94 Points James Halliday
Dense red-purple; an exceptionally rich, concentrated and complex bouquet with blackcurrant, a touch of mint and well-balanced and integrated oak. The palate is long and sumptuous, with densely rich chocolate, blackberry and blackcurrant flavours, finishing with lingering tannins, surrounded throughout by layers of American oak. Drink to 2017.
James Halliday. June, 2021
94 Points Hooke
An extraordinary aroma of blackberries arose from the wine as I was decanting it. At this age, it still has amazing fruit. The wine is tremendously concentrated and powerful, the bouquet showing smoked oyster, smoky charcuterie and roasting pan scrapings, all the marvellous complexities of an old, strongly-oaked Penfolds red. If anything, the bouquet is better than the nose: it has a slightly disjointed palate, with a slight mid-palate dip. Still, a superb mature example of the style. (cork; 13.5% alc.)
Huon Hooke, The Real Review. August, 2018