Very deep, dark, concentrated purple/red colour, with a blackberry and violet aroma, ripe and rich, dense and concentrated throughout. The tannins are likewise powerful, bold and emphatic. There's a tinge of bitterness and the finish is grippy and shouts 'go away and come back in a few years'. Superb fruit, though: delicious blue and black fruits and violets to sniff. This should be spectacular in a few years time. Patience!

95 points, The Real Review (April 2020)

"Deep colour. Intense blackberry praline cedar graphite aromas with roasted chestnut notes. Well concentrated vigorous wine with dense chocolatey, blackberry, mulberry flavours, muscular assertive tannins, a rich voluminous core, underly roasted chestnut vanilla oak and chalky minerality. A long leafy cabernet finish giving the wine extended vinosity and length. A lovely traditional style. Delicious wine. Best to keep for a while."

95 points (2020)

Although the blend in the 2018 No. EC4 Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz is 53% Cabernet Sauvignon and 47% Shiraz, this comes across as more Cabernet in style, with lifted, minty, leafy and cassis aromas on the nose. Likewise, it matured in 30% new French oak hogsheads, but it doesn't seem oaky at all, with the fruit allowed to take center stage. It's medium to full-bodied, silky and firm but nicely balanced and long on the finish, with sufficient tannin and concentration to support a decade of cellaring.

92 points, Wine Advocate (August 2020)

Plush, generous, and loaded with a thick and dense fruit combination. Made in the gravity cellars. Dark plum and earthy chocolate notes with a coffee grind, blackcurrant infusion. The tannins are chalky and firm while the fruit punchy and powerful. Vibrant and high energy stuff with that lick of liqueur cherry on the finish most appealing.

94 points, The West Australian (August 2020)

Although the blend in the 2018 No. EC4 Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz is 53% Cabernet Sauvignon and 47% Shiraz, this comes across as more Cabernet in style, with lifted, minty, leafy and cassis aromas on the nose. Likewise, it matured in 30% new French oak hogsheads, but it doesn't seem oaky at all, with the fruit allowed to take center stage. It's medium to full-bodied, silky and firm but nicely balanced and long on the finish, with sufficient tannin and concentration to support a decade of cellaring.

92 points, Wine Advocate (August 2020)