Parker Coonawarra Estate ‘First Growth’ Cabernet 2016
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In years when all the elements of a winegrowing season conspire just right, the vines growing in Parker’s celebrated Abbey vineyard produce fruit of such calibre that the Hesketh family deems it worthy of a First Growth wine. Few other wines in Australia carry the history and pedigree behind First Growth; crafted from Reynella Selection cuttings (original cuttings from pre-phylloxera Bordeaux) and judged to have cellaring potential surpassing 15 years, these are truly exceptional masterpieces that deserve a prime spot in every Australian cellar. One of a highly exclusive group to have featured in every Langton’s Classification, First Growth melds plush black-fruit richness with leathery complexity and supreme elegance, creating a wine that sings of the mineral-rich majesty of Coonawarra’s world-renowned Terra Rossa soil and stands proudly amongst the top Cabernet Sauvignon on Earth
A cabernet with a lengthy history of excellence. It is from a single vineyard planted in '85. The vines are fully mature, and the blackcurrant fruit revels in the generous proportion of new French oak allocated to it every year.
Expect to find
Complex and vibrant wine with notes of plush black fruits, dried herbs, rosemary and earthy tones. Fine tannins with a seamless pure mouthfeel.
Local knowledge
Meander down the five-kilometre-long Coonawarra Wineries Walking Trail, which takes you amongst the vines and past the cellar doors of six of the region’s acclaimed estates.

Wine specs
ABV 14.5%
750ml
Screw Cap
Drink now or cellar until 2046
Enjoy
With a fine cut of steak.
Parker Coonawarra Estate
An Australian icon with roots in Bordeaux
Parker’s story begins with the marriage of two of the world’s most illustrious Cabernet producing wine regions: the legendary banks of Bordeaux and the famed Terra Rossa soil of Coonawarra. In 1985, John and Faye Parker broke ground on their Coonawarra plot with a crop of Reynella Selection Cabernet Sauvignon — original cuttings from Bordeaux, taken before phylloxera carved a swath of ruin through the region in the Great French Wine Blight of the 1800s.

Exceptional wines crafted from original Bordeaux cuttings
Powerful yet elegant Cabernet that can be cellared for beyond a decade
Highly awarded, benchmark Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon
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