James Halliday - Australian Wine Companion

94 Points

"This could double as cabernet cologne. It exhibits that gorgeous cassis and violet scent, lifted by mint and finished with aromas of dried, brown tobacco. It acts - when you finally begin to drink it - as its introduction caused you to expect, its lines of blackcurrant trained by thick, warm tannin. Classic lines."

 

Huon Hooke - www.huonhooke.com.au, 8 Aug 2015

93 Points

"Very deep, brooding red/purple colour. The palate is full-bodied and dense, concentrated and solidly structured, with ample tongue-coating tannins. The bouquet is rather quiet at this stage, while the palate certainly delivers. It has excellent depth of dark fruit flavours. A full-bodied, dense, muscular wine, which is more about structure than about fruity charm or prettiness. A wine for cellaring. It will reward the patient handsomely."

 

Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front, 21 July 2015

93 Points

"It smells beautiful. A flood of cassis and violet, oak nestled neatly within. The palate follows suit, deep, brooding, warm and firm. It offers a comforting hug and then squeezes tight. Whether or not it’s a little too tight, and fractionally warm; I’d opt for neither, but the questions were raised. As it breathed and unfolded my confidence in it grew accordingly."