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Critics Ratings

'Dark and modern with higher alcohol albeit offering a fresh acidity. Dark chocolate and baked spice. Dense cassis, earthy edge and vanilla notes. No Rubicon this year, so Cabernet had the best fruit on the farm. Drink now to 2030.' - Roland Peens (Feb, 2021) 91/100

'Ripe, plush fruited nose. Marked change in style, the 2011 is open knit and polished. Obvious sweet oak manifests in coconut and vanilla. Big and bold for the range, but also balanced and accessible.' - Higgo Jacobs (Feb 2021), 91/100

'Epitome of seamless integration; all components of classy 2011 - glossy cassis fruit, supple tannin, perfectly judged oak (70% new), freshening acid & balanced alcohol - are melded & polished. Impressive elegance & restraint. Needs & deserves time to realise potential.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2015, 4.5*

'In some vintages (such as 2005, 2006 and 2008) all of this fruit goes into Rubicon, but not in 2011, when the wine wasn't made. Black fruits, liquorice and granular tannins, with 75% new oak well integrated into the Cabernet.' - Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2015, 91/100