87% cab, 8% merlot and 5% malbec: tobacco and graphite are the first scents. Currant, too. Red and black. Authoritative. Fine boned. Well melded tannins, juicy and moreish. This pushes long, with an overall feeling of mid-weighted confidence in the glass and across a table.

95 points, Wine Companion (March 2020)

Lovely texture and mouth-feel here, density of tannin and dark chocolate, red and black berry flavour, but also, you have to like peppermint and camphor, or be tolerant of those things, because they ride high in the wine, as does the toasty slightly varnished oak, at least at this stage. It’s fresh, has excellent length, and dusty spicy things and grainy tannin trailing. Doesn’t quite ‘connect’ as it were, but excellent otherwise.

92 points, The Wine Front (September 2020)

Good to see Malbec getting a run in wines such as this to give density and staying power. Deep crimson in colour, it instantly displays beautifully pristine Margaret River Cabernet aromas of red currants and violets, with ripe dark cherry also in the mix plus gentle cedar and a sheen of high quality French oak. It is then still beautifully bright on the palate despite its five years of age and showcases a riper style of Margaret River with plush open knit inky, black olive fruits and fine balanced tannins on the lighter side before delivering a long and supple finish. It will live for a while yet but probably now close to its peak.

93 points, Wine Pilot (May 2022)