The 2021 SMD flows with black cherry, dried plum, fig, juicy black currant and cassis with pencil shavings, earth and spice before a hint of eucalyptus. With loganberry leading off, the palate also exhibits spice and mineral laden character with toast and herbed fruits and dried fruits with tobacco leaf and a note of balsamic on structured, jazzy and enlivening tannins.

96 Points - Jeb Dunnuck