96 point

Harvested from just the home block with a small addition of wine from Leongatha, this spent 14 months in 40% new barrels. There is a breezy freshness to the red fruit on the nose alongside swirling, darker fruits of the forest which emerge, perfumed with iron-oxide and petrichor. The palate is concentrated, brimming with juicy fruit and a kind of urgency. There is a lick of liquorice bitterness and tannins that show density and finesse towards the finish. Fine acidity makes this precise and totally mouthwatering. In a league of its own in the Bass Phillip stable: self-assured and exquisitely balanced. This will benefit from bottle age.

94 point

The creamier notes—melted butter and lemon curd— lead, with nutty, melon- and pineapple-rind notes following. Persistent acidity pulses through the broader texture. Flavors of citrus, toast and ginger linger on the long finish. A classy wine that's drinking well now, but still has many more years left in it.