The deep and dark ruby colour implies the intensity and richness that is abundantly delivered on bouquet and palate. Full of dense and very ripe blackberry and blackcurrant fruits with hints of sweet mint, freshly rubbed savoury herbs, earth and truffle. The fruit power and opulence of the palate is deftly cradled by well integrated ripe fruit, firm acidity and fine oak tannins. A wine of great presence that will age with grace.
Will mature into one of the outstanding vintages of this lineage after more than ten years ageing under ideal cellaring conditions.
James Halliday says: 96 Deep crimson; a youthful and effusive wine, displaying the very essence of cassis and cedar, with a fairly hefty dose of new oak; undoubtedly built for the long haul, as the concentration of fruit and the impressive level of tannins simply must have time to settle down and integrate with the oak; the wait will be worth it. Best Drinking: To 2040
Rob Geddes MW says: 95 A solid wine straight up, it has layers and complexity. Balanced sweet vanilla oak, black and red fruit, mineral, leather. It's loaded with Bordeaux exotica and an excellent rival. The middle palate fruit is quite Australian, ripe deep and soft, the considerable fine tannins are age worthy. Has cellaring written all over its tannin style. Best Drinking: 2035
Jeremy Oliver says: 95 Finely crafted and balanced, reminiscent of the earliest Howard Park cabernets, this long-living red has a heady, floral, smoky and sweetly oaked bouquet of violets, cedar, vanilla, chocolate and fresh cassis, mulberries and dark plums. Long and fine-grained, its polished, concentrated palate delivers densely packed but finely honed dark fruits tightly knit with astringent, chalky tannin and smoky oak, culminating in a measured and lingering finish. Best Drinking: 2030-2040
Don't Pay: $110.00
WBW Rating: 96/100
Closure: Stelvin
Region: Great Southern, WA
Winemaker: Tony David, Genevive Stols
Drink now until: 2040
Alc/Vol: 13.5 %
