Ripe and chewy, with red cherry and leather flavors that become peppery as they linger on the firm finish. Best after 2003. 400 cases made.??–HS??Region: Australia / McLaren Vale Select to Add

A complex bouquet of dark plummy fruit, bacon, wheat, leather and eucalyptus opens this uniformly well-liked offering. It’s full and even, with fine fruit-to- acid balance on the palate, good texture and weight, and roasted fruit, licorice, earth and mint flavors. More than one panelist described this seamless, smooth wine as sexy. It’s a lovely, seductive example with a long, evenly tannic blackberry, cocoa and caramel-tinged finish. ——W.E.(11/1/2001)—— 92