Description / Reviews
"Matured for 22 Months in30% new French hogsheads and barriques, balance in 1 year and older French, Hungarian and American hogsheads & barriques. Dark red with a brick red hue. The bouquet is elegant and inviting, notes of cedar and leather combine beautifully with rich Christmas pudding flavours and the quintessential Coonawarra “sea spray” note. The palate opens with a burst of cedar, blackberry and mocha. It is a structural yet generous wine, dark and brooding with restraint and promise of the enjoyment for years to come." - Winemaker Notes
"Long an icon across my memory bank, as well as it still serves me: from my early days in retail to time in New York as a sommelier and even Paris, where it appeared momentarily on the list at Willie’s. A seminal moment when Australian wine got a look in. And now? Classic. In an Australian sense. Lightened up over the years in terms of the oak, but the forcefield of graphite-bitter-chocolate-bouquet grain tannins is the driver. Long. Mulch, red and blackcurrant scents and a swab of olive linger. This is very good, auguring for a long life." - 95 Points, Ned Goodwin MW, Halliday Wine Companion
