I’ve always regarded 1988 an extremely good year for many Coonawarra producers. This wine, somewhat remarkably, continues to hang in there, exhibiting a terrific melange of mature cooler-climate Cabernet characters, akin to an excellent effort from Bordeaux (but in the older, more austere classic style). Very mature brick red hue; beautifully developed, classic Coonawarra nose and palate of weedy blackcurrants, cedar and sweet earth with added complexity from notes of old saddle leather, cigar box, soft licks of menthol and fallen autumn leaves; all seamlessly meshed with not a hair out of place. A smooth, polished, perfectly poised and integrated Coonawarra Cabernet revealing wonderful delineation, a decidedly cuddly personality, marvellous balance and stupendous length. 93 points