Provenance

Wine Cellar Private Client

Critics Ratings

'More impressive, enormous & dramatic than lovely in its tight-sprung youth: need yrs still for the concentrated sweet fruit to come out of its sombrely tannic, oak-dominated shell - but already vibrant, deep & long. Elegance is quite beside the point here … ' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2006, 4.5*

'Deep ruby-red. Explosive, slightly wild nose offers blackcurrant, musky game, mocha and smoky, charred oak; lower-toned than the Estate Red. Lush and fine-grained, with dense, dramatic flavors of black fruits, licorice and minerals. Has a texture of liquid velvet; perhaps even broader than the Estate Red but without quite the same energy or depth. But these tannins are wonderfully suave. This will reward a few years of aging, but it has considerable sex appeal today.' - Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, 93/100 (Mar 2007)