95 Points - Aaron Brasher - The Real Review - 21th September 2024
Incredibly dark, inky, opaque and impenetrable in colour. Decadent and lifted aromas of stewed plum, mulberry, sweet spice, oak, charcuterie, graphite and bramble. There's a whole lot going on here. Dense, brooding and powerful in flavour. Lashings of plush, fleshy dark fruits, spice, sweet, nutmeggy oak, licorice and dark chocolate. There's firm tannin and bright acidity keeping the opulent fruit in check and the length has power, poise and balance. Big time Barossa.
95 Points - The Vintage Journal Barossa Wine Guide 2024, reviews from Andrew Caillard MW and Andrea Pritzker MW
Deep crimson. Lifted dark chocolate, cedar dark berry aromas with smoky notes. Generously concentrated and inky deep with fresh blackberry, plum, dark chocolate, panforte flavours, fine chewy textures and long fresh acidity. Very good volume density and torque. Drink 2025–2036
94 Points - Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion, 15th August 2024
Stick your nose in the glass here, and could it be anything else but Barossan? Circa 1880s-planted vines too, no less. Deep, plummy fruit tones with hints of dark chocolate, fruitcake spice, a wash of oak, sour cherry, blackberry conserve, licorice and earth. Full bodied and packed with powdery tannin before a chocolatey, spicy finish that has a slow fade.