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91 Points
James Halliday, 2010-2011 Wine Companion
Year: 2010
Editorial: "While there is significantly regional dark chocolate component, there is also a generous offering of supple blackcurrant fruit plus touches of cassis; fine tannins to close. Screwcap." (2007 Vintage)
Reference: www.winecompanion.com.au
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5 STARS
James Ryan, Have-a-Go News
Year: 2010
Editorial: "intense chocolate box with a sweet vanilla coffee finish" (2007 Vintage)
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HIGHLY COMMENDED
Sydney International Wine Competition 2010
Year: 2010
Editorial: Medium Bodied Dry Red Wine Category (2007 Vintage)
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"it's strongly regional and quite delicious"
Julian Coldrey, Full Pour
Year: 2009
Editorial: "It's one of those wines you can smell from across the room, and its character becomes more interesting and subtle as you approach, rather than simply becoming louder. On the palate, lots of everything: fruit, oak, texture. It's not a heavy wine, just generous, with good flow through the mouth. Flavours are of more ripe plums (perhaps slightly stewed), spicy vanilla oak and some chocolate. Just drink it." (2007 Vintage)
Reference: www.fullpour.com
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"a most impressive McLaren Vale drop"
John Fordham, Sunday Telegraph Sydney
Year: 2009
Editorial: “Soft, rounded berry flavours and finely integrated oak deliver a most impressive McLaren Vale drop.” (2007 Vintage)
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94 POINTS
James Halliday Wine Companion
Year: 2008
Editorial: "Excellent colour; attractive medium-bodied palate, with good varietal expression courtesy of the cassis and blackcurrant fruit; supple and smooth, good length. Drink to 2020" (2005 Vintage)
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92 POINTS
Tony Love, Adelaide Advertiser
Year: 2008
Editorial: "Intensely varietal moments of green bean and tobacco leaf, leaning into a savoury style with black pepper edges and a lighter tannin coverage to produce a well-stated, medium bodied wine that will be spot-on with a rich Italian meal." (2006 Vintage)
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90+ POINTS
Gord Stimmell, Toronto Star
Year: 2008
Editorial: "A terrific red from McLaren Vale, loaded with yummy black fruit character. Aromas of blackberry,
vanilla and cedar herald flavours that are sweet, rich and softly beguiling, loaded with black berry,
blueberry and smoky nuances." (2006 Vintage)
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89 POINTS
Campbell Mattinson & Gary Walsh, The Big Red Wine Book 2009/2010
Year: 2008
Editorial: "Perfectly balanced and styled. A wine to wholly recommend" (2006 Vintage)
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90 POINTS & 4 STARS
Huon Hooke, Australian Gourmet Traveller Magazine, April/May 2008 100 Top New Releases
Year: 2006
Editorial: "This cabernet has smoked-meat aromas, charred oak inputs and some herbal cabernet varietal aromas. Quite a stylish wine with some elegance and length, finishing with fine tannins."
(2005 Vintage)
