The 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Aurum is made up of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Petit Verdot and 5% Cabernet Franc. Deep purple-black in color, it reveals an achingly beautiful nose of candied violets, lilacs and rose hip tea over a core of blackcurrant cordial, Black Forest cake and fresh wild blueberries plus touches of forest floor, tapenade, licorice and chocolate box. The palate is full-bodied and decadently fruited yet possesses bags of finesse, with a wonderfully plush, fine-grained texture and great vibrancy, finishing with epic length and depth.-LPB

The 2016 Aurum Proprietary Red Wine is the most expensive in the lineup and checks in as 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Petit Verdot, and the rest Cabernet Franc aged two years in new barrels. It offers a rocking bouquet of blackcurrants, ripe black cherries, graphite, charcoal, and spice. It's deep, rich, full-bodied, and tight on the palate, with plenty of mid-palate and fruit intensity. I love its balance as well. It's going to come together beautifully with 3-5 years of bottle age and cruise for two decades in cold cellars.

Fresh, tight-grained oak with an array of leaves and herbs across intense cassis, plums and blueberries. The palate has impressive power and drive and carries plenty of ripe-plum and blackberry flavors. A blend of 84 per cent cabernet sauvignon, 11 per cent petit verdot and five per cent cabernet franc. Try from 2022.

This offers tremendous aromas of coffee and toffee, so inviting in their warmth and richness. A dusty leathery palate follows, structured in ageable firm tannin and robust flavors of black plum. This is worth cellaring; best 2026–2031.