Wine Spectator: 92 points

The dense black cherry, blackberry and dried herb notes are juicy and intense, with velvety tannins and accents of cocoa on the long, generous finish. Drink now through 2026. 2,009 cases imported.

Review date: March 2017

JamesSuckling.com: 96 points

This has some real poise and depth in the glass it's inky dark and deeply colored. The fruits are in the boysenberry, blackberry, plum and blueberry spectrum, and there's plenty of black tea as well as hints of bergamot. It's wine with a wealth of oak-derived spices and a coal, smoky, savory edge. The palate's plush and ripe, opening out over fleshy dark-fruit flavors in a soft and charming mode. It then charges up with plenty of rich, ripe tannin and remains long and saturated through the finish. Balanced and rich, it's really satisfying, holding succulent and on point. Best from 2020 and for more than a decade after that. This is a great 389. A 53%/47% split in 2014: sourced from Barossa Valley, Wrattonbully, McLaren Vale and Coonawarra.

Review date: January 2017