"Lithe and lively. A lovely mouthful of richly textured currant, blackberry and plum flavors that persist into a gorgeously balanced finish. Has enough style and steel to make it last and develop in the bottle. Drink now through 2012. 2,100 cases imported. (HS)"  The Wine Spectator, April 30, 2005.

"Sappy, thoroughly ripe aromas of raspberry, strawberry, plum, cola and spices. Fat, broad and gentle but classically dry, with lovely inner-mouth perfume and sweetness of red berry and black cherry fruit. Offers a mineral tang and underlying structure that I don't find often enough in New Zealand Pinot. Finishes with sweet tannins and very good aromatic persistence. Rather Burgundian in style."  Steve Tanzer, International Wine Cellar, September 2005.