The 2009 vintage is 70% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. A dark complex wine that has been blended to exhibit a thoughtful expression of site and year rather than the varietal purity of the other wines in this release. Deep red in colour with a blue edge. It is brooding on the nose in an iodine/Islay whisky kind of way, there is even a hint of sherry aged maltiness or perhaps pipe tobacco. On the palate fruit notes of preserved plum and raspberry jam reflect the cépage (merlot, cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon). There is also a generosity suggestive of chocolate and brioche.

Inky and dark on release, it will continue to develop over the next 7+ years.

2009 Vintage

• Gold, Five Nations Wine Awards, Sydney, September 2011
• Sam Kim - 97/100
• Raymond Chan 19.5/20