Treasury Wine Estates has announced August 3 as the release date for the highly anticipated 2016 Wynnsday collection. The collection, which has been released annually since the 1980s, this year will feature six wines from the 2013 and 14 vintages.

The 2016 collection aims to showcase Wynns' house-style and includes the Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 (RRP $44.99), V&A Lane Shiraz 2014 (RRP $59.99), V&A Lane Cabernet Shiraz 2014 (RRP $59.99), Harold Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 (RRP $79.99), Michael Shiraz 2013 (RRP $149.99) and John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 (RRP $149.99).

Wynns winemaker Sue Hodder said of the releases, “In 2013 we chose several of our older, and beloved, classic terra rossa soil vineyards for our John Riddoch, Michael and Single Vineyard wines. It is pleasing to acknowledge these special parcels from a great year. Good ripening conditions after a wet winter, resulted in wines with fine but abundant tannins.


“In contrast, the very wet winter and slightly above average summer temperatures of 2014 combined with very low yields. The 2014 Black Label Shiraz and Cabernet and also the two V&A Lane Wines are by comparison, more linear and medium bodied."


Originally, Wynnsday marked the day that trade would visit the winery to taste and order their wines for that year. The event was always held on a Wednesday and still today the winery chooses this day to release the collection. The name therefore nods to the Wynns winery and day of release.


The collection is highly anticipated by both trade and consumers and continues to showcase Wynns' latest wines and style. As per, the collection changes each year depending on the most recent vintages and what's in barrel.

Next year will mark the 60th vintage for Wynns' revered Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon. To celebrate, Wynnsday in 2017 will feature a tasting of all 60 vintages to show the changes in style to the wine over the years.

"It's really quite rare to line up that many vintages," Hodder says. "When these wines were first made in the 50s and 60s, no-one knew that they would age as well as they have. There's a lot of sentiment around the label; we hear people say 'I remember drinking this wine many years ago'. It's a label that's been around for a long time."

Trade should contact Treasury Wine Estates for more information about the 2016 Wynnsday collection and to order the wines. Available from August 3.

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