World Wine –

James Halliday – Beauty in a bottle? Right here, folks. So youthful, divine and on song. Pristine mulberry and blackberry flavours mingle with cedary oak spice and dark chocolate as wafts of violets and charcuterie flutter in and out, so too menthol and a hint of green walnut. The fuller-bodied palate is shored up with firmish tannins but given its structure, this is a few years away from looking its finest. - Jane Faulkner

The Wine Front – Margaret River shiraz, aged in all French oak. I’d reckon this needs a bit of time but I’d reckon this is very good. Aspects of it feel quite raw; others feel polished and sure. It certainly has plenty of heft, especially in regional shiraz terms. Intense plum, almost into blackberry. Plenty of clovey spice. A toastiness. A nuttiness. A trace of bitterness, but not in a hard or green way. A spread of ripe, assertive tannin, slightly raw but rolling into a good position. If this is going to be consumed young, it needs a lengthy decant. Long life ahead. 93+

James Halliday – There are some flinty, funky sulphides, grapefruit, creamy nutty lees, a hint of melon, powdered ginger and honeycomb. And just when you think, 'Is this all too much of a good thing?' the acidity comes flowing through, providing energy, zesty appeal, length and refreshment. A cracking wine for the price. - Jane Faulkner

Huon Hooke – Restraint with drive and persistence’ could be winemaker Cliff Royle’s mantra. The bouquet is complex and charming with lightly toasted almond and subtle citrus fruit aromas. The palate is intense but delicate and finely composed, with tension, refinement and length. I could drink a bucket of it.” - 95 - Huon Hooke, Sydney Morning Herald / The Age, August 2017.

James Halliday – It's a red-letter day when a Margaret River winemaker asks more for a sauvignon blanc than a chardonnay, though it's a very sophisticated wine. Half the juice free run and fermented in stainless-steel barrels with a specific sauvignon blanc yeast, the other half moderate solids wild fermented in new and used French oak. It's all about texture which relentlessly imposes its thumbprint and fruit fragments – pink grapefruit and apple skin – flying in all directions allied with acidity. Is the price justified? Yes, and then some. - James Halliday

James Halliday – Predominantly shiraz from the Wallcliffe subregion of Margaret River. A pale copper blush with light cherry and plums sprinkled with some spice and fresh herbs. Juicy, tangy and soft. - Jane Faulkner

James Halliday – Over-delivers with spiced lemon and stone fruit flavours and complexing oyster shell, sea salty notes. It’s fresh and juicy yet there’s texture and refreshing acidity. - Jane Faulkner