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100 Points - Stuart McCloskey "The perfume is incredibly complex and difficult to pin down. Certainly exotic, super-intense and fills your olfactory senses with one hell of a wave of dark red / blue fruits (black raspberry liqueur) sweet spices...read more

99-100 Points - Stuart McCloskey "Demure and beguiling are the best, two words to describe the bouquet. I am fascinated by the perfume which offers the full spectrum of ‘marine’ influences ranging from salinity to sea kelp, to hot oyster shell...read more

99 Points - James Suckling  “A pretty sensational wine with blackberry, grilled meat, dark chocolate, and licorice. Full-bodied and layered with righteous deep and poised tannins that coat the mouth. It goes on for minutes...read more

98 Points - James Suckling “The Eden Valley fruit gives a unique cool fruit character of blue fruits, iron and white pepper. Granite. Medium to full body, with tight and integrated skin tannins and a gunpowder undertone. Fantastic length. A little closed now. Drink after 2025.”

98 Points - Stuart McCloskey “I love the colour – midnight aubergine if I were designing a colour for Farrow & Ball. The bouquet has obvious similarities to my first note. The brooding character is unquestionably the charm...read more

95 Points - James Halliday's Wine Companion "From the Zerk vineyard at Lyndoch. An almost ethereal bouquet, displaying aromas of raspberry, rose perfume and sweet vanillin spice. Rich and easy drinking (in a positive way)...read more

99-100 Points - Stuart McCloskey "Demure and beguiling are the best, two words to describe the bouquet. I am fascinated by the perfume which offers the full spectrum of ‘marine’ influences ranging from salinity to sea kelp, to hot oyster shell...read more

100 Points - Stuart McCloskey "Less powerhouse and more ethereal brilliance. Deeply impressive and perhaps my favourite out of the collection...read more

Stuart McCloskey "It's great to see such quality although, no surprise, given the pedigree behind the winemaker. Fans of Bruce’s Artus and Purus will enjoy this wine immensely... read more

97 Points – Platinum award – Decanter “Intensely perfumed, with a pretty nose of lifted violet, delicate raspberry and plush black cherry...read more

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Stuart McCloskey "This is never going to win awards or huge scores however, this is crafted to provide vibrancy and bucket loads of fun (albeit with a touch of seriousness)...read more

Erin Larkin "Fermented in stainless steel in the pursuit of purity, and left on fine lees prior to filtration and bottling in July. The acidity is coiled and taut and brilliant...read more

Stuart McCloskey "Slippery on the palate which creates a seductive, textural edge to the palate feel. The flavours fade slowly – excellent length.  All-in-all, an excellent Chardonnay...Tremendous value...read more

Erin Larkin "2020 will go down as an exceptional year; the fruit was lush, the tannins plentiful and it was also low yielding. This has nicely supple fruit and plenty of flavour. The tannins wrap around the outside of the mouth, creating a lingering tail through the finish."

Erin Larkin, RobertParker.com "It's gently reductive, pillowy and cushioned yet precise and tight. Gotta love that southern acidity. It is still coming together. It will be so much better in a year or more. I love this wine."

96 points - James Halliday “This has the same back label fruit description of white grapefruit and nectarine as its Artus Chardonnay sibling, but that is where the similarity ends. This is all about purity and finesse, the fruit flavours strung on a necklace of diamonds, oak incidental.”

Bruce Dukes, Chief Winemaker “Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon are captured to highlight their attractiveness in its youth. This is a complex layered and blended white....read more

Julian Langworthy "Ladies and gentlemen, drum roll if you please. Cabernet is back, you know it, you can’t deny it…The Sheoak vineyard makes expressive, medium-bodied, silky structured wines...this is a very fine boned release of the Nocturne SV...read more

Stuart McCloskey "The bouquet is epic and immensely pleasing – Wonderful length which shows its quality.  Pure, precise, detailed and simply, darn right delicious...read more

Erin Larkin, RobertParker.com "Acid is prodigious, as usual with this cuvée, but in 2021, it only serves to further accentuate the crushed pistachio/rosewater, white peach and Golden Delicious apples in the mouth...my suggestion would be to hold this for several years. Your patience will be amply rewarded."

Chris Coulter, Winemaker "Adelaide Hills Gamay. Bright Cherry red, aromas and flavours of red fruit, white pepper and obvious whole bunch all supported by crunchy acidity and a subtle structure that provides length and weight."

Jeni Port, Wine Companion “Rests easy with a sweet plummy approachability that is very easy to enjoy right now. Brilliant, bright cherry-red hues. The scent suggests everything summery from strawberry, cherry and wild raspberry to red licorice and spice...so fresh and keen and ready to go.”