98 Points James Halliday
The vineyard was planted in '66 to be released in '20 to celebrate Best's then-100-year history and custodianship of the property and vineyard. Fermented with 25% whole bunches, matured in French oak (20% new). The colour is brilliant crimson, deep but bright. Yes, there's fantastic fruit that's been handled with kid gloves, and yes, it's got '17 written all over it with its dazzling red fruits and (almost unseen) acidity to protect its freshness.
James Halliday
Published 01 July 2022 Drink to 2047.
Source: James Halliday.
98 Points James Halliday
The vineyard was planted in '66 to be released in '20 to celebrate Best's then-100-year history and custodianship of the property and vineyard. Fermented with 25% whole bunches, matured in French oak (20% new). The colour is brilliant crimson, deep but bright. Yes, there's fantastic fruit that's been handled with kid gloves, and yes, it's got '17 written all over it with its dazzling red fruits and (almost unseen) acidity to protect its freshness.
James Halliday
Published 01 July 2022 Drink to 2047.
Source: James Halliday.
96 Points Hooke
Bright, fresh, clean and spicy black cherry and plum bouquet. Medium-full body, fine and balanced tannins. This is a lovely elegant shiraz that is drinking really well now but has at least another decade to go. (Vines planted in 1966, the year of Bart/Hamish Thomson's birth) Drink 2024 - 2037.
Huon Hooke, The Real Review. December, 2024
96 Points Real Review
Deep ruby-red colour in the glass. A nose of white pepper, dry earth and blood plums. Medium-bodied but with ample dark fruit power. Layered with pepper, slate and boudin noir complexities that fill the palate until a fine grain of tannins cleans it up. There's a sense of calm here as it lingers forever on the palate Drink 2021 - 2036.
Stuart Knox, The Real Review. March, 2021