Region
Barossa Valley
Grape
Shiraz
Tasting Notes
Medium red-purple; a very traditional style, with red and black fruit flavours merging into vanilla oak on the bouquet; riper, dark berry fruit comes through on the smooth but not particularly complex palate; for once, seems slightly off the pace.
-87 pts by James Halliday
Traditional warmer year Barossa red developing more quickly than most under this label, but without a hint of over-ripeness. Sweet earthy aromas of old saddlery, red berries and cherries are interwoven with restrained, dusty cedar and vanilla oak. Soft and creamy, becoming fine and silky at the finish, its bright flavours of cassis, plums and dark cherries, licorice and cloves are showing some earthy maturity.
-93 pts by Jeremy Oliver
Big, ripe, rangy and solid, with smoky, meaty black cherry and coffee flavors, echoing enticing mint notes on the long, harmonious finish. Best from 2005 through 2015. 200 cases imported.
-92 pts by Wine Spectator