This is the second release from the Messenger Vineyard, dry-grown and planted in 1985. The colour is excellent, the wine all that is great about Coonawarra cabernet; flush with cassis fruit, it fills and caresses every corner of the mouth, the tannins ripe and perfectly balanced, oak contributing in tune with the tannins.
96 points James Halliday Wine CompanionSofter, richer than Alex. Slippery tannins, very seductive. Dense fruit - gives an old vine feel to the wine. Dry grown. Deliciously drinkable now but will develop. Lovely wine22 JUL 2014