Ranked #1 of 36 2018 Shiraz from Yarra Valley
99/100
5 Stars
Huon Hooke
Deep red colour with a good tint of purple, and a totally serious bouquet of black fruits, mixed spices and graphite, the flavour multi-faceted and powerful, filling the entire mouth with mind-numbingly delicious flavours which persist very long on a hyper-extended aftertaste. Gorgeous balance. It's hard to imagine better. This is a great shiraz!
Tasted: 26/07/2020
Drink: 2020 to 2043
97 Points James Halliday
Vines planted in '69. 100 dozen. 50% new French oak. 100% shiraz. Intense black cherry and plum, flavours run headlong into graphite, cedar wood and wood smoke. Peppery notes hum in the background, but the drill of smoke-infused fruit flavour is where the major shots are fired. it's tight, complex, dramatic and intense. Drink to 2040.
Campbell Mattinson. July, 2021