Jeremiah Diaz

8.9

Clear deep ruby in color. On the nose, it's clean with pronounced primary and secondary aromas of charred wood, black pepper, and black currant. On the palate, it's dry, with high acidity, high tannins, high alcohol, full body, and pronounced primary and secondary flavors of eucalyptus, plum, leather, black cardamom, and tabacco smoke with a medium finish. This wine is complex, but a little lacking in fruit to balance the tannins. I'm hoping it opens up with time in the glass. Overall, I would rate this wine as good. It may be past its prime. After decanting and leaving it in the fridge for 3 days, it has opened up and is showing more fruit. The tannins have also calmed down. I'm bumping it up a few more points. — 10 months ago

Paul Keating

9.5

Very tasty red. Lots of fruit, but not too heavy. Perfect with a Sunday lunch — 5 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.4

From Peter Lehmann’s VSV Series (Very Special Vineyard). Aromas of Plum Chocolate and Aniseed/Liquorice. Balanced French Oak. The palate is medium to full bodied - with those same descriptors from the nose coming through. Very Barossa from a good vintage. Rich fluid smooth tannins. Medium plus intensity. Only 500 cases made. — 6 years ago

Sam Lee

9.0

Soft and mellow
Coffee and vanilla chocolate underneath
Juicy yet
🐎
Barbecued into spring Sunday 🏙 night
Life as circles
Chocolate mellow finishes
Skin
🐇 — 6 years ago

Rolf Bigler

9.1

Preis: CHF 48.- — 7 years ago

Josh N

8.9

A little watery, but with great cheese taste. — 8 years ago

Lam S

8.9

Hint of Plum and black berries, oaky nose. Very light tannin abd low acidity. Medum to full body. A pleasure to enjoy with red meat. Good value. — 9 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.4

Brief notes. I’ve never rated Cabernet from the Barossa as high as Cab from other SA areas like Coonawarra or McLaren Vale but this Mentor was very good. Very dark in colour with leafy black currant notes. Matured for 18 months in French oak hogsheads the influence from which has been totally absorbed/resolved. Perfect balance. See previous note from February 2020. — 3 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.4

A rich crimson red in colour. Cassis , bay leaf mulberry and notes of violets. On the palate black currant, restrained yet sweetish - see notes from a year ago in March 2020. Sam Middleton, part owner and winemaker likes to drink Quintets between 10 and 15 years of age although I have had much older examples from friend and longtime Mount Mary collector, Dr Peter Sklavos. One of Australia’s classiest Cabernets. Not as minty as Coonawarra or as herbal as Margaret River. Commemorates the passing of founder, Dr John Middleton in 2006 as on the label. — 5 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.1

Very delicate, nearly feeble.
Creamier than a Hunter one, but just whispering its lanolin, meringue like scent and flavor.
Mineral far finish.
Still very enjoyable — 6 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.6

The final wine at the Peter Lehmann dinner at the Downs Club and the whole point of the dinner. Delectable: this new cuvée is called the Masterson and is a Barossa Valley Shiraz. Wine Pricing in Australia has become an arms race and this new Cuvée has set the benchmark at $1650 for a magnum - only available in magnum. This was sourced from a vineyard in the Moppa sub district of the Barossa owned by Glen Hammerling from vines planted in 1992 on original rootstocks, dry grown in deep sandy loam with ironstone over clay. The wine itself is an exercise in restraint. Matured in a large 2500 litre fourdre imparting minimal oak influence. You could happily drink this wine now or cellar for over 30 years. It is so well balanced. A brilliant wine but is it worth $1650? I think the pricing is too ambitious but the owner of Peter Lehmann, John Casella, the owner of export star, Yellow Tail, probably doesn’t care as he continues to make money from his budget line. 1458 magnums created and only 1000 released for purchase. — 7 years ago

Henry Leon

9.0

Notes of BlackBerry, smooth finish. Very tasty. — 9 years ago

Brandyn Pryce

9.0

Soft on the palette with a medium body. Raisens. Medium tannins. Dinner party with Peter, Margaret, Jason, Karen, Dick, his wife, and Tim. — 9 years ago

Lee Lightfoot

9.6

Spectacular stuff, fruit concentrate can justify the heat. Shiraz grapes provide voluptuous purple and black fruit, the fortifying agent is quality as well. — 5 years ago

with Alex

Joe C

8.9

Christmas day lunch — 6 years ago

Nancy Pan

8.9

It shows complexity on the nose, savory and gamey, but still full of dark fruits, herbs and spices. Silky tannins, hard to tell it is a 8 years wine. Lack of complexity on the palate, juicy and attractive. May develop complexity after further aging. Barossa Cab is under evaluated comparing to its Shiraz — 6 years ago

Alec Jeffery

8.9

A full weighted Barossa wine, lacks structure to be top draw Cabernet. — 6 years ago

James Pendergrass

9.2

Soooo good! — 8 years ago

Narelle Burke

9.2

At Aurea Manor...sampling some fine wine - thanks Shellby and Marcy! — 9 years ago

with Marcell

Daniel Martinez Cardenas

9.3

www.winex.com — 9 years ago