Source: Interim End of May 2018, The Wine Advocate, Issue Date: 1st Jun 2018(RP-90-93+?)

The 2016 Estate Cuvee reveals a youthful bouquet of creme de cassis, ripe plums, licorice, pencil shavings and anise, framed by a generous application of creamy, spicy new oak. On the palate, it's full-bodied, ripe and heavily extracted, clamping down on the tongue and gums with an impenetrable wall of firm, chewy tannin that makes it hard to read. It's a bit too soon after bottling to truly get a handle on this, so I've given it a hesitant bracketed score. It's a blend of 52% Syrah, 32% Cabernet Sauvignon and 16% Petit Verdot that was matured in 90% new oak.

Drink Date: 2021 - 2031

Source: Winemaker,

52% Syrah, 32% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Petit Verdot

100% Estate grown fruit from L'Aventure Vineyard

Very low yield: 1.5 to 2 tons per acre (with 2100 vines per acre)

100% new French oak with malolactic fermentation in barrel

No fining, no filtering

Length of aging: 15 months

Drink: 15+ years