John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.0

Really nice and affordable. Aged well fir a metal enclosure as well. — 5 years ago

Carly A

9.5

Raspberry, Pomegranate, blackberry, baking spice, green pepper, eathy. Dry finish. — 6 years ago

Simone Pizzi

10

Tasted at the estate with the owner, it has been an emotional explosion. It's hard to describe... Authentic, elegant and complex, although still young this wine is pure emotion, with an endless aftertaste that favours meditation. The vines are grown according to respectful and natural methods, Flavio is a true depositary of piedmontese ancestral viticulture. The vineyard itself is idyllic, bursting with biodiversity and showing all the mastery of the man who works it. The winemaking technique is traditional, slow, the cellar is carved in the tuff soil, extra humid with the bare stone still visible. For me it is a perfect match — 6 years ago

Dennis Michael

9.3

Yes metal, iron whatever. Better with steak, needs to breathe. Good. Worth $30? Idk. — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.6

🥂 Valentines 💕 Bolly @ £71 in sexy metal box 😍 Quite a unique pink 🍾

🍇 72% PN, 28% Ch & 7% red wine

🍷 Soft peach salmon pink

👃 Subtle red fruits through grapefruit w/ minerals galore, zested honey, sweet biscuit, brioche, dried raspberry, mashed pairs, rose water, chamilia & fuchsia w/ a touch of new oak

👄 Med bodied fine mousse of creamy grapefruit biscuit driven red fruits w/ dry minerals oozing through dried raspberry & hint of peach

🎯 Med+ grapefruit & red fruit biscuity dry peach linger — 8 years ago

Kim Stanbro

9.4

Earthy, peat moss, metal on the nose, silky on the tongue. Smuggled in Jo's dirty undies through airport security- thankfully no hint of that. — 8 years ago

with Turd, Dave and 1 other

Paul T HB

9.5

New bottle I've never heard of made by Aaron Pott,
Clone 4 & 337 adjacent to Meteor Vineyard
Accessible early, but still gave it a 2 hour decant to start, nice $60.00 bottle
Actually Barrel + ink winery not bare bottom,
Actually Bare Bottom is more appropriate since today is Naked gardening day🤷‍♂️, true story, saw it on the news (l) — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.3

Earthy aromas with ripe plum notes - a very Otago nose albeit in the lighter spectrum. Same notes transfer to the medium bodied sappy palate. Not as full bodied as I was expecting. Quite Burgundian in weight and texture. Made by the equally earthy Nick Mills, owner and winemaker who made his presentation at Pinot NZ 2018 in Wellington in bare feet. Rippon is biodynamic and chemical free. I subsequently had a nice chat with him - a genuine bloke. Must be one of the prettiest vineyard scenes anywhere in the world sloping up from Lake Wanaka. Whilst this is classed as Central Otago this is not as full bodied as the Bannockburn/Felton Road district. — 5 years ago

David Kline

9.3

Atop heady iodine, wet mossy and pine bio, green apple sliced thin, melon, lemon and lime peel, smoky glazed ham with pineapple, igneous grind, dried sunflower blossom, jasmine, fall maple leaves, roasted corn with sweet chillies, cinnamon, and the faintest matchstick sail memory scents. Instantly warm and welcoming ginger candy, caramel, leather, graphite, cinnamon oil, hazelnut, pine sap, mint, calvados, cherry stem, eucalyptus, tangerine oil, lime, and jalapeño. Intense and lingering, filling the mouth beyond its capacity to taste. Really lovely Talisker manifestation conjuring metal and stone textures like some dark tale of briny ghosts! #Talisker #scotch #scotchwhisky #scotchwhiskey #whiskey #whisky #TaliskerStorm #singlemalt #Isleofskye #Scotland #madebythesea #classicmaltsselection #Islay — 6 years ago

with Courtney

John Cuff

9.0

Stunning bang for you buck. Clare Riesling with a bit of “work” and a hint of RS to flesh out the mouth feel and calm that awesome acidity. — 7 years ago

Paco Suro

9.2

Smoky. Rich. Coffee notes. Yum. — 8 years ago

Justin Hansohn

9.4

Fantastic. Shining right from the beginning with all kinds of regal depth and intensity on the nose; leather, metal, rocks. In the mouth it is light silky and soft with a finish of bright shining Chardonnay. This is a pleasure to drink and great with all sorts of food. The transparency that shows as it evolves in my mouth allows the space for any of the foods this evening to play nicely. Also plenty good by itself. Everyone in any situation should love this wine. Magnum only. Value for sure. — 8 years ago

Keith Crump

9.5

2010 this is an excellent Hermitage great nose of dark fruits and briars velvet with some metal, wonderful lingering flavours and not a prohibitive cost — 8 years ago

Keaton Kail

9.4

Happily malted citrus peel. — 5 years ago

Alex Lallos

Owner No Limit Fine Wines, Private Wine Consultant

9.4

Wowie. Dark, ripe, dry tannins, deep red fruits and iron. Showing some secondary aromas and flavors (espresso, rusty metal and earth) but tons of fruit to boot. This is in a great place but will keep evolving beautifully for years I suspect — 5 years ago

with Lee

David Shaw

9.0

A field blend of Cabernet Franc, Tannat and Malbec (50/25/25). Dense purple red, moderately to highly extracted pigment. A hint of butter, leaf, herb, armpit funk and spice in nose. Underripe and ripe raspberry and blackberry flavors, slightly sour finish with some seed bitterness. Rustic style, old school production but highly drinkable, even on first pouring. This is real artisanal product, for those unclear on the concept. After 30 minutes, black currant fruit leather flavor emerges. Wine remains somewhat tart after 60 minutes. Two hours later, cherry flavor emerges. If you like your wines fresh, look no further. — 7 years ago

Addison walz

10

Metal mouth — 7 years ago

with Jeffrey, Jason and 2 others

Daniel M

9.0

Nose of cherry, earth, metal, very appealing. The palate is all fruit with an acid back bone. But what a fruit! Cherries do indeed explode as if we'd be chewing some fresh summer ones. The finish is alright with cherry and metal notes. The more I drink this wine the more I wonder why I keep buying low level, regional appellation burgundy Pinot. — 8 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.4

I have nothing to add to Robert Parker's spot-on take on the 2013: "The wine shows rich, saddle-leather-infused coffee and chocolaty blackberry fruit and plenty of robust, bordering on rustic flavors. This is a pedal-to-the-metal, fun wine and very well-made; a big, substantial mouthful of wine..." — 8 years ago

Ted

9.6

This is very good. Rusty metal, cherry, wet earth. It's been out for a few hours now. Gotta pace myself. Church tonight. — 9 years ago

with Jeni