balanced

Oh that velvet-clad sup. Heavyweight bottle! Such an entrance for this flagship $100 Coonawarra Cab. It's made from single vineyard, low crop, high intensity fruit that's aged in some of the most expensive French oak for 24 mths. Only 3 barrels and 880 bottles made the cut. It's young, at 4 yrs. And was on the more elegant end of the Coonawarra spectrum. Lots of concentrated blackberries, with glimpses of secondary characters. There's a smooth, lingering well balanced palate. Huge potential. 93.5/100 (3.9). Rated 2012 Vintage.