Provenance

Private Client

Critics Ratings

'Impenetrable red-purple; rich, concentrated and luscious blackberry/blackcurrant/cassis fruit on both bouquet and palate has largely - though not entirely - subsumed the oak. Likewise, the tannins are there, but are in perfect balance.' - James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion, 97/100 (2001)

'Dark blackish ruby. Complex nose. Lively and not in the first flush of youth but fine-boned and with much more fruit than the average 1998 bordeaux! Dry finish.' - Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, 17/20 (Nov 2015)

'Very dark purple-edged red. Brooding, very closed nose suggests dark plum, cassis and blackberry, intermeshed with dark chocolate and cedary oak notes and a whiff of briar. Assertive and powerful a long-term red wine whose rich palate of dark fruit is tightly integrated with a firm spine of youthfully astringent tannins. Tough and rather unyielding at the moment, but should develop slowly and gracefully over the long term.' - Jeremy Oliver, Vinous, 93/100 (Jul 2003)