Awards and Accolades

2015 Vintage: 94 points - James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion
"Full crimson-purple hue; a fine web of earth and spice is wound through the dark cherry and damson plum fruit of both the bouquet and palate alike, providing an extra measure of texture and structure. Still in its infancy, but promises much for the future - and an enticing price."

2014 Vintage: 95 Points - Campbell Mattinson, Australian Wine Companion
"Affordable pinot noir is rarely so scrumptious. Within the bounds of responsible serving and consumption of alcohol, this is a wine you just want to drink by the bucket load. It's immensely aromatic, complex, meaty and strewn with leaves, though its cherried/cranberried sweet-sour fruit is the motor to its moreishness. In short, it's fabulous drinking at a fraction of what you'd expect to pay for such pleasure."

From the Winery

The grapes for ‘The Dagger’ are from two great vineyard sites at Charleston in the Adelaide Hills.

Striking floral edges with cuts of bright red berries create a fresh yet complex attack on the senses. Lifted rich fruit and spice parry along the palate to develop a finish of fine-grained tannin and bright acidity. The Dagger has been honed to create a vibrant, rich, earlier drinking wine displaying all of the hallmark aromas flavours and texture of Pinot Noir. Drink young while the edge is keen.