Michael Cooper's Buyer's Guide to New Zealand Wines : by Michael Cooper  April 2010

This single vineyard wine is hand-harvested at Rapaura and fermented and matured on its yeast lees in old French oak puncheons. It is typically weighty and concentrated, with a slightly nutty complexity. The 2008 Vintage is full bodied and bone-dry, with deep stonefruit and spice flavours, sweet-fruit delights, complexity from the restrained oak influence and a deliciously soft, rich finish.

WinestatE Magazine : by Michael Cooper   May/June 2009

Full-bodied, dry style, fermented in old French puncheons and lees-aged for nine months. Full of personality, with deep stonefruit and spice flavours, sweet fruit delights, complexity from the restrained oak influence and a deliciously soft, rich finish.