It’s a real buzz when the press give our wines a rave – we know they’re high quality and exceptionally good value, but it’s always great to hear it from someone else.
PRESS COMMENTS - 2009
2008 Bill Bailey Shiraz Cabernet
“This wine is like a bull in a candy shop. It rampages in with a weighty crash, and runs amok with black currant jubes, liquorice allsorts, red jam, vanilla, and finally finishes with demolished cedar wood and dark chocolate. This is one for the cellar, if you can wait that long.” Mike Gadd, Augusta Margaret River Times, August 2009
“Here is great fruit intensity and power but it’s all so silky, smooth and effortlessly long. This is a classy expression of this blend.” 95/100 Ray Jordan’s WA Wine Guide 2009
2007 Ivanhoe Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
“Deep colour; powerful but very austere; obviously reflecting the vineyard influence; built-in tannins run through the length of the palate. 90 Points.” James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2010
“There’s pure essence of cabernet on the nose. All blackcurrant, black olive and light mint, it’s compelling and enticing. The palate is bold and robust with layers of awesome fruit power. Retains a stylish elegance.” 90 Points Ray Jordan’s WA Wine Guide 2009
2007 Fimiston Shiraz
“A silky smooth and polished shiraz, I love the aromas of cherry and cedar with traces of vanilla and chocolate. Precise and focused palate, held together with fine tannins and fine-grained oak. Persistent and long. Very concentrated and a wine that will cellar for 10 years easily. 93 Points.” Ray Jordan’s WA Wine Guide 2009
“Toasty oak nose with a fragrant perfumed lift. ‘Gorgeous palate,’ said one judge. A perfectly seamless balance between sour cherry fruit, quality oak and grippy tannins.” 4 ½ stars, Winestate Annual Edition 2009
“Strikingly dense crimson; an equally dense, full-bodied palate with layers of blackberry, plum, licorice and vanilla, an appealing spicy, savoury edge tightening up the structure. 94 points.” James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2010
2007 Chaffers Shiraz 4 ½ stars, Winestate Magazine
2007 Perseverance Cabernet Merlot 94 Points, Ray Jordan’s WA Wine Guide 2009
“It’s like a youthful Bordeaux’ said, one member of the panel. Cabernet characters dominate the nose and give great persistence of flavour to the long, lingering palate.” 4 ½ stars, Winestate July/August 2009
“Ripe cassis and blackcurrant fruit is framed by quality oak and fine, ripe tannins; overall savoury fruit nuances. 94 points.” James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2010
2007 Croesus Reserve Merlot 2007 “Full-on intense, sweet plum aromas. Deep, seamlessly integrated, brambly palate. Very good complexity – silky smooth layers of tannins.” 4 stars, Winestate Magazine, June 2009
2006 Ivanhoe Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
“Medium-bodied, with pleasant cassis, blackcurrant and spice flavours; good tannins and length.” James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2009.
2008 Charlotte Sauvignon Blanc
“A fresh, clean and crisp bouquet leads into a lively palate with a mix of tropical fruits and more grassy components bolstered by fresh acidity. 91 points.” James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2010
2008 Lakeview Sauvignon Blanc Semillon’
“The generous flavours are framed by good acidity and some minerality; the palate has clarity, thrust and good length. 93 points.” James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2010
