Rating

49% cabernet sauvignon, 26% pinotage and 25% merlot) Dark red. Black fruits, mocha, chocolate and menthol on the pure nose, with a violet topnote. Sweet, concentrated and creamy; sappy and seamless, with a smoky nuance and good juicy lift. Not yet complex but fresh, structured and destined to grow truffley and deeper with bottle aging. This primary wine firmed up with aeration. --Stephen Tanzer Steve Tanzer 89 points Dark and ripe, with lots of currant, fig and cocoa flavors stretched across fine-grained tannins. Hints of cedar and vanilla on the minerally finish. Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinotage and Merlot. Drink now through 2007. Score: 89. —James Molesworth Wine Spectator 89 points