Mr Riggs Outpost Cabernet 2023 6 Pack

94 POINTS

Tony Love - Winepilot

A classic regional statement here, again sourcing the variety from outside Riggs’s home base – and unsurprisingly Coonawarra, showcasing its best-known features. Starts with a fragrant crush of black berries, bay leaf and mint providing their herbal aromatics, before easing into the palate with a certain grace and elegance, juicy, superfine tannin feels with just a delicate grab to finish, oak supportive and balanced – impressive given a decent amount is new French. Winner winner lamb shank dinner.

92 POINTS

Sam Kim - Wine Orbit

This wine has a beautifully fragrant and inviting bouquet, featuring notes of dark berries, dried herbs, black olives, game, and toasted almonds. The palate is just as appealing, showcasing a succulent intensity of fruit with a plump mouthfeel and fine texture, all well supported by smooth, chalky tannins.

92 POINTS

Ray Jordan - Winepilot

A vintage not without its challenges in Coonawarra, and yet with astute vineyard management, selecting only the best fruit, the result is impressive. It’s a typically stylish and elegant style of wine, with the floral, blackcurrant and slightly leafy combination on the nose to open. Palate displays good, deep, concentrated fruit held with a slightly firmish tannin that holds the line through to the finish. It’s a wine that you could happily cellar for a few more years.

90 POINTS

Shanteh Wale - Halliday Wine Companion

A value buy with plenty of the blackberries and cedar notes of good old cabernet sauvignon. Familiar in its rosemary herbs, gum leaf and blackcurrant, with the baker's spice box of clove and caraway. It's moderate in body, with a freshness that belies its dark-fruited aromas. Tannins are powdery and well integrated for drinking on release.