"Saturated ruby. Expansive cassis, cherry and licorice aromas show very good clarity and pick up oak spice and vanilla notes with air. Sweet and broad on the palate, offering intense dark berry, bitter cherry and chewing tobacco flavors that tighten up on the back half. Youthfully taut and focused on the persistent finish, which features building tannins and lingering cherry and vanilla qualities. - Josh Raynolds"

- Antonio Galloni's Vinous (December 2021), 93 pts

"From the cool Milton Park and St Kitts Vineyards, destemmed, open-fermented, 10 days on skins, matured for 16 months in French hogsheads (35% new). The vintage was made to measure for cabernet in this district, the wine revelling in its full-bodied guise. Blackcurrant, black olive, dark chocolate and cedar sweep you along – relax and enjoy it."
- Halliday Wine Companion (August 2020), 96 pts

 "The perfume of Eden Valley is on lovely display here. Wild blueberry and fresh blackberry fruit are in the fore, framed by peppery spice, dried mint, violets and a gentle but present line of chocolatey, toasty oak. The palate shows equal freshness with fine tannins supporting succulent berry fruit and a mint-and-spice finish. Drinking well now, this could cellar another 8–10 years at least. - Christina PICKARD"

- Wine Enthusiast (February 2023), 92 pts

"This is a real wine of place with plenty of violets and blueberries on the nose, as well as blackcurrants. There are also leafy notes and black cherries. The palate has a lively feel with nicely detailed tannins, framed in cedary oak and delivered with purity. Long and pure blueberry and black-cherry flavors with generosity at the finish. Very Barossa! Drink over the next decade."

- James Suckling (November 2021) 94 pts