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Wine Description
The Story
St Hugo wines honour the legacy of Hugo Gramp who was a visionary leader and managing director of Gramp & Sons winery from 1920 to 1938. The brand was first launched in 1983 with the inaugural 1980 vintage of St Hugo Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon. Over the following 30 vintages this wine has gained an enviable reputation as a highly awarded wine with over 1000 wine show awards including 33 trophies, and is listed on fine wine auctioneers’ Langtons Classification of Australian Wine VI proving the wine’s pedigree and desirability on the auction market. St Hugo’s wine style is driven by a combination of power and elegance.
St Hugo has a long and respected history and remains a top-notch, premium Cabernet with classic Coonawarra cassis flavours, a hint of mint and dusty earthiness. A smooth and elegant texture, well-structured with neither acid nor tannins sitting out of place.
This vintage certainly hasn't missed the mark.
Vintage 2009
Near-optimum rainfall over winter, followed by dry, mild conditions over spring provided a good environment for budburst and an ideal start to the growing season with canopies developing well. Climatic conditions favoured flowering and set with mild and calm weather, however there was some shatter in Shiraz across parts of the state resulting in small crops for many regions. Some early to mid-December summer rainfall was followed by conditions drying up very quickly and continuing until the end of February. Summer was hot with some extreme heat but cool conditions returned in February and March, allowing the fruit to ripen across a long harvest with balanced acidities and excellent tannin ripeness. An elegant, yet still powerful follow up to the conditions brought about in the preceding 2008 vintage |