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Deeply and opulently perfumed with heady, briary aromas of cassis, plums and fragrant, fine-grained vanilla and gamey oak, this deep, luscious wine has a powerful core of vibrant fruit. Jujube-like flavours of blackcurrant, blackberry and blood plum with undertones of dark olives, plain chocolate, prune and currant are framed by assertive but tightly integrated tannins. Exemplary integration and balance for a wine of such impressive structure." (Barossa Valley, $500 retail, approx., 19.3 (97/100) drink 2024-2034+) Jeremy Oliver, OnWine "The 2004 Block 42 is also quite brilliant: again, already scarily drinkable and together, like essence of cabernet." Max Allen Australian Magazine, "If the bottled wine matches this sample, then a great addition to the Penfolds line has been made. This is an immensely beautiful wine. Crazy with floral, violetty dynamics, it’s crashingly curranty and blisteringly pure, with exceptional fruit brightness and definition. This is the kind of fresh fruit details to which all wines should aspire. It is of Grand Cur quality. It will take, like the 1996 Block 42, a decade or three to reach complex maturity, but that that’s its destiny seems obvious… (Barrel Sample: 98 points)" "Amazing blackish purple but very, very fresh - opulent but with great old cabernet's refreshment factor on the nose (no, not green). There's real energy here and masses of tannin hidden way, way underneath that beautifully playful array of ancient Cabernet flavours. Very long. So well made it could almost be drunk now. 'Just' 13.2 per cent alcohol." Jancis Robinson www.jancisrobinson.com, "It is crammed with intense blackcurrant, cassis and dark chocolate/earth fruit, the tannins long, supple and silky. Points are meaningless: 97 to 100/100, who cares."James Halliday Weekend Australian, Saturday 14 May 2005 "The Block 42 is clearly destined for greatness and it is typically dense, concentrated and powerful with real varietal cabernet aroma that you only get in exceptional Barossa vintages." Ray Jordan West Australian, "There's a sensational Block 42 cabernet sauvignon, from the oldest block of cabernet at the company’s greatest Barossa vineyard Kalimna." Huon Hooke Good Living, Sydney Morning Herald, “In my book, the best straight Cabernet
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