Lake's Folly
2002RedCabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Merlot, Petit VerdotHunter Valley, Australia
Lake's Folly was Australia's first boutique winery, started in the 1960s by a Sydney surgeon who planted Cabernet in Hunter Valley when everyone said it wouldn't work. The winery changed hands in 2000 but kept the same obsessive, small-batch approach.
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Drink windowPast its window (2006–2022)
Typical retail~$40
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