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Bright purple.   Sexy aromas of boysenberry, cherry-vanilla and raspberry preserves, with spicecake and cracked pepper notes adding energy. Juicy, vibrant dark berry flavors show liqueur-like depth and very good back-end lift.   Supple tannins make a late appearance on the finish, which clings with impressive tenacity.   This is pliant and juicy enough to drink now but I'd bet on it being even better in a few years. 93 points Josh Reynolds

... Suede texture leads into fine, graphite tannin. Complex, layered and beautiful. Wow. 95+ Excellent – Exceptional Wine Will Eat Itself

It’s nicely concentrated with a driving fruit intensity and finishes with clean acid and persistent spice. It’s still finding its feet but this is only going to get better with time. Winingpom

... long, languid and beautifully detailed from start to finish; excellent viticulture and winemaking in total harmony. 96 Points James Halliday

Well it’s become a bit of a star over the past six or seven years. Tannin tames with time though it still ripples and pulls throughout. Terrific length. Savoury to its back teeth – this is not a wine for fruit sluts – and impeccably well balanced. Indeed balance is arguably its key feature. Tip top I’d reckon.95 points Winefront

The more you gaze, the more dumbly you founder. It has all the blackest aromas from all the above reviews and then more, but here they seem even more serpentine, slender and slithery. It's Carmen Miranda/Eartha Kitt territory. Imagine the perfumes those lasses would wear, mingling on the one stage. But there's no milliner: here, the fruity dancin' hats were made by a confectioner working with a parfumier.
Stunning. It needs five years minimum, or lots of decanter. Then I reckon it'll go for another fifteen. 95+++ points Phillip White

Blue and black fruit, peppermint and creamy nougat oak. Ripe, but only just nudging full bodied, with a smooth and even palate, good acid balance, fine tannin, and a long sweetly fruited finish. Has some finesse – not clunky – a lively finer style. Sure to cellar very well too.  Rated : 93+ Points Winefront.com.au