"Inky purple. Powerful blueberry, cassis, licorice and dark chocolate on the deeply perfumed nose. Broad and sweet on the palate, with potent dark fruit liqueur and floral pastille flavors accompanied by suggestions of olive paste and black pepper. Finishes with smooth tannins and very good length, leaving behind notes of blueberry, violet and smoke. -JR"
- Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (July / August 2014), 91 pts
"Garnet black color. Rich melted toffee, strawberry-raspberry pie, watermelon gelato, honeycomb, and clay aromas are inviting with a satiny fruity medium-to-full body and a long, tangy pomegranate, tomato, praline, sour cherry, and passionfruit finish. A sensationally delicious shiraz that hits all of the high notes with complexity, power and finesse."
Beverage Testing Institute (November 14th 2011), 96 pts
"Focused, juicy and round, with polished tannins around a sleek core of blackberry and licorice flavors, lingering on the expressive finish. Drink now through 2017. 1000 cases made- H.S."
Wine Spectator (May 31st 2013), 90 pts
"This fresh and inviting red is juicy and dense, offering raspberry, cherry, clotted cream and spice flavors that persist against the polished tannins. This has intensity without weight, finishing with focus and deft balance. Drink now through 2025. 500 cases made. –HS"
- Wine Spectator (August 31st 2014), 93 pts
"Good color; an opulent, medium to full bodied wine a wash with black fruits, spices, fruitcake and well integrated oak; the tannins, too, play a positive role in a wine with a long future. Drink to: 2032. - James Halliday"
- Australian Wine Companion (2016 Edition), 95 pts
"(aged in 35% new French and American oak barriques): Dark purple. Deeply pitched black and blue fruits on the perfumed, spice-accented nose, with suggestions of vanilla and mocha emerging with air. Round, sweet and expansive, offering sappy blueberry and cherry compote flavors and a strong jolt of violet pastille. A licorice note appears on the very long, subtly tannic finish, with the spice and floral notes echoing emphatically. - Josh Raynolds"
- Vinous (March 2016), 91 pts
