St Hugo Cabernet Sauvignon
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 5–20 years from vintage release, with the structure to cellar beautifully for decades.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted leg of lamb, grilled ribeye steak, aged cheddar cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
First crafted in 1980 to honor Hugo Gramp—the visionary leader of the Gramp & Sons winery who tragically perished in the 1938 Kyeema air disaster—St Hugo has long stood as a benchmark of Australian Cabernet Sauvignon. Sourced primarily from the prized terra rossa soils of the Coonawarra region in South Australia, this wine is celebrated for its structural elegance and intense varietal character. It undergoes traditional fermentation followed by extensive maturation in French oak hogsheads, resulting in a complex profile of dark forest fruits, mint, graphite, and fine-grained tannins that pay tribute to a legendary winemaking legacy.
🍾 About the Producer
Jacob's Creek traces its lineage to 1847, when Bavarian immigrant Johann Gramp planted the Barossa Valley's first commercial vineyard on the alluvial flats bordering Jacob's Creek. Originally developed under the historic Orlando Wines banner, the brand officially debuted under the Jacob's Creek label in 1976 and evolved into Australia's quintessential wine export powerhouse. Headquartered at Rowland Flat, the estate benefits from a classic warm Mediterranean climate with ironstone, sandy loam, and red-brown clay soils, ideal for delivering fruit purity and velvety tannin structure. Fruit sourcing extends across Barossa, Coonawarra, and the high-altitude, windswept slopes of Eden Valley. Led by Chief Winemaker Dan Swincer, the cellar balances commercial accessibility with pedigree viticulture through sustainable, low-impact farming. While celebrated globally for its approachable Classic and Reserve varietal releases, Jacob's Creek commands critical reverence through flagship cuvées such as the mineral-etched, age-worthy Steingarten Riesling, Centenary Hill Shiraz, and the pioneering Double Barrel series aged in whiskey-seasoned casks.
🍇 Grapes
Cabernet Sauvignon
🍷 ABV
14.0% - 14.5%