Majella The Musician Cabernet Shiraz 2021 ~ Coonawarra, South Australia

97/100 Winestate Magazine
90/100 Erin Larkin
90/100 Huon Hooke
Bronze - Ralph Kyte-Powell
91/100 Jane Faulkner (2019 vintage)
Bronze - Huon Hooke (2019 vintage)
93/100 Cambell Mattinson (2018 vintage)
92/100 The Wine Front (2018 vintage)
90/100 Aaron Brasher (2018 vintage)
95/100 James Halliday (2017 vintage)
Bronze - Huon Hooke (2017 vintage)
94/100 James Halliday (2016 vintage)
Bronze - Huon Hooke (2016 vintage)
90/100 Ned Godowin MW (2015 vintage)
90/100 The Wine Front (2015 vintage)
Bronze - Huon Hooke (2015 vintage)

James Halliday Five Star Winery (2015 vintage)

Gold - National Wine Show of Australia (2018 vintage)
Gold - Royal Melbourne Wine Show (2018 vintage)
Royal Hobart WIne Show (2018 vintage)
Gold - Limestone Coast Wine Show (2018 vintage)
Gold - Rutherglen Wine Show (2018 vintage)

Trophy WInner - Winestate Magazine Wine of the Year (2018 vintage)
Trophy WInner - Winestate Magazine Cabernet Sauvignon of the Year (2018 vintage)
Trophy WInner - Rutherglen Wine Show Best Small Winemaker Wine (2018 vintage)
Trophy WInner - Rutherglen Wine Show Best 1 Year Old Red (2018 vintage)

Winestate Magazine "A pretty classic - still very young and needing more time to really shine. Some lovely purple fruit characters with minty nuances. "A real bargain!" Excellent value"

Erin Larkin "Fermentation in a combination of stainless steel and oak, matured for a further 6 months with minimal oak contact. Juicy, spicy and fine, this isn't the bombastic and rotund performance that I recall from years gone by – the choice of fermentation vessels surely setting its expression in stone. On the floral, shaley, bouncy side of the street. Brilliant value for money"

Aaron Brasher "Aromas of cedar, eucalyptus, blackberry and spice. Bright and lively on the palate, there's a core of brambly dark fruits working nicely with firm, grippy tannins and punchy acidity. Plenty of palate weight and fleshiness here."

Ralph Kyte-Powell "A crowd-pleasing cabernet-shiraz blend at a very good price. Appearance is medium depth ruby red, and the aromas of raspberry, blackcurrant, herbs and eucalyptus are fresh and appetising. It's a medium weight mouthful, nicely built, with good depth, and excellent balance of quenching acidity and drying tannins."

Jane Faulkner "This ticks all the vibrant and fresh boxes and the drink-now one. Bright juicy blue fruits, lots of spearmint and tomato leaf with a palate full of energy and tangy acidity leading, rather than tannins." (2019 vintage)

Huon Hooke "Bold pepperminty aroma, fresh and bright, the palate lean and sinewy, with a slight dip in the middle and a tense, tight finish. It needs food, as it’s a bit firm and taut for a drink-now red at the present moment. But it is good value. " (2019 vintage)

Campbell Mattinson " Good colour, fragrance, texture and drinkability; the flavours flow evenly and well. Minted blackcurrant is the essential flavour profile, redcurrant and dust as sidelines. For everyday drinking it will take some beating." (2018 vintage)

Aaron Brasher "Jubey, dark pastille aromatics with a whiff of leafiness and tobacco. The flavours are juicy and dark, there's plenty of plummy and mulberry fruits teamed with grippy tannin, a little leafiness and crunchy acidity. A generously-flavoured, enjoyable wine and excellent value " (2018 vintage)

James Halliday "...Its duty is to be fresh, fruit-driven and medium-bodied, the tannins incidental. And so it is." (2017 vintage)

Huok Hooke "Deep, bright, youthful purple colour, with a lovely fresh, bright, alluring mulberry, cassis and raspberry fragrance. The wine is fresh and young but also soft and very approachable, with fine, soft tannins. It's medium-bodied at most, and utterly delicious. Good now and for quite a few years hence." (2017 vintage)

James Halliday "...It is a joyous wine, revelling in its blend of blackcurrant, blackberry and plum fruit. Made with minimal oak contact, retaining maximum fruit freshness." (2016 vintage)

Huon Hooke "Deep red colour with a good tint of purple. The bouquet is berry-like and pepperminty, with overtones of linament and tomato bush. The wine is medium to full-bodied and has appropriate tannins, which finish with some firmness. A wine of good intensity that would repay cellaring. " (2016 vintage)

Ned Goodwin MW "....Vibrant, with the real flow from beginning to graceful end, this elegant wine is ready to drink now...High pitched red and black currant aromas are varnished with hints of licorice and Australian scrub, as blue gum menthol notes streak across the grainy, mid-weighted palate." (2015 vintage)

Huon Hooke "Medium to deep red/purple colour. The aromas are of raspberry and peppermint are attractive, fresh and clean if a touch simple. Medium to full-body and early drinkabiliity is key here. Nice wine, especially if the price is right." (2015 vintage)

Chris Shanahan "The wine delivers Coonawarra’s deep, ripe, berry flavours, medium body and elegant structure, without the overlay of oak or other winemaker inputs seen in wines made for cellaring." (2015 vintage)

Winsor Dobbin, Launceston Examiner "When it comes to affordable reds for everyday drinking it's hard to go past this delicious blend" (2015 vintage)

Campbell Mattinson "Great buying. Beautifully presented"

Ralph Kyte-Powell, The Age "If you like classically minty Coonawarra reds you'll enjoy this."

Majella is one of the most awarded small Australian wineries. It is family-owned and based in the famous Coonawarra wine region of South Australia. The Coonawarra wine region is characterized by its soils, known far and wide as “terra Rossa” - literally “red earth”.

The Coonawarra “Terra Rossa” forms a long, linear shape, little more than 20km long, and in parts only a few kilometres wide.

This soil is regarded as one of the premium viticultural soils of the world and Majella is fortunate that its vineyards are situated on the eastern edge of this famous “red stripe”.