Stephen Brook: Very deep red. Reserved nose, with fine blackcurrant fruit and a hint of volatility. Medium-bodied, reasonably fresh, sweet and direct, with integrated tannins. However, it is also one-dimensional, and the sweetness of fruit overrides other components. So, there’s little complexity and a distinct linearity. To put it another way, it’s rather boring. Moderate length. Coonawarra? 14

Andrew Jefford: Saturated black-purple. Smoky, rich, and dark. Full ripeness achieved here, and I get that wonderful sense of an old, respiring warm land at the end of a hot summer’s day which is so endearing in great Australian reds. There’s the gum trees at the vineyard’s edge, too: very subtly mentholly, but well incorporated into the whole, freshening the fruit notes and anchoring the wine in place. A truly lovely aromatic profile. As usual, a little more acidic on the palate than one would like after an aromatic profile of that richness and breadth. Pure, clean, curranty, correct, but perhaps held in check. One gets the sense that Cabernet grapes in this place would like to do more. Nonetheless, a well-judged, well-crafted wine imbued with a sense of place. Coonawarra. 15.5

Anthony Rose: Mid-ruby, starting to shade to garnet in the glass; appealing, sweet cassis fruit on the nose, starting to show some mature characters; equally pleasant juicy-fruit sweetness on the palate, nicely integrated oak, quite cassis-like and spicy in its flavor profile, with nice ripeness, integrated oak, and fresh, slightly bitey acidity. Seems a tad anodyne but is one of those seamless sorts of wines that grow on you and finish with a surprising degree of confidence. 16.5