91 points Wine Enthusiast: "[$25 list] This gorgeous Cape blend, made from 30% Pinotage, 31% Syrah, 30% Cab Sauv and 3% Mourvèdre, is ripe and immediately enticing on the nose with aromas of crushed Thin Mint cookies and iris petals mingling perfectly with the blackberry, blueberry and fig fruit core. Well balanced and firmly structured with a spicy, lingering finish. Alcohol 14.5%. (Mar 2012)"

89 points Wine Spectator: "[$25 list] This is aromatic, with black tea and singed cedar notes leading the way for plush blackberry, black cherry and plum preserve flavors. Nice velvety feel through the coffee-tinged finish. Pinotage, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Mourvèdre. Drink now through 2013. (5/31/12)"

Producer notes: "Dark berry and stewed fruit aromas fuse with spicy pepper flavors which compliment the full bodied ripe tannins. This blend brings the best of Pinotage to the classic French varieties and will age well for the next 15 years. Food recommendations: Serve with a spicy tomato stew made with sun-ripened tomatoes or a black mushroom risotto. Alcohol 14.5%."