2008 BAROSSA VALLEY ««« Drink now to 2028.

Deep crimson. Intense pure cassis and blackcurrant pastille, dried plum and ripe/jammy praline notes. Mulberry fruits, fine chocolaty-dense tannins and underlying savoury oak. Jammy and sweet fruited to finish, with ripe tannins and long/fresh slightly pronounced acidity. Generous, ripe and ready to drink.

A hulking wine with abundant dark fruits and massive structure. (JH)

Developed and tending towards overripe with prunes and mulberries and some mint and soy sauce notes. Seems a little disjointed and unlikely to come around. (FW)

2010 BAROSSA VALLEY «««« Drink now to 2028.

Deep crimson. Fresh blackcurrant and black cherry aromas with redcurrant ripe strawberry/mulberry notes. Fresh ample blackcurrant, cherry and mulberry fruits, fine-plentiful tannins and underlying mocha and vanilla oak complexity. Finishes chalky firm, long and sweet. A generous and fruit-driven style.

Lovely cherry liqueur smoky aromas with spicy notes. Elegant and round with penetrating fruit and harmonious tannins. (JR)

Riper style typical of the Barossa with abundant fleshy dark berry fruits, Dutch liquorice notes and fine composed powdery tannins. (NR)

2012 COONAWARRA «««« Drink now to 2030.

Deep crimson. Fresh blackcurrant and dark cherry aromas with cedar and herb garden notes with a hint of mint. Rich and ripe chocolaty with dense blackcurrant and dark chocolate flavours, fine dense-but-grainy tannins and underlying mocha oak. Finishes chocolaty/sinewy firm with leafy complexity. Generous and ripe with tannins that tighten up the finish in true cabernet fashion.

Elegantly structured and darkly fruited with underbrush notes. Lithe fruit on the palate with fine granular, chalky tannins, appetising fresh acidity and firm dry finish. (NB)

Surprisingly fresh and intense blackcurrant and blackberry fruits with whispers of mint. A very fruit-driven wine with coating tannins. (FW)

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