90 points Wine Spectator: "Very pretty, with floral, passion fruit and pineapple aromas and flavors up front. Settles into an apricot silkiness on the finish. Drink now. Smart Buys. (7/31/10)"

90 points Wine & Spirits: "2009 McLaren Vale Adelaide Hills The Hermit Crab Viognier-Marsanne Chester Osborn named this wine after the hermit who gave his name to Hermitage and the hermit crabs that live on the beach in McLaren Vale. Tasted blind, it started a discussion about crab-meat soup dumplings at Grand Szechuan in New York, and lobster rolls in Maine. So there is something to the name-a friendly, party-style white that will get any hermit out of his shell-especially if there's crab to match the wine's creamy, lush, peachy flavors. (Oct 2010)"

89 points Josh Raynolds (International Wine Cellar): "(a 72/28 blend) Light gold. Really showing its viognier today, with scents of white peach, pear, honey and baking spices. Juicy pit fruit flavors become firmer in the middle, with tangy acidity providing lift. A touch dry on the finish but provides excellent palate coverage and lingers with intense minerality. (Jul/Aug 2010)"

'Silver Medal,' Decanter: "Very fresh nose of citrus and stone fruit and some exotic spice. Elegant and attractive, light and fresh. Very pretty. (Oct 2010)"