Enjoy the festive season with Coonawarra wines
The festive season may look a little different for many of us this year but as we reflect back on 2020, one thing has become clear and that’s the importance of time spent with friends and family sharing special moments and creating memories. For anyone who loves to savour a glass or two, we’re delighted to present the best of the Coonawarra wine region for your festive celebrations.
The unique region, with a climate similar to Bordeaux and famous red terra rossa soils, produces wines distinctive in style, making it the perfect region to explore during the festive season if you are looking for something a little bit special and different.
Showcasing some of the best Coonawarra wines, the Brand’s Laira festive packs capture the essence of this magical time of year. Featuring the traditional wines that the winery is best known for, including famous Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon, the wines have been handpicked to ensure there is a delicious wine for every festive celebration - whatever you may be raising a toast to, or food you're serving.
Coonawarra Christmas Festivities Pack (includes 1 bottle of each wine)
This mixed pack is truly special; a collection of superb quality, richly flavoured wines that have been created with deep respect for the great history of the winery, and the vision of our Founder and Coonawarra’s First Patron, Eric Brand. With fruit from some of the oldest in Coonawarra, and recognition from countless show awards these wines offer longevity of ageing unrivalled by any wines in their class.
2013 One Seven One Cabernet Sauvignon - The combination of brilliant fruit from very established old vines with the elegance of top quality French oak has produced a balanced wine. It finishes long with fine velvety tannins and lingering fruit notes.
2016 1968 Tall Vines Cabernet Sauvignon - The palate exhibits pure cherry, plum and cassis fruits with subtle vanillin oak notes. This is a medium bodied Cabernet Sauvignon with an elegant structure and a fine, silky finish.
2015 Stentifords Shiraz - Crimson red in colour with aromas of blackberry, plum and spiced fruit. Complex, medium weight palate with fine velvet tannins.
2018 Blockers Chardonnay - An Australian Christmas often features fresh prawns and delicate seafood for which there’s no variety more appropriate than chardonnay. Blockers Chardonnay is the perfect combination of luscious fruit, complexity and elegance; its subtlety works perfectly with the sweet flavours of fresh seafood. It’s also great with turkey, if you don’t fancy a red.
2018 Old Station Rosé - This Rosé is light and crisp showing lovely refreshing aromas and flavours of strawberry and cherry with a hint of tropical fruit. Drink this Rosé chilled with a beautiful lunch of fresh salads and seafood.
2013 Old Station Cabernet Shiraz - This iconic blend of Cabernet and Shiraz delivers a rich, powerful wine with a palate that is soft and round displaying pure dark berry flavours with a hint of mocha and spice from time spent maturing in oak.
The Blockers Variety Pack (includes 2 bottles of each wine?)
The Blockers wines are a synergistic blend of rich, powerful Coonawarra fruit and elegant, expressive winemaking. Featuring the varietals the region is best known for 2015 Blockers Cabernet Sauvignon, 2014 Shiraz and 2018 Chardonnay, these wines have developed a name for their bold fruit flavour, and trademark powerful yet elegant style. This mixed pack will ensure you have a wine on hand to pair with a wide variety of dishes throughout the festive season.
2013 Flagship Cabernet Sauvignon - (6 bottles per case)
Coonawarra is renowned for producing some of the world’s best Cabernet Sauvignon and this icon wine is one of the region’s finest examples. The combination of brilliant fruit from very established old vines, with the elegance of top quality French oak has produced a beautifully balanced wine. It finishes long with fine velvety tannins and lingering fruit notes.
2018 Blockers Chardonnay – (6 bottles per case)
An Australian Christmas often features fresh prawns and delicate seafood for which there’s no variety more appropriate than chardonnay. Blockers Chardonnay is the perfect combination of luscious fruit, complexity and elegance; its subtlety works perfectly with the sweet flavours of fresh seafood. It’s also great with turkey, if you don’t fancy a red.