The St Hugo Daniel Ricciardo DR3 red wines and the man himself. Pernod Ricard
“Passion, power, precision”. Those are the catch-words for Daniel Ricciardo’s St Hugo red wines. Three things you’d need to be a top Formula One racing driver like Daniel.
I confess to not being a petrol head. Indeed, I’m considering buying an electric car. Does that make me a bogan? Or the opposite of a bogan?
The company says Ricciardo works closely with St Hugo chief winemaker Peter Munro on every aspect of the wines’ production.
Canberra’s annual Summernats festival of noisy V8 utes doing smoky burn-outs on the city streets fills me with horror.
Big red wines and muscle cars seem to go together, but on the other hand, associating alcohol with driving could be seen as sending the wrong message.
Despite these misgivings, I confess I loved the latest St Hugo Daniel Ricciardo DR3 red wines. They are the 2021 vintages of Coonawarra cabernet sauvignon and South Australian shiraz.
Just how good the cabernet is, was underlined by its performance in the 2023 Global Fine Wine Challenge, which I helped judge late last year. The 2021 St Hugo DR3 Cabernet Sauvignon (AUD $80) won a double-gold medal, and 97 points.
I had rated the 2021 DR3 Shiraz (AUD $80) a strong silver ribbon (94 points) earlier in the year.
The company says Ricciardo works closely with St Hugo chief winemaker Peter Munro on every aspect of the wines’ production.
Incidentally, the regular St Hugo Barossa
This Article was originally published on The Real Review
