Outstanding 95 - 100 Points
A great wine
Cellar worthy
Impeccably made
Very Good to Excellent
A wine with concentration, texture, character and quality
Premium
A wine with special qualities.
Also available, 92 Point only Stickers
Recommended
A wine that is well made, immediately drinkable and should not disappoint
A Cabernet, Merlot and Cabernet Franc led blend with the Franc component speaking first with scents of kalamata olive and fresh thyme, then the Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot chime in with ripe and concentrated aromas of black berry and roasted plums, clove and dark cherry….
Read MoreYouthful and very concentrated bouquet, dark berries and chocolate, toasted vanilla and fresh meats, there’s an earthy quality with baked stone and clay suggestion then wood smoke and baking spices….
Read MoreAn expressive, bold yet slight understated bouquet focusing on the purity of fruit first with blackberry and roasted dark plum scents, baking spices with anise then toasty barrel notes with wood smoke and vanilla….
Read MoreEarthy, bright and fresh and a core of dark plums and toasty barrel spices. There’s complexity and charm, a wine still very much in its youth with a bold freshness and a stony mineral quality….
Read MoreLifted, fruity and varietal with scents of spiced pear and apple then some white fleshed fruits….
Read MoreA dark core of purple and red with ruby highlights lead to a bouquet of power and intensity, scents of fresh and roasted dark berries, Doris plum skin, then abstract ideas of boot polish and tobacco, a whisper of cigar box and cocoa then traditional toasty barrel spices and warm stony soil ideas….
Read MoreYouthful, ripe bouquet of dark red berry fruits including black currant and red cherry, a toasty barrel layer with wood smoke and baking spices add compexity and power….
Read MoreA vibrant bouquet with powerful scents of dried cherry and raspberry then a mix of clay mineral, wood spices and dried herb suggestions….
Read MorePlenty of inviting and familiar scents in the bouquet of this wine, from roasted nut and vanilla to a fruit salad of peaches and nectarine, some ripe grapefruit and apple….
Read MoreWith some bottle age already in play the bouquet of this wine still seems youthful with intensity from both fruit and barrel, complexity and spice….
Read MoreA lifted, youthful and citrus lees bouquet with aromas of fresh apple and peach, freshly baked goods with butter brioche then clay minerality….
Read MoreAn enticing bouquet of red flowers and red apple and a fleshy cherry core….
Read MoreAromatic and distinctive with a scents of white spice and green pear skin, ripe grapefruit and some white fleshed stone fruit suggestions….
Read MoreThe bouquet indicates a wine showing integration as well as complexity with seamless aromas of peach and cashew nut, sweet grapefruit and baked apple, vanilla and burnt butter qualities….
Read MoreComplex and harmonious, a bouquet of softness and power, pinosity and charm….
Read MoreComplex, youthful, savoury and varietal. A bouquet of pinosity with a touch of mystery, aromas and flavours of red plums and wild flowers, red cherry and wild flowers, there’s a distinctive crushed stone and saline mineral complexity and layers of barrel spices, subtlety and loads of panache….
Read MoreThere’s a distinctive richness and personality to the bouquet with a mix of fresh stone fruits and grapefruit then a lees and sweet nut quality, spices of new barrel and some wood smoke….
Read MoreAn expressive and youthful bouquet of sweet and toasty barrel spices alongside a core of dark berries and plums, clove and vanilla, some violets and clay soil suggestions….
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