(2023) Bottled in magnums only, grapes are selected based on their intensity of fruit and muscular tannin structure. Such a saturated colour, barely a chink of light on the rim. We're into meat-stock and umami territory here, stopping short of leathery, but dark and brooding. The palate has to bring a smile to your face: after all that muscle on show, there's a soft heart here, enveloping super-sweet fruit, cashmere texture and both tannins and acid combining to give a bit of backbone to a big, hedonistic and utterly delicious wine. Maybe too much for Northern Rhône fans, but archetypal Barossa Shiraz. No UK retail stockist listed at time of review, though Harvey Nichols stocked the previous vintage and that price is given.

(2023) This Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon is the icon of the Wynns range, even listed on 'La Place' alongside all the poshest Bordeaux, where it will be released in September 2023 before distributors and retailers will then buy it, and bring it to market. Made from a stringent selection of fruit, and only in the best years, this spent 17 months in French oak. Only 23% of that was new oak. The nose is particularly perfumed, not just with touches of violet and raspberry, but there's herbal notes too, like bay and curry leaf, a sense of umami depth. A little bit of eucalyptus comes through. In the mouth it is broad and tannic at this stage. Firm, dry fruit and oak tannins coat the mouth, but don't completely overpower the inherent ripeness of black fruit. Acidity too has a plum skin grippiness, notes of tapenade and liquorice adding weight and darkness to the picture. Very long, very concentrated and very young there is complexity already, but this will cellar - Wynns say for 30 years.

(2023) Rainy months leading up to vintage were fortunate as it was a very dry harvest period, producing "fruit with exceptional character and flavour." Dark and vibrant but dense in colour, there's a refined nose here, with graphite and a certain sense of coolness, the sold black fruit just touched with a pleasing, tiny edge of herbaceousness. The palate is delicious, the dry blackcurrant fruitiness has plenty of juicy bite, with tart plum and blackcurrant skins, coffee, and fine-grained tannins. The oak is supportive and the acid has a generous nature which supports too, but doesn't cut into the plush picture too much. No UK retail stockist listed at time of review.

(2023) Another GSM, this time from the Barossa. Quite meaty and leathery, lots of meat-stock character and dark, brooding fruit. Warm and generous on the palate, a weight of savoury dark fruit, spices and a touch of sizzling bacon fat. So much sweetness of ripe fruit here, flooding the palate with flavour and texture. Big, chunky and chocolaty tannins and juicy cherry acids in a large-scaled and relatively forward style, giving lots of hedonistic pleasure. Price and stockist quoted are for the previous vintage at time of review.

(2023) A blend of 67% Barossa and 33% Eden Valley fruit, 28% of the 2016 spent 22 months in new French oak barriques and hogsheads, the balance in one year and older American and French barrels. One of the Eden Valley vineyards here was planted in 1854, and the average vine age for the blend is 80 years. A deep crimson/black, the nose opens with chocolate, vanilla and tobacco spices at present, though a rich pool of black fruits begins to emerge. There's a little floral or lighter red fruit nuance in there somewhere too. The palate is fantastically opulent, the creamy weight of fruit and density of tannins gives real richness, the sweet red cherry and blackcurrant fruit is generous and mouth-filling. A very natural feeling balance of structural acidity and oak tannin extends the finish. There are no stockists listed for this collectible wine at time of review, though various back vintages are available using the wine-searcher link.

(2023) From terra rossa soils and a single vineyard of ancient, dry-grown bush vines planted in 1949. Lovely nose spanning earthier and brighter, creamier red fruit with a little floral lift. The fruit on the palate is super sweet, with a real juicy core of burstingly ripe red and black berries smoothed by creamy oak. The structure starts to impact, a juiciness to the acidity and the tannins very grippy, but fine-grained and peppery too. Great length here.

(2022) Winemaker Sue Hodder celebrates 30 years with Wynns, and this wine represents the pinnacle of her portfolio. It is only made in the best years from the best 1% of their Cabernet fruit. The nose is very refined, very classic, cedars with polished oak over ripe, creamy black fruit. A little graphite and olive lift is lovely. On the palate it is medium-bodied and lithe, as supple and sweet dark fruits are supported by creamy-chocolate tannins and ripe cherry acidity. The quality of French oak is subtle and integrated. A very poised, fine wine that will retail for around £110 when released through La Place in Bordeaux in September 2022, appearing in retailers soon after.

(2022) Picked from vineyards in Barossa (67%) and Eden Valley (33%), the average age of the vines is 80 years, with the oldest vineyard dating from 1854. Maturation is in a combination of new French oak (28%) and second use barrels  of various sizes from French, American and Hungarian oak. There's a meatiness to the aromas here, as well as a depth of savoury black fruit, some toast and vanilla in a deep-set, rich set of aromas. In the mouth that sweet combination of vanillin oak and ripe black fruit is succulent and fills the mid-palate. So much chocolate and charry depth here, but tannins are creamy and svelte and the cherry ripeness of the acidity adds to the smooth and rounded picture. A baby of course.

(2022) On terra rossa, vineyards are 32-years-old, and 6.5% Petit Verdot joins Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend. It spent 16 months in French oak (58% new), on the skins. Just softening on the rim, there's a savoury, dried bloody earthy classicism here, herbal and chocolaate notes top and tail the black fruit. In the mouth an enveloping plushness as a welterweight of sweet and ripely unctuous blackcurrant floods the palate. Lovely fruit quality, some espresso oak adding a bass note, and very tight, fine tannins and acids kicking the finish on gracefully. I loved the 2015 vintage of this, but the 2016 is every ounce as good. Price and stockist at time of review are for the 2014 vintage. UK agent is Liberty Wines.

(2021) From ungrafted vines planted in 1990 on terra rossa over limestone, this matured for 18 months in Sylvain and Taransaud oak, "very fine tight grain Château Barriques," 66% of which were new. Wonderfully opulent mint chocolate nose, a humbug ripeness and creaminess, relatively straightforward but such a deep and lush aroma. Creamy, mouth-filling, supple black fruit and the mocha-chocolate density of the wine floods the palate, full-bodied and ripe. Quintessential Coonawarra Cab, the strong but creamy tannins and ripe acidity barely interrupting the flow. Price and stockist quoted are for a different vintage at time of review.