Shows the aromatics of Viognier, with a drier, less silky palate, lending an exciting raw feel to the pear, apricot and spice flavors. Drink now. 5,000 cases imported.

The 2005 The Cadenzia GSM was aged in a mix of new and used French and American oak. Crimson-colored, it has an alluring bouquet of cedar, tobacco, forest floor, blueberry and kirsch. This is followed by a plush, layered wine with a velvety texture, sweet fruit, and gobs of flavor

Big, bold and expressive, with some unexpected transparency to the black cherry, raspberry, red plum and Asian spice aromas and flavors, lingering on the open-textured finish. The aftertaste just keeps coming. Drink now through 2015. 6,300 cases made.

Dark and spicy, with lots of tarry, peppery character around a lithe core of black cherry and blackberry fruit, finishing smooth. Shiraz. Drink now through 2014. 6,800 cases made.

Polished to a gleam, this fleshy wine shows an expressive array of red cherry, raspberry, Santa Rosa plum and sweet spices, mingling effortlessly through the plush finish. For all that, it actually feels like there's some restraint along the way. Drink now through 2016. 4,000 cases made.

Velvet purple, creme de cassis, blackberries and minerals. Long palate, quite firm.

This was dark and bold but honestly neither me or the gf liked it. The label talks about cellaring potential so perhaps we drank too early but what would I know.

Color: Dark garnet



Nose: Raspberry, cherry, blackberry and some toasty oak with some eucalyptus



Palate: Full bodied, with a nice full and smooth mouthfeel, some vanilla and big tannin structure to accompany the big fruit. Another good value from Cameron Hughes for this big style of Cab.

No great wine and food match today - although if you must know it was some locally made fried sausages with mash potato laced with creme fraiche, basil and garlic - all that was required from the wine was a...

good wine nose earthy spice pepper blueberry anise palate blueberry pepper some heat nice mouth feel long finish

Pear, Lime, minerals, hint of oak, reminded me of a Chablis wine

the bomb. nose of black friut blueberry spice pepper oak palate full balanced fruit spicy mouth coating long finish. will buy again and again

Shows some subtlety, sliding its juicy blackberry and plum fruit through a veil of fine-grained tannins, with pepper and mineral overtones. Has a deft sense of harmony and balance. Best from 2010 through 2016. 2,200 cases imported.