2022 Forest Hill Block 5 Cabernet Sauvignon, Mount Barker

James Halliday Australian Cabernet Challenge Winner 97 points

Australian Cabernet Challenge Winner

Regional Cabernet Trophy Winner

What a sensational wine. Perfumed and powerful with tremendous concentration and power. Used some concrete fermentation and stainless steel. Has beautiful elegance and weight through the palate with fine chalky tannins and fine-grained oak influence. Has such an ethereal aroma of violet and red berry. Tremendous power here yet it’s elegant and pretty. This is 100% cabernet.

98 points rayjordanwine.com

This has great mojo and feels as fancy as it is highly drinkable. It feels like this pocket of Mount Barker does well with this variety. Very well. Bold scents of cassis, lavender, bay leaf and sea spray with well-judged clove and cinnamon spice. Refreshing and succulent to taste, spot-on medium weight, though the levity and vitality make it feel prettier than that. Dark fruit flavours but lots of herb and spice too, tannins in tow are ultrafine and, again, mineral-charged, all pulverised stone and talc. This has great mojo and feels as fancy as it is highly drinkable. What excitement!

95 points Mike Bennie winecompanion.com.au Aug 2024

97 points Cassandra Charlick decanter.com

Detailed and complex. A high toned vintage with beautiful aromatics of sweet blackberry, blue fruit, rose garden, vanilla pod and bay leaf. The palate has fine interwoven tannin with loads of blue and red berry fruit. It has the structure and fruit power to cellar wonderfully.