Lifted aromas of blackcurrant, blackberry and vanilla are accompanied by vibrant, dark berry fruits on the palate. The finish is long with fine-grained tannins from sixteen months maturation in a combination of new and older French oak hogsheads. Although drinking well now this wine may be cellared for up to ten years from vintage.

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Review written by James Halliday. Australian Wine Companion 2013. February 2012 Score: 89 Points

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Strong colour; a mouthfilling blend of blackberry, plum, chocolate and mocha; the tannins are ripe enough to welcome early consumption, but the wine has good medium-term cellaring potential.

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Rating: 89

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Drink By: 2020

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Review written by Tim Lemke. May 2013. Score: 90 Points

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… “It has been a while since I’ve reviewed an Australian cabernet sauvignon, but when I tasted this wine I knew it was time to change that. This is a delicious wine from the Barossa region in Australia and comes from Château Tanunda…”

The palate is complex, with concentrated flavours of spiced plums, blackberries, muskrnand cracked pepper layered with grainy tannins and a lengthy finish.

Grão Vasco Dão Red 2010 is a medium intensity ruby coloured wine, characterised by the primary aromas of the grapes from which it is made, such as plum and black cherry, with some balsamic notes. On the palate it is a wine of great elegance and smoothness, with good fresh acidity, smooth and rounded tannins and a medium intensity palate aroma in which fruit prevails. The result is a remarkably balanced whole, with a clean finish of medium persistence.