Semi translucent dark red colour with a bright crimson red hue. Perfumed violet laced scents of ripe cherries, strawberries and faint anise blossom out of the glass followed by vanillin cedar and forest floor with spicy game end notes. Light across the palate but very expansive, ripe red to dark cherry and strawberry flavours have an elegant supple feel. Elements of vanillin cedar, subtle gamey forest floor characters and spice ensue. Velvet smooth yet structural tannins. Excellent power wave with a long spicy aftertaste of red and dark cherries, strawberries, gamey forest floor characters and spicy cedar.
Cellar 6-8 years.
Alc. 13.3%

Other Reviews…
Hand-picked, sorted via vibrating sorting tables, part crushed, part whole berry, 10-14 days on skins, matured for 11 months in French oak (27% new). Upper Yarra Valley complex texture, flavour and structure; dark berries/plums with pinot tannins woven through the fabric of the palate, length and balance up to the usual standards. A great achievement for the vintage. Drink by 2031.
97 points
James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion