St HugoFine and Rare Collection Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2010
About this product
- TypeCabernet Sauvignon
- Size750mL
- RegionCoonawarra
- Current Vintage2010
- Standard Drinks8.4
- Alcohol Volume14.10%
- CountryAustralia
- StateSouth Australia
- Brand NameSt Hugo
- Food MatchLamb
- ClosureCork
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
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Australia's premier retail wine assessment panel
Vintage 2010
97 points
Already considered an Australian icon, and from a long lineage, this release is unquestionably the finest yet. An emaculate expression of Coonawarra Cabernet, with superb balance - the oak better integrated and dialed-back than ever before. The fruit intensity is whip-smart, truly varietal and regionally authentic; dried-herbs, bay-leaf and a touch of mint, complexed by an earthy-savoury nuance. Poised, structured and serious, there's also a newfound vibrancy and confidence that underpins a brand in its zenith.
James Halliday
Australian wine writer, critic and winemaker
Vintage 2010
94 points www.winecompanion.com.au
The wine spent 24 months in a mix of new and one-year-old oak, predominantly French, and a small portion of American, continuing the pattern of recent vintages. The hue reflects the exceptional vintage, the bouquet and palate with a powerful, concentrated and ripe mix of cassis and redcurrant fruits; the oak and tannin management neatly wraps up a juicy mouthfeel of flavours.