2012 Patrick of Coonawarra Grande Reserve Cabernet

What was happening in your life ten years ago? Does it seem like a distant memory? The maturity and wisdom gained with the passage of time, providing grace, elegance and an understanding of the world that seldom comes to one so young.

Well, let’s take a look back to the past, shall we and open up the living, breathing epoch that is a bottle of Patrick’s timeless, 12-year-old Coonawarra Cabernet. This is the ‘Grande Reserve’. The tallest mast in a see of high-fairing flagships. Aged for an extra 18 months in barrel, bottle aged for years, and entombed in a showpiece presentation container, this is the opulent, rich and luscious Coonawarra red at its best.

This is the kind of wine you want to scream about to the world. There’s $1000 Growth Bordeaux that would be envious of this wine’s presence. It’s decked out with berries, leather, tree sap, charcuterie and cocoa powder. There’s the ever present hint of mint chocolate too, and a little lick of tea tree. What a lovely, ageless wine. Exuberant in its youth, it’s now come to the fore, entering the prime of its life. Patrick, take a bow.