Barossa GSM Trophy The International Wine Challenge 2025 96pts

"A delightful expression of a modern Barossa Cabernet blend all about black fruit purity and restraint rather than power and oak. Fresh and crunchy with cranberry and bramble fruit flavours, refreshing minerality and nicely sculpted tannins."

"A blend of 62% shiraz and 38% cabernet sauvignon with a little higher percentage of new oak this year (31% new; 81% French, 19% American). It's a good-looking wine, this one. Pristine blackberry, black cherry, dark plum and blackcurrant fruits. Aromatically, the shiraz/cabernet split looks on equal pegging here despite the numbers. Not a hair out of place, with pure black fruits, layers of spice, beautifully judged oak use and a velvety transit across the palate, fine in tannin and looking wonderfully composed." 96pts Gold Dave Brookes Halliday Wine Companion