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Critics Ratings

'A flagship as handsome as its origin: 100% cab from Simonsberg vineyard-with-a-view. Grapes cultivated with unwavering focus (pruned/cropped several times; rows/bunches individually tagged at start of each vintage; machine and manual bunch/berry selection during three-pass harvest). 99 among Cape's classy best, likely to be long-lived.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2004, 5*

'Incredible pure, composed and solid at 19 years of age. It offers lovely black fruit, cedar and classic cigar box along with structured tannins and a sense of minerality. One of the best SA reds of the 1990s' - Roland Peens, 95/100 (2018)

'Pulls no punches, with a great beam of dark blackberry and currant flavors up front, creamy toast in the middle, and a pure, sleek, polished finish where the fruit comes back for more. Nice touch of mineral too. Really gorgeous South African red. 100 percent Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink now through 2006.' - James Molesworth, Wine Spectator, 92/100 (May 2002)