"Anise, sarsaparilla aromas, earthy spice, prunes and currants. Rich, ripe aromas. Plush palate with heaps of loose knit fruit flavour and a lick of sweet oak. A touch sour and spiky in the acid department, and the wine thins quickly to the finish. Lacks some definitive cabernet fruit character and feels a bit overdone, bolshy and flabby, but those seeking a hit of big flavour, power and generosity won’t find this hard to like… " - Mike Bennie, Winefront.

""Purple-crimson; a powerful wine with strong varietal expression in a more austere mode than normal in McLaren Vale; the tannins will take couple of years to soften, but that won't challenge the fruit. Rating 94 pts" - James Halliday, Wine Companion.

Gold medal - 2011 Royal Adelaide Wine Show, class 23
Blue Gold medal - 2012 Sydney International Wine Competition
Silver medal – 2011 Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Awards, USA
Silver medal - 2011 International Wine & Spirit Competition,UK
Silver medal - 2011 Royal Melbourne Wine Show, Class 18
Silver medal - 2011 International Wine Challenge, Vienna
Silver medal - 2011 Mundus Vini Great International Wine Awards, Germany
Silver medal – 2011 Sydney Royal Wine Show, class 32
Silver medal – 2011 Royal Queensland Wine Show, class 30

Deep magenta red. A siren’s song of alluring cassis and dark cherry aromas entice and tease, with hints of dark chocolate, violet and bay leaf. The hero of this wine is the structure: the wave of dark berry fruit and rich, chewy tannins combine to coat the palate and swamp the senses. A full-bodied, structured Cabernet Sauvignon that expresses the synergy of this noble variety, the terroir and my personal winemaking philosophy.