Deep purple-red; an incredibly powerful and expressive bouquet, the luscious but tightly framed blackcurrant, cassis and French oak precisely fulfilling the promises of the bouquet. ProCork. 14.5 alc. Rating 96 To 2025 - James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2008

I tasted this wine over three days and it showed no signs of tiring and I never heard it counting sheep either. A complex mix of red and black berries, blackcurrant, licorice, earth and lots of spicy clove and cedar oak with a touch of cooling menthol. On the palate full bodied with red and black berry, cassis, dark chocolate and tobacco flavours backed with a large helping of high quality cedar oak. Intense, tightly coiled and packed full of energy with very strong but ripe tannins and a long tannic finish. A mighty Coonawarra cabernet and yes, it’s well worth the money. Rated : 95 Points; Drink : 2014 - 2030; Gary Walsh; Winorama

A powerful and savoury cabernet whose deep, dark, rather closed and tight-fisted aromas of black fruits, dark chocolate and dried herbs reveal a meaty aspect. Its long and finely honed palate marries deep, bright and dark-fruited cabernet flavour with assertive but balance smoky and cedary oak and a frame of fine, firm and powdery tannin. It finishes very long indeed, with slightly herbal undertones of mint and menthol, plus a marginally baked note at the back of the palate. A very good wine indeed despite a slight rawness that just lacks the even ripeness and regal structure of the 2004 vintage. (Coonawarra, 94 points, drink 2013-2017+) Jeremy Oliver