Apart from the autumn wines, the wines are drawn from their Block Series, wines made from single parcels of fruit from designated blocks that supposedly represent the best grapes on the property.
Fine, so how were they rated?
The SSB consistently rated 94 from Mr Halliday, the Cabernet ranged between 94 and 96, and the Chardonnay was the same.
As far as the pricing went, the autumn wines were $20, the SSB $30, the Chardonnay $35 and the Cab Sauv $50, so I figured that $135 x 6 was $810, while four times $180 was $720, and the deliveries were freight free, so why not?
The 30 duly arrived, and made for quite sublime summer drinking, the autumn wines were acceptable without being overly impressive, but the Cabernet was where we walked straight into substantial Wow! factor territory...
