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Gold Medal, Liquorland Top 100 International Wine Show 2005
Gold Medal, Air NZ Wine Awards, 2004
Gold Medal and Trophy, HB Wine Awards 2005
5 Stars, 93/100, Wine Orbit Monthly Wine Review, August 2007
4 1/2 Stars, Cuisine Best of the Bunch January 2005
4 1/2 Stars, Winestate Magazine, Hawkes Bay Regional Tasting 2006
4 1/2 Stars, Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide to New Zealand Wines 2006
4 1/2 Stars, Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide to New Zealand Wines 2007
4 Stars, Gourmet Traveller Wine Australia June 2005
4 Stars, Home and Entertaining, February 2005
Silver Medal, 88/100, Hawke’s Bay A&P Show 2004
Silver Medal, Auckland Royal Easter Show, 2005
Silver Medal, NZ International Wine Show 2005
"Deep, moderately youthful colour, with substantial body and concentrated blackcurrant and olive flavours. Savoury and lingering."
Winestate magazine Hawkes Bay Regional Tasting, Sept/Oct 2008.
"This is a smooth operator. Cabernet Sauvignon is often criticised for its lean palate and tannic structure but when you get an excellent example like this one, with some age, you can see why it is widely considered to be the king of grapes. It's suave and silky showing developing characters, yet the firm tannins indicate the variety's origin. The beautiful bouquet shows ripe plums, dried fruit and wild herbs with a touch of smoky oak. The palate is very harmonious with sumptuous ripe flavours, smooth textureand firm drying tannins, benefiting from the time in the bottle. Excellent. At its best: now to 2009."
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, August 2007.
"A serious wine opening out, warm yet not heavy fruit: flavoursome red from a year that suited cabernet sauvignon. Generous, hearty and bountiful, a nice wine in the mouth - and with dinner. Not finished yet but ready to be enjoyed with gutsy food courses."
Winestate regional tasting 2006.
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