Vintage 2019
A wine of lovely aromatic presence 94 Points. This has a very deep purple colour of great extract. The nose shows the sort of easy complexity of old oak married to ripe shiraz fruit that makes for satisfying drinking. Plum, blackberry, licorice and lead pencil aromas lead into a mellow, satisfying mouthful. Integrated ripe tannins dry the finish. A wine of lovely aromatic presence that doesn't rely on sheer power for its impact. The Real Review, 04 Jan 2024.
Full bodied and fruit-pure 94 Points. Shiraz sourced from the Northern Barossa and matured for 18 months in French oak puncheons, 12% new. Thickly crimson with aromas of rich, macerated plum, cassis and boysenberry, cut with baking spice, dark chocolate, olive paste, berry cream, vanillin oak, espresso and creamy oak. Full bodied and fruit-pure with the compact fruit structure common from the north, avoiding the avoirdupois seen in some wines from that postcode. Pure with a billowing tannin structure, it lingers nicely with a lovely fruit flow. Halliday Wine Companion 2025, 07 Aug 2024.
93 POINTS Long and encompassing 93 Points Ripe plums, blackberries, dark chocolate, licorice and cloves on the nose. A little tarry, too. Full-bodied, structured and dense with firm but polished and seamless tannins. Long and encompassing with peppery and earthy undertones to close. Drink or hold. Screw cap. James Suckling, 04 Jan 2024.
