2017 Deep Woods 'Reserve' Cabernet Sauvignon

98 Points, James Suckling
This has very attractive aromas of dried wild flowers and cedar with mint, bay leaf, sage and a base of redcurrants, red berries, plums and cherries. Some gently savory and flinty, gravely notes, too. The palate offers a very detailed and elegantly powerful brand of layered tannin that carries intense blueberry,cherry and blackcurrant flavors, in a shroud of oak spice. So much to come here. Try from 2023 and a decade after that. Screw cap.

97 Points James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion 
Sourced entirely from the original estate vines planted in '87, matured for 18 months in new and used French oak. A wine of immediate power, coupled with the balance to guide it through the decades ahead. The flavours are grounded on blackcurrant and bay leaf, the tannins ripe.

96 Points, Erin Larkin - Rob Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2017 growing season was cold and wet, with high crop loads and just masses of rain. Vineyard location and viticultural management (crop load, canopies and precipitation-derived disease), apart from winemaking, were key in determining the success of the wines at the end of the day. I find that many producers fell into a multitude of traps throughout the season, and the challenging wines outweigh the successes. So, this 2017 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is supple and concentrated and a wonderful example of what was possible this year. The 2015 and this have similarities, but the 2017 is a better iteration in terms of length of flavor. 14.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.