Stephen Brook: Very deep red. Rather jammy nose, with a good deal of oak. Soft, juicy, rounded, but too ripe and sweet for my taste. There is some intensity of fruit and good acidity, but it’s one-dimensional, and the jamminess is off-putting. Moderate length. No real personality, so I have no idea where it comes from. 13

Andrew Jefford: Dark black-red. Earthy, warm, fat, generous, unusually blowsy for this context but attractive withal, with a warm, woody edge. Lush, vivid, both very ripe and acid-tweaked, with a mid-palate absence. Simple, tangy, generous, but it lacks refinement, density, finesse, and poise. Margaret River. 11.5

Anthony Rose: Good color; some coffee and chocolate aromas mingled with mulberry fruits; something rather animal in there? Plenty of sweet mulberry fruit on the palate, quite juicy in texture, finishing with quite chunky, dry tannins; seems to have all the parts that add up to a coherent whole. Coonawarra? 15.5