Bowen Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 1999

Bowen Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 1999A classic Bowen Cabernet from a great year in Coonawarra the '99 Coonawarras are generally looking much better than the much heralded '98s, a bit like the 91s compared with the '90s (for those of you who can remember, the '91s were ridiculed when released, coming as they did after the fruit forward '90s. But how the ugly duckling has blossomed and left its older sibling in the shade). Doug Bowen rates this vintage as one of the best of the last

Deeper down there are fine dendritic calcium carbonate accumulations overlying fine gravels and lake-bed sediments

Halliday Wine Companion - 97 points and and Special Value Wine  ★

"  Ned Goodwin

For over 25 years Emmanuelle and Toby have travelled regularly to Europe to visit an extensive network of esteemed winemakers and friends

Exports to all major markets

spicy shiraz whose intense raspberry and sour-edged dark cherry flavours are accompanied by a hint of prune

Elegance meets structure

Elevated to new heights

In early 1965 they started considering other uses for their sheep and cattle farm

"The 2008 Dom Pérignon is fabulous

In 2006 Curly Flat ceased using herbicides and have seen a marked improvement in soil microfauna

” Selection is crucial to the process - Emmanuelle maintains "what you leave behind is just as important as what you take