Wynns Coonawarra Estate has launched its annual luxury release, the 2024 Wynnsday Collection, describing it as one of the best ever produced.

Senior Winemaker Sue Hodder said: “This year’s Wynnsday wines exemplify the Wynns Coonawarra Estate medium bodied age-worthy style.

“In Coonawarra, the 2022 vintage was a high-quality year without any obvious climate change impacts, so this presented a fabulous opportunity for Sarah, Chris and I to truly bring our creative winemaking style and flair to the fore.

“The 2024 Wynnsday Collection truly is one of the best range of wines that we have released in my time at Wynns. In over three decades at Wynns, I have seen some very fine wines produced, but this year’s release wines are well and truly
amongst that group.”

The 2024 Wynnsday Collection includes six medium-bodied Coonawarra red wines from the outstanding 2021 and
2022 vintage that can be consumed young or successfully cellared.

It includes Wynns Michael Shiraz 2021 (RRP $149.99), which is named after David Wynn’s young son. The fruit used for this wine comes from the best vineyard sites in Coonawarra and is only made in years when the best quality fruit is available.

Additionally, each vintage Wynns selects a premium parcel from a single vineyard to bottle separately. In 2021 the Messenger Vineyard in the southern section of the Terra Rossa strip, showed to distinction. Wynns Messenger Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 (RRP $79.99) is described as an excellent follow on from the 2005, 2010 and 2015 from this vineyard.

The Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 (RRP $45) was first produced in 1954 and has a reputation for ageing gracefully and displaying excellent varietal and regional characteristics. The wine is produced from only the top quality 20 to 25 percent of Cabernet Sauvignon fruit grown in our terra rossa vineyards.

Wynns Black Label ‘Old Vines’ Shiraz 2022 (RRP $45) was selected from the winery’s oldest shiraz vines, including those from the Undoolya Vineyard, a rare fragment of the original 1890’s fruit colony planting, which was planted in between 1894 and 1987.

Wynns V&A Lane Shiraz 2022 (RRP $59.99) comes from mature Shiraz vineyards along the V&A Lane that ripen early and are among the first picked each season. The resulting wines have a modern appeal being fresh and spicey, yet still maintaining the succulent and silky palate structure.

Finally, the inspiration for Wynns V&A Lane Cabernet Shiraz 2022 (RRP $59.99) comes from the Wynns ‘claret story’ that goes back to the 1950’s, where wines were made to a style rather than being about exact proportions. For this modern version, the
grapes are harvested on the same day and then co-fermented. The grapes are purposely early harvest to highlight a fresh red fruit spectrum.

The 2024 Wynnsday Collection is available from 5 June 2024 from http://www.wynns.com and fine wine retailers across Australia.