“Firm, with meaty currant and dusky spice flavors that linger on the chewy finish. Needs time to settle in. Best from 2006 through 2010.”   88

	- Wine Spectator - 30 November 2005

“Firm, with meaty currant and dusky spice flavors that linger on the chewy finish. Needs time to settle in. Best from 2006 through 2010.”   88

	- Wine Spectator - 30 November 2005

“There’s some juicy cassis fruit here, accented by hints of chocolate, but also some green, herbal notes. Pleasant, easy-drinking wine, but a touch too green to rate higher.”   85

	- Wine Enthusiast - 1 November 2005

“This wine offers gentle cassis and red berry fruit and a silky finish. Excellent match with pasta salads, grilled poultry or salmon.”

	- Erie Times-News - 7 October 2005

“Showing the restrained, elegant style of wines made from grapes grown in cooler regions of Australia, this wine offers gentle cassis and red berry fruit and a silky finish. Excellent match with pasta salads, grilled poultry or salmon.”

	- Ben Giliberti - Washington Post - 28 September 2005

“Supple and well-balanced, with undertones of eucalyptus. Here's another lamb wine -- or prime rib.”   * * * *

	- Michael Lonsford - Houston Chronicle - 13 July 2005

“For an inexpensive Cabernet, this example from Stonehaven’s new Winemaker’s Selection label gets the full treatment of 15 months in French and American oak. Far from being oak-bound, however, it’s clean and fresh, bursting with mint and minerals, cassis, black cherry and raspberry. In the mouth, it adds leather, potpourri and bittersweet chocolate with hints of cedar and dried herbs, all cushioned by moderately chewy tannins. Skillful winemaking.”   VERY GOOD+

	- Fredric Koeppel - Koeppel On Wine - 3 July 2005

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