2013 Jim Barry The Benbournie Cabernet Sauvignon Museum Release, Clare Valley

Deep, dark red colour with few purple reflections, the bouquet rather oaky - chocolate accented - while the palate is rich and fleshy, intense and firm. It's a big wine but surprisingly elegant, with balance and attractive flavours, finishing with serious Clare Valley tannins. Very smart wine. Drink 2018-2033.

93 points Huon Hooke for The Real Review, February 2018

The colour is fabulous - a seductive garnet-purple; aromas of coffee grounds, cassis and kirsch, plenty of weight and richness, oak playing a role with the structure too. There's a flourish of sweetness with the tannin raspy and a little drying on the finish. Drink by 2031.

92 points Jane Faulkner for Halliday Wine Companion, June 2021

Named after the settlement now knows as a lost township, Benbournie was situated between the towns of Clare and Blyth. The Benbournie is from a single vineyard on Jim Barry’s McRae Wood property, planted by Jim Barry in 1964. The ungrafted (franc de pied) vines were originally sourced from Wendouree’s 1896 cabernet sauvignon vineyard.