95 Points | International Wine Cellar , July/August 2003

($145; a blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, petit verdot, cabernet franc and malbec) Deep ruby-red. Concentrated gravelly bouquet of violet, cassis, blackberry and dark plum deftly integrated with polished oak aromas of cedar and chocolate and hints of mocha and black pepper. Seamless, supremely elegant and tightly focused, with extraordinarily intense and creamy flavors of black and red berries, suggestions of dried leaves and cedary oak, and powder-fine supporting tannins. Benchmark cool-climate Australian cabernet, finishes with outstanding persistence. Should enjoy an exceptionally long evolution in bottle. (Old Bridge Cellars, Napa, CA)