The Wine Companion: “This was fermented as (100%) whole clusters before being matured in French oak (10% new). It's grown on two prime Adelaide Hills vineyards, with a total production of only 233 dozen. It's a pity that there isn't more of it, because the quality is glorious. This is the savoury style of Shiraz, done to perfection. It's so perfumed, so nutty, so fresh with cherry-berried fruit and also so lengthy. It's an intensely peppery wine with gentle chocolate notes drifting through, and it boasts the most insistent-but-integrated tannins. In short, it's a pearler.. 13% alc,” 97 points