"From selected vineyards in the Great Southern, parcels of free-run juice coldfermented in stainless steel with some gentle lees stirring. The fragrant blossom filled bouquet leads into an immediately balanced palate of exemplary length. A lovely riesling from a great vintage. "
(special value) 96 points Halliday Wine Companion

"Youthful, bright crimson-purple hue; the essence of Margaret River Cabernet Merot, wines that cause winemakers from the Eastern states to throw up their hands in surrender.  It 's no more then medium-bodied, but it is packed with silky flavours of cassis, plum and tapenade.  Can't be faulted."James Halliday, 95/100 pts - GOLD - 1st June 2019

88% cabernet sauvignon, 8% petit verdot , 4% malbec. Fruit all hand-picked, separated into several batches with different winemaking techniques applied. Distinctly cedary is the first impression, blackberry coming through, bay leaf and mocha in the background. Full-flavoured and fleshy but kept tight by tannin, which builds gradually and propels through the finish.
95 points James Halliday

96 Points "A judicious meld of classic Bordeaux varieties: 69% cabernet, 12% malbec, 9% petit verdot, 8% merlot and a dash of cabernet franc, this is an intriguing, exemplary expression of just how well these grapes thrive as a greater sum than their individual parts when blended. Maritime salinity is as much of the weave as the verdant, lubricated tannins. The fruit is ably harnessed into a savoury package of thrumming length and refinement.
96 Points Ned Goodwin Wine Companion

Organic vineyard practice. 13.0% alc/vol. DIAM 5 closure.
"A beauty. Silken texture that turns to succulence and a firm pucker. Wildly aromatic with a chorus of brambles, autumnal dried leaves, cherry, game meat, light eucalyptus and white pepper. It sings in the palate, that texture is just superb and there's immense concentration and detail in the layers of flavour despite the wine maintaining a relative light weight. It carries long and beautifully, fine through its lightly fanning and puckering finish. I wanted to go back to this wine a lot. It has charm and interest, architecture and drinkability in synch. L'chaim!"
95 points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front

Campbell Mattinson -97 Points
Whole bunches, wild yeast, open fermenters and all-French oak (35% new). The quality here is sensational. It delivers a power of fruit in the freshest of ways, its glove of smoky/cocoa-like oak the perfect partner. Seriously ultra-fine tannin, and accompanying length, completes what must be described as a beautiful picture.Halliday Wine Companion, 1 May, 2019

WBM Wines of the Year 2018 -95 Points -Tyson Seltzer, Wine Business Magazine, 29 December, 2018

Blackberry, cherry, tobacco and ash, mint chocolate, cedar, flowers and dried herb. Medium-bodied, cherry pie, a bit of spice too, with earth, pencil and dried herb accents, grainy open-weave tannin, a cool and minerally feel, a long perfumed mixed berry finish to close. Excellent."
Rated : 95 Points Winefront.com.au

"Lashings of sweet red berries, heaps of floral perfume, aniseed and spice, new leather and sage. Medium-bodied, juicy in the red fruit department, not quite jubey, though certainly bursting with the joy of youth and excitement of vintage 2016. It has a translucent quality, a shimmer of perfume, with ultra-fine pumice stone tannin, and a vibrant finish of excellent length, where fine persistent tannin tussles with fragrant black tea and bright red fruits. Transparency and finesse. It’s a great Barbaresco."
Rated : 96 Points Gary@Winefront.com.au

from Jancis Robinson

This Asti takes me to summer, even on this cold, gloomy day. It's jasmine, frangipani, old-fashioned roses, dianthus; it's honeyed (you're talking pale-gold spring-blossom honey), it's apple nectar, it's a nip of ginger root in syrup and a pin prick of clove. Tiny, tiny bubbles just prickle the mouth and get all that residual sugar into a congo-dancing line. It turns into poached oranges and pears as it draws to a close.

Gary Walsh - The Wine Front - 93 points
69% Tempranillo, 19% Malbec and 12% Cabernet Sauvignon. Swan Valley vs Spain here, and a damned tasty thing it is too. I’m thinking plum and dark cherries, spice, subtle vanilla perfume, coffee beans and earth. Medium-bodied, wide-grained ripe but sandy skinsy tannin, fleshy mid-palate action, even acidity, cola nut, more to red fruits to taste, grip and savoury appeal on a solid finish. I seem to be stuck on 93 points (a good score!) for this wine, yet I’m tempted to push it up a little this year. Anyway, it’s well worth seeking out.