A moment’s silence, please, for an incredible wine. Painstankingly hand harvested over several weeks, with considerable fruit left on the vines, this is an exactingly assembled wine with amazing complexity of cinnamon, cloves, black plums, pepper and all manner of exotic spices. 96 Points; Tyson Stelzer, WBM Top 100, June 2009

Steeped in cracked pepper and spicy, scented with blackberries, blueberries and cassis with aromas of violets, dark chocolate and meaty undertones, it's long, fine and savoury. Tightly wound around a fine, pliant spine of firm tannin, it's generously flavoured, beautifully rich, ripened and meaty, with a lingering presence of dark berries mocha and chocolate.(18.6/95, YTD 2018-2026) Jeremy Oliver

There’s a real WOW factor here. Suffice to report, all judges rated this wine 19.0 or 19.5 out of 20. To have such unanimity without any discussion says it all. This is a very special wine. It’s superbly fresh and varietal, showing the classic pepper and spice for which great shiraz is famed. The tannins are supremely fine, and the finish is prodigiously long. A classic. Lester Jesberg, WINEWISE Volume 25 Number 1 April 2009

A vibrant, medium-bodied wine, with spice, pepper and plum in classic cool-grown mode; superfine tannins and exceptional length. 95 Points; James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2009

A reminder of just how stunning shiraz can be, this has a core of dark, juicy plum fruit, tangy with that distinct Grampians pepper-and-spice lift, with seamlessly integrated French oak giving off a cedary character and a touch of sweetness. Jane Faulkner, The Sydney Morning Herald