John Platter South African Wine Guide 4 Stars
A deep ruby colour.  Blackcurrant, coffee, nutmeg, all spice, forest floor and mulberry aromas entice the nose.  This follows through on the palate together with ripe plum, intense blackberry and voluptuous vanillins giving the wine great structure and comjplexity.

Alcohol 13.5%

John Platter South African Wine Guide 4 ½ Stars
Deep opaque ruby-purple.  Youthful and bright appearance.  Intense cassis, plum and nettle-berry nose.  Lifted, perfumed and aromatic with wood spice, cedar and minerally notes.  On the palate the wine is full bodied and impressively structured.  Alcohol 14.41%

 John Platter South African Wine Guide 4 ½ Stars : Revista de Vinhos 17
Intense opaque dark purple core with slight gradation to a bright magenta rim.  The nose is complex with rich cassis and plum fruit, a pronounced muskiness with hints of star anise, creamy oak and lifted graphite and cedar aromas.  The palate is rich and well structured with dense black fruit, fresh acidity and linear satin tannins.  Very complex and complete with a long finish and great persistence.

Alcohol 14.42%

John Platter South African Wine Guide 4 ½ Stars:  Revista de Vinhos 17
Full bodied structure and complex wine.  Soft ripe tannins with a classic dry finish.  A wine that could mature for up to 15 years.

 14.5% Alcohol

John Platter South African Wine Guide 4 ½ Stars : Wine Spectator 93 Points
Cabernet Sauvignon 55%, Merlot 14%, Malbec 14%, Cab Franc 10%, Petit Verdot 7%

Intense purple/black in colour with satin rim sweet ripe fruits with the freshness of rose petals that open up to an earthiness, sweet sugars, cinnamon, caramel and liquorish.  Flavours that remain on the palate are long lasting after swallowing.
14.5% Alcohol

John Platter South African Wine Guide 4 ½ Stars
70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc.

A structured red wine with deep ruby colours, spicy, nutty, berry and cassis flavours.  A very well balanced and elegant wine with a strong classic feel to it.  Should improve over the next 10 – 12 years.

Alcohol 14.5%

John Platter South African Wine Guide 4 ½ : Wine Spectator 94 Points
Cabernet Sauvignon 59%, Merlot 25%, Petit Verdot 6%, Cabernet Franc 5%, Malbec 5%.  Plum red with a thin red rim.  The aroma of the wine is fruit driven with combination of the black fruits plum, cherries and blackberries.  The fruitcake aromas are rounded off by a subtle oak spice to the finish.  There are also distinctive earthy undertones to this claret.  Palate: The fruit from the aroma follows through onto a seductive mid-palate, supported by a silky mineral feel with hints of oak and backed by a sweet tannin finish.

Alcohol : 15.19%