Highbank Wine & Accommodation

Robert M. Parker Jr: 1998 Highbank 'Coonawarra'

This superb, opaque, purple-coloured, high-class blend of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, and 12% Cabernet Franc, has brilliantly absorbed its ageing in 100% new French oak.

The wine is classy, pure, and as my tasting notes opined, "the Leoville Las Cases of Australia?"

With gorgeous black cherry and black currant flavours intermixed with lead pencil, vanillin, and mineral, medium to full body, high tannin, and superb delineation, it will benefit from 1-2 years of cellaring and drink well for 15-16.

This is another candidate for inserting into a blind tasting of top class Bordeaux to see how it fares.

 

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If wine means everything to you, then heaven on earth is in Penola! Highbank Wines is nestled deep in the heart of the Coonawarra and produces single estate wines that perfectly showcase terra rossa-influenced terroir, making them sought after by wine lovers all over the world. Organic vineyard operations, French oak, and decades of Limestone Coast winemaking experience, means Highbank Wines are a must for your cellar. For the full immersion experience, come and stay on the Vineyard in one of three romantic guest retreats for an escape into the realms of pure Bacchanalian indulgence in the South East of South Australia, halfway between Melbourne and Adelaide!

Highbank Wine & Accommodation