"The deep purple-black colored barrel sample of 2016 Cask 23 Cabernet Sauvignon features compelling, youthful notes of freshly crushed red and black currants, black cherries, kirsch and mocha with nuances of Marmite toast, roasted nuts, underbrush and truffles. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has a very firm frame of super ripe tannins supporting the multilayered flavors, finishing on an epically long, lingering fragrant earth note. Beautiful." Robert Parker, Lisa Perrotti-Brown
"This gorgeous wine combines the best of two historic vineyards—Fay and S.L.V.—into one cohesive, refined whole. A soft entry of woody spice and toasted oak leads the way to an expansive midpalate of currant, crushed rock, dried herb and elegant tannins begging for further time in the bottle. Enjoy 2026–2036." Wine Enthusiast, Virginie Boone
"Well-detailed, with a deep, solidly built core of currant, blackberry, bramble and apple wood notes, showing good energy through the richly layered finish. Youthful, but slowly takes on a more seductive feel as this airs in the glass. Best from 2022 through 2035. 3,000 cases made." Wine Spectarator, James Molesworth
"Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Pomerolartige Trüffel-Kirsch-Nuancen, sind mit reifen Feigen unterlegt, Nougat und Haselnussnoten, florale Nuancen von kandierten Veilchen. Stoffig, komplex und extraktsüß, opulente dunkle Beerenfrucht, reife Tannine, feinwürziger Touch im Abgang, mineralisch und anhaltend, verfügt über Entwicklungspotenzial für Jahrzehnte." Fastaff, Peter Moser