Several important critics have rated this South Eastern Australia wine highly: James Halliday gave the 2009 vintage a score of 90. This wine has won many prizes: the 2010 vintage was awarded Gold from the Mundus Vini, and the 2008 vintage was awarded Gold from the Critics Challenge Wine Competition. This is the seventh most searched for among this region’s wines (by Wine-Searcher users). Interest in this wine has been less conspicuous during the year. Red Wines/Cabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every wine-growing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Red Wines/Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits, deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.