Ed Merrison

9.3

Cork looked rooted so this was such a pleasant surprise. The nose shows hay, honey, baked peach and botrytis marmalade character, as well as a blue cheese and toast note. The palate is delightfully textured - medium-bodied and waxy smooth - with intense flavours of all that was on the nose, including (off-putting for some?) the blue cheese, while that hay-honey-citrus combines for a kind of sweet herbal lemon concoction. The finish is long, the acidity sneaking under the fruit and snaking it out with luscious complexity from go to woah. — 11 years ago

Will Chesebro

Assistant winegrower Chesebro Wines

8.9

Great poundability from a local fruit concoction. — 11 years ago

Alder Yarrow

Wine Blogger Vinography

9.4

Oh man. Old school valdigue FTW. Should have bought more of this spicy berry and wet stone concoction. Killer juice, Rorick! — 11 years ago

Joel Pennington #❤️🐢🍷

Owner/Winemaker Slow Turtle Vineyard

9.6

Add some cubes and water to make an excellent pre-dinner concoction. The Aussie crowd is digging the Austin import. — 11 years ago

Lendry Lee

9.1

2010. Very enjoyable. Lemon passion fruit concoction on the entry with bready nutty mid palate.followed by medium to long juicy citrus finish. Yummy. — 11 years ago

Justin Hansohn

10

The apples for this brew had to have been in pristine and well-defined condition. The skins and flesh of these apples must have been absolutely perfect when they were squished to oblivion. This has the energy of a super-conscious being exuding from it. There is just no other way to circle around the precise quality of this concoction in words at this moment. Rose petals, slightly underripe red apples (not delicious red), and the essence of a very juicy lipped blonde...I would lick this off the counter if it spilled, which is what just happened. I spent 10 minutes to contemplate the juice on the counter along with the shards of my former Riedel glass. I hope this happens again soon. — 11 years ago

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Steve Matthiasson

Owner/Winemaker Matthiasson Wines

10

NV but fairly old, this delicious concoction is part apple cider, part older champagne. Delightful and unexpected, need to find a source of this in the US. — 12 years ago

Ulrich Rieger

9.1

A drop of honey, some nuts, a hint of herbs - a wonderfully balanced concoction with a spicy finish. A love letter from Islay! — 11 years ago

Courtney Cochran

Sommelier/Host hiptastes.com

8.9

Beguiling medium garnet hue, a hint of violet coming thru both in color and aroma upon swirling. Set your nose this task: seek out the rhubarb spread notion, the pomegranate seed explosion, the Christmas cake concoction. From there, have your palate investigate the suggestion of pink peppercorn, juicy red plum, dash of herbal savior faire and flirtation of holly. Want more? Take in the oak leaf in autumn, the micro-plane-d cherry Starburst, the peppy minerality. That all this delicious comes replete in a lean, generous-but-decent profile rife with energetic-freeze-dried-strawberry attitude and a POV calibrated to the always-a-good-idea South of France 👉🏻 means you'll be super happy sipping this on your porch come Saturday. And really, what more do we want?? — 11 years ago

Justin Hansohn

9.2

Once again so delicious I had a hard time sharing the pleasure of this beautiful lady. Acidity came through like a refreshing waterfall to wash away any possibility that something else is out of balance in this concoction. I love french pink bubbles and any opportunity to drink the stuff usually lasts but a short moment, this case being no exception, especially when the minerals of Champagne are missing. This considerable effort is obvious and deserves respect. Any day would i spend contemplating the length as to which this attacks my palette and quenches my thirst in perfect harmony. Helping a friend spend $50 on wine purchasing 3 bottles minimum can go a long way with this kind of pleasure involved. His favorite...easily could be predicted in this case. I fear that he just told me we need to be drinking more pink bubbles...another love affair has been struck and soon another bank account will be liquidated. — 11 years ago