Judges Comments: Superb nose. Intense, toasty, impressive. Palate less impressive but with a firm line of acid, lovely youth and lovely length. Superb!Drinking Window: From 2019
Judges Comments: Classic bruised apple aromas, also betraying some warmth. Very pure, expressive, off-dry, true to style, lovely balance, fresh and lively - still has time on its side.Drinking Window: Now to 2020
Judges Comments: Yellow straw colour, nice honey and white flower nose, melon, soft rich attack. Mineral palate, long aftertaste. Beautiful!Drinking Window: Now to 2020
Judges Comments: Expressive mix of chocolate, herbs and dried fruits. Good fruit cake flavours; good intensity of flavour. Balanced, with lovely lift on the finish.Drinking Window: Now to 2016
Judges Comments: Fine tawny colour, bright. Clean firm lovely toffee aroma. The palate shows fruit with a firmness of depth and weight. Rich, clean, good prominent but balanced acidity. Well made, lovely wine.Drinking Window: From 2020
Judges Comments: Rich complex ripe. Citrus/orange zest, super freshness on palate, wonderful weight and crisp finish. Clean, complex, elegant wine.Drinking Window: Now to 2016
Judges Comments: Coconut, red fruits, some spice, liquorice combine with a nice texture in this well put together wine.Drinking Window: Now to 2019
Judges Comments: Bright gold, restrained aroma of honey and roasted almonds, with vibrant zippy citrus fruit on the palate. Elegant, with a long medium-sweet finish. Still very young, but a classic in the making.Drinking Window: Now to 2029
Judges Comments: Lovely complex wine. Earthy, spicy with cassis and pepper. Super attack and a lovely mid-palate. Tannins drying but super length and character. Drinking very well.Drinking Window: Now
Judges Comments: Dark, savoury aromas. Palate has firm but ripe tannins. Blackberry fruit with spicy, healthy length.Drinking Window: Now
Judges Comments: Fine mature brick red colour. Big firm fruit-driven aroma, but with some nice integrated oak. Similarly, the palate shows fruit with good ripe tannins, a nice easy structure and some bottle age.Drinking Window: Now to 2012
Judges Comments: Good colour and fresh nose, sweet earthy, leathery fruit, clean, well balanced, good structure fading a little on the finish.Drinking Window: Now to 2012
Judges Comments: Deep golden colour. Honeyed, fat, marmaladey nose with spice. Palate: very sweet and concentrated with apricot. And oily texture and citrus acidity. Intense, not subtle but characterful and balanced.Drinking Window: Now to 2018
Judges Comments: Deep colour, young. Opulent aroma, spicy, earthy and well balanced wine with vibrant red fruit on medium palate. Lingering finish.Drinking Window: Now to 2024
Judges Comments: Some evolution in terms of colour. Fresh acid, soft tannins, well balanced. Drink up.Drinking Window: Now to 2011
Judges Comments: Garnet bright colour. Nose has classic, complex eucalyptus and mint nose. Sweet concentrated palate with elegance, flavour and vitality. Bright, alive on the finish, still evolving. Great food wine.Drinking Window: Now to 2012
Judges Comments: Light, fresh, floral and red fruit nose. A little drying but holding up and still showing some youth.Drinking Window: Now to 2014
Judges Comments: A well defined nose, rose petals, light strawberry. Well balanced palate, zesty entry. Great acidity, excellent.Drinking Window: Now to 2011
Judges Comments: Delicate pale strawberry colour. Fresh white flowers on nose. Palate starts rich and vibrant. Long resonating finish.Drinking Window: Now to 2014
Judges Comments: Deep colour, earthy, lead pencil aroma, animal notes, lively acidity.Drinking Window: Now to 2014
Judges Comments: Mature, cedar. Fine sweetness and fruit on palate. Attractive savoury edge, good freshness, note of mint. Flavoursome.Drinking Window: Now to 2014
Judges Comments: Rather animally nose. Savoury fruit, mouldy orange. Sweet entry, meaty and savoury. Drinking Window: Now to 2010
Judges Comments: Good depth of colour. The palate shows good attack and lovely fruit which has developed well. The wine is ripe with soft easy generous tannins. Still bright and fresh.Drinking Window: From 2012 to 2015
Judges Comments: Youthful colour. Fresh, vibrant cherry fruits, intense and pure. Cassis, mint and spice. Light elegant attack with pronounced acid and a drying finish. Drinking Window: Now to 2013
Judges Comments: Deep garnet hue. Pencil box, cedar and some maturity on the nose. Good definition with dusty black fruit. Medium-bodied, blackberry and a touch of pepper. Lacks a little 'control' on the finish but nice austerity and weight.Drinking Window: Now to 2012
Judges Comments: Spicy leathery nose. Liquoricey but rather austere and tannic on the palate.Drinking Window: Now to 2010
Judges Comments: Mature edges, fruit on nose, oak well in balance. On the palate the fruit is drying out. The wine requires drinking now and will offer a good glass of wine.Drinking Window: Now to 2010
Judges Comments: Savoury, nutty, earthy, plenty of personality. Palate well-balanced, tannins well-integrated. Plenty of complexity. Nice wine.Drinking Window: Now to 2012
Judges Comments: Mature colour, bright. Nose showing alcohol and drying a little. Fruit still firm on palate with ripe tannins but a little lacking in the mid-palate.Drinking Window: Now
Judges Comments: Mid depth colour, nice intense bouquet with spice, soft attack, a rich palate A lovely wine.Drinking Window: Now to 2012
Judges Comments: Deep colour. Mature, tobacco, fruit cake and black fruit. Concentrated palate with still-youthful blackberry fruit, fresh currant leaf and a lot of vanilla.Drinking Window: From 2010 to 2013
Judges Comments: Fragrant nose of wild strawberries and walnuts. Soft and velvety palate. Short and lacking substance. Needs drinking.Drinking Window: Now