Benjamin Hickey

9.5

Vineyard is very close to the sea on old sea bed picking up minerals and fine grainy tannin. 2 years new French oak, 1 year old oak and 2 years in polymer. Very nice structure. — 10 years ago

Kim Callender

9.0

Finally opened the last bottle of wine from our cross-country road trip to San Francisco 5 1/2 years ago. It held up surprisingly well! #wine #winetravel #ohiowine #wineeverywhere — 10 years ago

Tom Wood

9.0

Commendations on being a 1 in 20 enjoyable pinot gris, absolutely love it! — 11 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

A brilliant wine. 1 of the top 10 wines this year for me. A plum infused minerality...... Rain on a hot bitumen road". A powerful persistent yet balanced palate showing great ripeness but not overdone. Most tasters would not pick this as NZ - more probably Australian. This wine would compete favourably in any International Shiraz competition. 18.5+. — 11 years ago

Donald Patz

Owner/Winemaker Patz & Hall

9.8

Wall Road vineyard is the old Carr Vineyard after it had been sold. 1 last time - Dave Abreu farmed it.
— 12 years ago

with Patz and Sung

Mallory Laumann

9.7

Thanksgiving 2013 #1 — 12 years ago

Becky Flanagan

9.9

Had at Turf Club at Disney with Kathie & Kevin. 1/21/13 — 13 years ago

M

8.9

20060302 Cru w25062w to w24462w
Drank 20170101
Pair with Vietnamese pork, butter lettuce, Spain 5j ham cubes, truffle cheese, black olive, beef ri.

Nose: from little to rich plum and licorice
Taste: from little to rich plum and licorice, dark plum, yummy. Licorice comes out in an hour and accompanies well.
Color: dark
Good after 1 hour, finally finish in 2 hours, good

The 2007 Zippy's Block Shiraz is a sound effort indeed and displays the characteristics of a premium Barossa Valley red. Two Hands Wines have created a single vineyard series, of which Zippy's Block Shiraz is a major player, and this particular vintage, although tough, still resulted in a top notch wine.
EXPERT REVIEWS

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - 93 pts - The 2007 Shiraz Zippy's Block from Roennfeldt Road in the Marananga sub region of Barossa Valley, is a brooding, burly wine with a splendid nose of plum, tar, licorice, smoke, game, and blueberry. On the palate it is surprisingly restrained, bordering on elegant. Savory, ripe, and medium-long, it will be approachable in 1-2 years and drink well for a decade thereafter. - Dec 2009

James Halliday's Wine Companion - 92 pts - More life here, with some red fruit providing lift to the concentrated fruitcake and chocolate beneath; the oak and fruit work in tandem and provide a rich, but not overwhelming level of interest on the finish; chewy with some nerve to conclude. Date tasted 26 Feb 2009, drink by 2020.

Wine Spectator - 91 pts - This spicy red is distinctive for its star anise and cigar box overtones around a plump, chewy core of blackberry, plum and dried blueberry flavors, persisting through a solid frame of fine tannins. Best from 2011 through 2019. 750 cases made. -HS, Oct 2009 — 10 years ago

Steve The Wine Guy

Cellarbrations at Cottesloe Western Australia, Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW)

9.4

Lovely aromatics, subtle spice and cedary oak complexity. Really velvety texture and fresh layered fruit flavours. In fact excellent integration of flavour all round! I am really stoked about this wine. It's a sexy, elegant silk dress....made from fruit. And yes.... I would wear it.
After I dig out of this hole! — 11 years ago

with Krystal

Tal Yaacovi

9.6

special Oscar wine #1 — 11 years ago

Kristi 18

9.0

1/2 wine night at Eurasia. Nice bold wine — 12 years ago

Holly Ange

9.1

Aromas of butter and citrus. Pineapple, vanilla, and oak flavors. Well-balanced. — 12 years ago

Daniela Caniglia

9.8

All concrete. 900 cases. Nice acids, nice crisp, smooth. Great with seafood, 15/1 13/ BTG — 13 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

8.9

14.5% alc.
Fermented in 40% new and 60% 1-2 year old French oak barrels.
835 cases produced. — 10 years ago

with Kurt-Inge

Adam Plotkin

9.0

1 more for the road! #IPNC #Sonoma — 11 years ago

Doctor No

8.9

Good stuff. Balanced but fairly run of the mill. — 11 years ago

with Doug

Chris Monahan

9.2

2009 vintage. Swilling with la familia. $75 @ total wine. Opened up nicely after 1-1/2 hour decant. A very bold wine went well with grilled portobello and collard greens. — 11 years ago

Jay Kulkin

9.8

This was really the 09 975 ovx.,,,, smooth, fruit forward at 1 hour decanted..,,,the best! — 11 years ago

Kevin Yen

9.7

2014/3/21@An-Fu Rd Party — 12 years ago

Gregory Fulchiero

9.1

Fruit bomb ... Maybe, delicious .... Absolutely ! Best on day 4 so far ! — 13 years ago