5 STAR WINERY RATING – WINE COMPANION
There’s plenty of history at Wynns, from the early days of John Riddoch in the 19th century to the revitalisation by Samuel and David Wynn from the 1950s, then through the glory years of the '80s and '90s. There’s a significant piece of more recent history, too, with Sue Hodder burnishing this great estate into a bright sheen, while also ascending to legendary status in her own right – she was the 2025 Halliday Wine Companion Hall of Fame inductee. She was appointed senior winemaker back in 1998, and she is still in that role, having presided over some of the greatest wines at this revered address. Sue has not just maintained but enhanced the classic bottlings, but she has also introduced a focus on discrete batches, working with smaller ferments to both provide more blending options and also to introduce commanding single-site wines. Today, Hodder’s endless enthusiasm for the region and for bottling the best wines possible is keenly felt in everything bearing the Wynns name. WINE COMPANION
