Brendan Murphy

9.1

Great Cali pinot! Orange Zest and Brass set this one apart. Brass/sanguine minerality. Solid, wish it was stored better. — 4 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.5

W&S Top 100. Come one, you know me. Loire Cab Franc in the lineup. The brass from W&S must have known I was coming. I’d happily buy that. — 5 years ago

with Mark

David Kline

9.4

Avocado seed brown, roiling body with cream snow drifts, and woodcut tsunami wave lacings that vanish to swishes. Dried vines, roasted hazelnut, light but raw cane sugar, cinnamon toast, Swedish licorice with salt, dark applesauce, and a pleasant, funkiness from an earthbound tuber; rutabaga? Heavenly mouthfeel! Near perfect! What texture. A revelatory experience. Clearly enlightened monks inspired by the divine. Tea biscuit, toast, dark almond, balanced malt, cocoa nibs, marbled rye, nutmeg and a shimmery minerality that vibrates like wound brass across the tastebuds. Coffee and tea in silver rounds out your breakfast fare. — 5 years ago

Jacquie Wallace

10

Picked up at rye duty free shop in San Francisco. Easy drinking Cabernet at a great price. Recommend! — 6 years ago

Jacquie Wallace

10

If you like sweet wine this is the wine for you! Flavors of floral and peaches. — 6 years ago

Ron R

9.0

More celebrating. My Wifey’s mum’s 70th (and brother-in-law accessory.) She’s still rocking it. Super life event with family.
The wine is for the masses. 50 peeps plus. Drinking well. Barnyard nose. Smooth and balanced on the palette. Needs more time, but presented well tonight.
5L format. -20F here in Montreal. As we say in England: this temp will freeze the balls off a brass monkey 🐒 — 6 years ago

with Julie, Anne-marie and 1 other

Diane Withrow

8.9

Blackberries, old leather belt, well worn and made- with a brass buckle. Dark cherries tannins. Bitter chocolate. Deep and dark. — 7 years ago

Peter Isacksen

9.1

A delightful weekend wine. Pairs great with streak and lamb. I’m not a pessimist but yet love it. Brass and bold — 4 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.6

Full bodied, intense and extremely well balanced. Full concert from the quiet flutes to the brass to the booming drums. Satisfying mineral earthy, tobacco notes, lingering finish. — 4 years ago

with Tammy

SRosa

9.1

Look: dark cherry red leather well worn Smell: lemon, brass, iron, blood Taste: Currant, tar, black pepper, cognac, silt — 5 years ago

Ida Miller

9.5

Love this Pinot! Accidentally found it at the Brass Tap. Very crisp, slightly fruity — 6 years ago

Jacquie Wallace

10

Great medium bodied Merlot to have with dinner. — 6 years ago

Bambi Ray

9.3

A boisterous and unabashed wine! A Champagne that drinks like a New Orleans brass band playing at Jazz Fest! — 6 years ago

ADAM STROMFELD

9.5

WOW!! Cherry pie dark and huge!! Still soft tannins and elegant. Perfectly well balanced! Over the top!! This wine has brass b_ _ _ s!! Russell is a monster! — 7 years ago

with Frank, Rick and 1 other

Tom Casagrande

9.2

Bright brass color. Intense nose features burnt honey, acid-infused dried apricot, and clean slatey minerality. Not that sweet but beautifully balanced and intensely mineral. Long, refreshing finish. — 4 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.2

Hardy Wallace makes Familiar Blanc from a mixed bag of his best whites. So much I love. Stripped and oxidized just right - light brass. Salty tangerine butterscotch, bruised apple, apricot. — 5 years ago

M. Christopher Roebuck

9.2

Shiny brass in a glass.
Medium bodied, viscous swirl.
Piney grass, mountain pass.
Buttered fig, mouthful whirl.

92+ points — 5 years ago

Tom Frymire

9.1

From tCompany B. All bugles and brass. — 5 years ago

with Blake and Laura

Jacquie Wallace

10

Sweet with bold honey notes. Fav chilled summer sweet wine! — 6 years ago

Matt Trader

9.5

Another excellent wine! The Factor here is instead of co-fermented Shiraz/Vionier, this one is a 100% Shiraz. (Like my pun there?)

Anyway, down to brass tax. Pure expression of Shiraz from Barossa - you will be corrected by an Australian citizen if you say it "Bah-roe-ssah".. it is pronounced "Buh-raw-suh". Surprisingly, this wine was more floral in its aromatics than the two co-fermented wines, which I find Viognier brings to the mix. With their wines, smoke is definitely the theme, and with this one also comes aromas of jasmine tea, rosewater, decaying violets, a light tar component, dusty soil, espresso roast, bing cherry, black plum skin, and eucalyptus. The wine is dark, but even looks less rich than the RunRig and Descendant, with more medium plus tannins, and lean structure - over ripe strawberry, tobacco, charred beef, Smokey minerals, leather, black currant, and a textured finish. Beautiful layers to this wine, and less of the fruit forward nuances that a lot of Shiraz tends to have. Like a good Cornas. This wine really is a great reflection of the terrior of Barossa Valley, where there are the oldest Shiraz vines in the world, AND the oldest soils known on planet earth due to the fact that Australia has never seen an ice age, phylloxera, or any vine diseases. — 6 years ago