Not much has been said of the 2014 Hawkes Bay wine growing season after the glowing reports of the year previous, but I believe it was warm and dry through the main harvesting time and this wine is testimony to that, showing intensity of colour (crimson red) and great fruit character even after 8 years in the bottle under cork.

We left enough in the bottle for a glass each, the next night with no change apparent, so if you have any in your cellar, you should be confident that it should remain at its peak for some years still to come.

Tannins and fruit are nicely balanced with a long finish that you come to expect from Bordeaux style wine which makes a nice change from the fruit driven Aussie wines.