2022
92pts + 4.5 stars "It's delightfully fruited and fragrant on the nose, showing raspberry, sweet strawberry, olive, and subtle spice characters. The palate offers elegant weight and juicy fruit flavours, well supported by refreshing acidity and fine tannins, offering charming drinking." - Sam Kim, The Wine Orbit
91pts + SILVER "It gladdens my heart to think of folks rocking home from the bottle-o and slapping a light red wine in the fridge. It took a while, but evolution's like that. Grenache and mourvédre form the base here. Perky and bright with ripe, juicy, red and blue berry fruits, a liberal dose of spice, dried herbs, purple florals and ginger cake. Light on the tannin, bright acidity, a slink of texture. Nice!" - Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion
91pts "Medium garnet colour with a ruby clear rim. Cool purple plum fruit, blue gravel, anise to amaro herb and spice with a signature potpourri lilt. Well put together and bright. Mid weight (beyond rosé) and with more than a hint of cheek. Just a flirt of chewy tannin to give a base to a herby, purple and red berries. Covers all bases: Enough acidity to keep it zingy when chilled and enough fruit when that coolness warms up. Fun stuff indeed." - Regan Drew, Vino Notebook
2021
91pts "A grenache mourvèdre concoction for chilling is obviously a very good thing. It's packed with red cherry and juicy plum fruits with a touch of blood orange, some bunchy spice and amaro and another whole bunch of "pourmeanotherglassness". Great fun drinking. We need more of these styles." - Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion
91pts "It's a smashable red that tastes just smashing. It's made with Barossa grenache and mourvedre and it's kind of mid-coloured and mid-flavoured, if that makes sense; it's not rose-like but it's not full-bodied either, its cherry-plum-earth-anise characters running friskily through the palate, offering just-enough texture and decent-enough depth to keep everyone happy. Great style of wine, and well executed." - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
91pts "A bright and juicy red with aromas of peppercorns, raspberries, cherries, cinnamon and oranges. Soft and supple, with a medium body and a rounded, fruity and delicious finish. Cool fermented whole bunch grenache and mourvedre. Unfined. Vegan" - James Suckling Reviews
90pts + Silver Medal - New World Wine Awards NZ
90pts "Lovely deep, garnet hue. Signature floral potpourri and rose petal, cola essence, red berries and earthy blue gravel. Plush and slurpable up front with easy structure, just enough grip, a crunchy finish and a good tang of peppery stalky spice. The fruit quality is evident without sacrificing the fun." - Regan Drew, Vino Notebook
2020
90pts "Pale ruby to purple colour in the glass. Redcurrants and rose petals on the nose. Bright, juicy and crunchy on the palate. Built more around acidity than tannins for structure. A unique and quite delicious version of grenache. Would be best served with a little chill" - Stuart Knox, The Real Review
