Patrick of Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 ~ Coonawarra, South Australia

93/100 Stuart Knox, The Real Review
93/100 Nick Butler, The Real Review (2015 vintage)
90/100 The Wine Front (2015 vintage)
Bronze - James Halliday (2015 vintage)
94/100 Wineshowcase Magazine "New Release" (2014 vintage)
93/100 Huon Hooke, The Real Review (2014 vintage)
Bronze - James Halliday (2014 vintage)

Winestate Magazine - 5 STARS and 'Equal Top in Category' (2014 vintage)
Winestate 'Best of South Australia' (2014 vintage)

Bronze - The Melbourne International Beverage Competition
Gold- Sydney International TOP100 2018 (2014 vintage)
Gold -Australian Small Winemakers Wine Show 2018 (2014 vintage)
Silver - CWSA - China Wine & Spirits Awards (2014 vintage)
Silver - The Melbourne International Beverage Competition (2014 vintage)
Silver - Rurtherglen Wine Show 2018 (2014 vintage)
Bronze - Sydney Royal Wine Show 2018 (2014 vintage)
Bronze - Cairns Wine Show 2018 (2014 vintage)
Bronze - Limestone Coast Wine Show 2018 (2014 vintage)

Stuart Knox, The Real Review "Deep ruby colour throughout the glass. Blackberry, tobacco and dusty earth. Classic Coonawarra profile of black fruits, dusty tannins and a brightening note of acidity. It has great mid-palate fruit intensity that the tannins then accentuate and carry long and dry to the finish. Incredible value. "

Nick Butler, The Real Review "Deep garnet-red colour with crimson edges. Classic, still fresh Coonawarra notes of tobacco leaf, roasted nuts (oak), soy and spiced blackcurrants. The soft whisper of bottle-age complexity. Fruit is pristine and showing secondary charms. Oak-derived vanilla and nuts just blurring it a little. Sensational value for a wine of this age and quality" (2015 vintage)

James Halliday atured in new and second-use barriques, 60% American/40% French for 20 months. The oak is present throughout." (2015 vintage)

Huon Hooke, The Real Review "Deep red colour with a tint of purple, the bouquet fresh, clean and berry-ish, with softness, richness and charm. There is good density, too. A powerful, firmly-structured cabernet with persistence and presence. The tannins are abundant and firm and provide excellent structure, suited for ageing. Textbook fruit ripeness." (2014 vintage)

James Halliday "Matured in 60% American and 40% French oak for 20 months. There's a leafy/minty/savoury character funning through the middle of the blackcurrant fruit"

Patrick of Coonawarra was founded by Patrick Tocaciu; one of Australia's leading wine (and AFL football) figures. Patrick's reputation for producing exceptional wine earned him many international accolades for the major labels he worked as Chief Winemaker, including; Tollana, Penfolds, and Hollick Wines.

Patrick's distinguished reputation continued with the establishment of his own Patrick of Coonawarra Estate label. The wines are built on the solid foundation of extensive estate vineyards: 36 hectares in Coonawarra and 42 hectares in Wrattonbully. The Wrattonbully plantings contain shiraz, sauvignon blanc, and some of the riesling. All of the cabernet is grown in Coonawarra. The Estate is now managed by his eonologist son, Luke who continues the tradition of producing wines of varietal and regional excellence.

Coonawarra is the most important wine region within the Limestone Coast zone of South Australia, credited with producing some of the best red wines in the entire country, and often described as Australia's most famous terroir. The region's prime Terra Rossa land, which has a reddish-brown topsoil over a thick layer of soft limestone, covers a narrow strip only 12 kilometres long. The reddish colour of the soil is caused by iron-oxide (rust) formations in the clay. Vineyards on this soil benefit from good drainage and nutrient-holding capacity. It is known for the Cabernet Sauvignon wines produced on its "terra rossa" soil. Coonawarra is an Aboriginal word meaning "Honeysuckle". It is about 380 km southeast of Adelaide, close to the border with Victoria.

Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.