Parker Coonawarra Estate

1st Growth 2008

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  Vintage 2008
  96 points

Wines like this are the reason you don't read about spirallingly earsplitting First Growth Bordeaux offerings in Wine Taste Weekly. 2008 Parker is a Cabernet blend of true First Growth endurance. Such is its wall of tannin that it must not, under any circumstances, be approached shy of twenty years in the cellar. Incredible power of blackcurrant and cassis fruit, with fragrant violet perfume, underlyined by dark chocolate oak, with nuances of black olives and black licorice. This is a wine of tremendous concentration, with structural assertiveness to maintain brilliant line of linear definition, finishing crunchy and precise. The tannin profile is monumental, firm and mouth-evading, yet with a textural finesse that keeps it under consummate control at every instant. Don't miss one of the greats in the lineage of First Growth when its unleashed on the world.