Mildara Wines was at the vanguard of the rediscovery of the Coonawarra region. In 1953, Ron Haselgrove, Mildara’s Managing Director, bought 12,735 litres of Coonawarra red wine from Bill Redman. Ron recognised that the Coonawarra could produce classical, elegant Cabernets, and in 1955 he purchased the Company’s first 12.5ha of the Coonawarra’s famous Terra Rossa soil. Mildara was the first major winery to invest in ‘the Medoc of the South’. In 1958, Ron Haselgrove assembled an experimental blend of 50% Coonawarra Shiraz and Cabernet and 50% Hunter Shiraz to make a wine that still ranks as one of Australia’s finest. In 1966 the first Coonawarra Cabernet Shiraz Malbec was produced. Mildara had interplanted Malbec with Cabernet Sauvignon in the manner practised in Bordeaux. Many successes followed, notably the Montgomery Trophy for Best Dry Red Table Wine at the 1984 Royal Adelaide Show. These acclaimed early blends were forerunners to Jamieson’s Run, which was launched in 1987 to celebrate Mildara’s centenary.
Tasting Notes
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