It’s toasty and creamy and dark, its heart flooded with roasted plum and tar, milk chocolate and leather-like flavour. It rolls velvet out with a steamroller before crunching the finish with tannin, though there’s so much flavour there that the crunch too feels soft, not to mention deliberate. This is old school in a good way, bold and generous, and pillowy to the touch. Don’t expect freshness or even energy; it’s too heavy for that. Richness is what resides here.

93+ points, The Wine Front (May 2022)

First things first, make sure you decant. Sometimes we can forget how much decanting improves wines and in this case it is striking as it opens up the glorious aromatics and perfumes. And to the wine. It’s a 66/34 blend of shiraz and cabernet from the Barossa. It shows a savoury blackberry and dark plum aroma with a slightly cedary influence. There is immense power and concentration, yet it’s super fine and stylishly elegant. The careful use of a mix of new and old oak has been expertly harnessed to sit harmoniously with the fruit and tannin.

95 points, Wine Pilot (May 2022)

This is black/blue in colour, quite inky. Notes of chocolate, mocha, new leather and appealing delicatessen touches. Concentrated and plush, this is a classic Barossa version of the great Aussie blend. Young, fresh, good intensity and excellent length with fine tannins. Delicious now, but it really does have a lot of improving ahead of it. Seamless. Love it.

94 points, Wine Pilot (May 2022)