- Aromas: Highly inviting with ripe black cherry, dark plum, mulberries, fruitcake spice, dried herbs, and fine cedary oak.
- Palate: Rich and fleshy with a core of juicy dark berries, plum flavours, clean acidity, and smooth structural tannins.
- Style: Classical Coonawarra Merlot that trades simple jammy sweetness for complex savoury volume, structural balance, and a long finish.
- Winemaking: Sourced from premium estate-managed blocks, fermented in open and static tanks, and matured for 12 to 14 months in fine French oak.
- Cellaring: Exceptionally generous and approachable right now, but structurally framed to cellar and evolve beautifully over 5 to 8 years.
- Food Pairing: Pairs perfectly with wood-fired pizzas, slow-roasted lamb shoulder, gourmet burgers, or a prime char-grilled steak.
Parker Estate
Parker Coonawarra Estate was established in 1985 by John and Faye Parker, the culmination of a career-long fascination with one of Australia's most celebrated wine regions. Today, the privately owned estate remains steadfastly committed to John's founding vision — producing the most faithful and compelling expression of Cabernet Sauvignon from the renowned Terra Rossa soils of Coonawarra.
In the decades since, Parker Coonawarra Estate has built one of the most consistent records of excellence in Australian wine, accumulating medals, trophies and accolades across more than a quarter of a century. Among the most notable: a Five Star rating from James Halliday and a Langton's Classification V for Excellence — recognition that places it firmly among Australia's most distinguished producers.
