1990 Cabernet Merlot
Healthy colour; a fuller, riper bouquet with sweet fruit and cedary oak; the light to medium bodied palate, likewise, has sweet berry fruit giving good mouthfeel and length.
Peak drinking: Now – 2009.

1989 Cabernet Merlot
Colour still holding well; lifted cassis, mint, leaf spice aromas plus touches of chocolate and cedar, then a medium-bodied palate, still holding sweet fruit with notes of leaf and mint; good length.
Peak drinking: Now – 2006.

1988 Cabernet Sauvignon
Significantly more fruit than the older wines, with dark berry, cassis/blackberry, and weight to the finish.
Peak drinking: Now – 2008.

1987 Lilydale Cabernet Sauvignon
Light to medium red-brown; a savoury/dusty/earthy/truffly bouquet, with some spicy flavours coming through on the palate; has length and good finish. The name 'Lilydale' was recognised by the EU, Yarra Valley not. Only used for the 1987 vintage.
Peak drinking: Now – 2005.

1986 The Cabernets
Despite its low alcohol, still holding, light and lively, but does show some green, under-ripe flavours.
Peak drinking: Now.

1985 Cabernet Sauvignon Four Vineyards
The bouquet is diminished, fully developed with some earthy overtones, but the palate still has powerful structure and (within the context of the Yarra) plenty of tannins.
Peak drinking: Now.

1998 Pinot Noir
Colour: bright, fresh, full red. Bouquet: fragrant, damson plum fruit aromas. Palate: clean, fresh and silky, but perhaps slightly simple. Has good length, and might still improve.
Peak drinking: Now - 2007.

1997 Pinot Noir
Colour: youthful, still with hints of purple. Bouquet: a complex and intense web of predominantly primary pinot fruit. Palate: much deeper and more powerful than any wine since 1992; lots of plum and briary varietal fruit; good oak.
Peak drinking: Now - 2008.

1996 Pinot Noir
Colour: very good light red. Bouquet: aromatic cherry, plum, spice and a touch of forest floor. Palate: cherry and plum fruit; great mouthfeel, line and length; finest possible lingering tannins. Will never be better than it is now, but should hold for some years to come.
Peak drinking: Now - 2008.

1995 Pinot Noir
Colour: quite youthful. Bouquet: aromas of cherry along with more minerally/savoury notes. Palate: surprisingly bright and fresh, with strawberry fruit; light, but holding in there very well. At its peak, but should hold for a couple of years yet.
Peak drinking: To 2006.

1994 Pinot Noir
Colour: light brick-red. Bouquet: lifted, fragrant, spicy/foresty/savoury notes along with that elusive aroma of violets. Palate: rounded and soft, with attractive cherry fruit surrounded by the more savoury characters. Fine tannins, excellent length and acidity. Definitely at its peak, but will hold for a few years yet.
Peak drinking: To 2006.

1991 Pinot Noir
Another level of complexity and intensity, with spice, stalk, game and forest floor aromas, which are reflected on the palate, joined by cherry and dark plum fruit. Winner of the George Mackey Award for the best wine exported from Australia in calendar 1992.
Peak drinking: Now – 2006.

1990 Pinot Noir
As it was from an early age, much lighter in colour; intriguing five-spice aromas, the palate, notwithstanding its development, quite elegant and fresh. The fruit is dropping, however, and the wine should be drunk sooner rather than later; by 2005 at the latest.
Peak drinking: Now – 2005.

1989 Pinot Noir
Very light spicy, savoury aromas and flavours; some fragrance and remnants of cherry fruit. Once again only for those who like old pinot, and to be drunk ASAP.
Peak drinking: Now.

1988 Four Vineyards Pinot Noir
Good colour for a 15-year-old pinot; the bouquet lives up to the promise of the colour, with plenty of power to the mix of cherry, plum and forest floor aromas. The palate, likewise, has plenty of mid-palate fruit, providing both depth and complexity.
Peak drinking: Now - 2006.

1987 New Pinot
Light brick red; was made to be consumed within two years of vintage, and it is amazing the wine still has anything left to offer. Only for those who like old pinot noir, however.
Peak drinking: Now.

1986 Three Vineyards Pinot Noir
Light to medium red-brown; a fully developed but quite fragrant bouquet has a complex mix of plum, truffle, mushroom, spice and a hint of sandalwood. The palate still has life and complexity, lengthened by a twist of fractionally green acidity on the finish.
Peak drinking: Now.

1985 Pinot Noir
Light to medium red-brown; fully developed; a savoury bouquet with spice, leather and a faint hint of mint; the palate has started to thin out, but while clearly past its best, is not broken.
Peak drinking: Now.

1998 Reserve Pinot Noir
Colour: clear, but full red. Bouquet: far greater complexity than the varietal, with some lifted black cherry, plum and briar aromas. Palate: dominated by the sweet plum flavours at its centre. Considerable depth and structure to the tannins; obvious oak. Does show the warmer vintage.
Peak drinking: Now - 2009.

1997 Reserve Pinot Noir
Colour: deeper, but also very good hue. Bouquet: more complex and intense than the varietal, with dark fruits, all-spice aromas and a touch of forest. Palate: more structure than the varietal, due in part to the lingering tannins. Has largely eaten up the oak in which it was matured.
Peak drinking: Now - 2008+.

1996 Reserve Pinot Noir
Colour: deeper than the varietal, but similar hue. Bouquet: complex array of spice, plum, forest and cedar aromas. Palate: exceptional power, structure and texture to the mix of cherry and plum fruit. The new oak is evident but not dominant. 
Peak drinking: 2008+.

1995 Reserve Pinot Noir
Colour: light red brick. Bouquet: showing slightly mushroomy/earthy, bottle-developed characters, not at all unpleasant. Palate: rounder and fuller than the varietal; dark cherry, leather and foresty flavours.
Peak drinking: Drink now.

1994 Reserve Pinot Noir
Colour: deeper than the varietal. Palate: more structure, with spice and herb flavours. A wine with very distinct bottle variation owing to the cork problems.
Peak drinking: Best drunk up quickly.

1991 Reserve Pinot Noir
Fuller again than the varietal wine, with a similar mix of spice, game, forest floor and cherry aromas, the palate with greater structure, and some new charry oak still evident in the background. Definite life in front of it.
Peak drinking: Now – 2007.

1985 Shiraz
An attractive curio, still holding quite good colour; as with all of the wines from the 1980s, light to medium bodied, and the lack of concentration is now showing through.
Peak drinking: Now.