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Wynns Coonawarra Estate, in the cool Coonawarra wine region of South Australia, takes the single-vineyard concept to a new level. Because of the variability that can occur in single-vineyard wines, each year the Wynns winemakers select a top-performing vineyard of the vintage to showcase, and the wine produced is bottled separately.

Wynns has extensive vineyard resources to draw on and wine aficionados are the lucky recipients of their cherry-picking. Wine from the Messenger vineyard, the company’s most southerly site, was first bottled as a singlevineyard wine in 2005 and again in 2010. The current release is 2015. It’s a vineyard that suits warm seasons, otherwise the final product can taste too leafy. When the weather is right, the grapes display a mesmerising perfume of violets and cassis.

Other Wynns vineyards showcased over the years include Harold, Johnson’s Block, Childs, Alex 88, Glengyle and Davis.