Colgin IX Estate Proprietary Red Blend 2017

The 2017 “IX Estate” beams with a sense of purpose and place from the glass. In its youth, this vintage has continually shown enhanced soil-driven aromas such as iron and graphite, along with the sappy wild sage that grows in the periphery of this site. Raspberry and marzipan combine with juniper and nutmeg, adding complexity at every sip. The 2017 “IX Estate” offers a balance of firm yet pleasurable structure and harmonious succulence. The 2017 “IX Estate” retains focus and purity combined with heightened acidity ensuring it will last for decades. Blend:  68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Cabernet Franc, 11% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot. 

98 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2017 IX Estate is composed of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Cabernet Franc, 11% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot. Opaque purple-black coloured, the nose is quite closed and shy to begin, slowly unfurling to reveal freshly crushed blackberries, mulberries and blackcurrants, plus suggestions of dusty soil, bouquet garni, pencil lead and cast-iron pan with gentle wafts of sandalwood, cardamom, rare beef and black tea. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is built like a brick house, strutting incredibly ripe yet super firm tannins. It has lovely, uplifting freshness to help define all those black fruits and savoury layers, finishing with epic length. It needs time, but this should be incredibly nuanced and long-lived!

98 Points - Jeb Dunnuck

Blackcurrants, tobacco, gravelly earth, and lead pencil notes emerge from the 2017 IX Estate, which has a Chateau Latour-like austerity and class. Coming from vines around the estate, high up on Pritchard Hill, it builds beautifully on the palate. It is full-bodied and massively concentrated, yet haexquisiteng balance as well as polished, silky tannins. Enough can't be said about the quality coming from this estate, and this is another magical wine that will stand up to the greatest Cabernets in the world. Hide bottles for 5-7 years (if you have more patience than I do) and enjoy over the following 40-50 years.

97 Points - James Suckling

Intense aromas of blackberries, blueberries, light wet earth and fresh flowers. Chewy, polished tannins tighten the palate with dark fruit-like black cherries. Juicy and intense. So classic and polished. Needs four to five years to soften. November 2020 release. Try after 2024.

94 Points - Wine Spectator

Features a warm, plush, forward, fruit-driven profile, with waves of fig, blackberry and black currant preserves nicely melded together. It shows a pinch of slightly woodsy grip on the finish, but the fruit overcomes that, ending with echoes of charcoal and espresso cream. A solid underlying grip will help cellaring—best from 2021 through 2033.