95 points Wine Enthusiast

Vasse Felix’s self-titled middle range often represents the best value for money, in this reviewer’s opinion. This is both an excellent example of the range’s quality as well as of Margaret River’s distinctive Cab style. Layered aromas of tangy redcurrant, raspberry and cranberry are woven with pencil lead, new pavement and tobacco leaf. There’s a wonderful lift of crunchy currant fruit on the palate, which counterbalances the big smudgy, savory tannins. Drink now-2030. Christina Pickard

93 points Wine Spectator

Succulent, with fleshy black cherry, blackberry and huckleberry notes that are dense and toothsome, plus accents of Earl Grey, clary sage, fresh loamy earth and generous fresh-cracked black pepper. Reveals a hint of smoked paprika on the finish. Drink now through 2033. 4,500 cases made, 150 cases imported.

93 points James Suckling

A fine rendition of mid-weighted cabernet, boasting ample fealty to region: plenty of scrub, black olive, bouquet garni and a welcome floral lilt across the gritty finish, a firm carapace of tannin boding well for a mid-term ageing window in a luncheon claret style. Drink or hold.