Joe Lyons

9.3

Love Porter Creek small vintner needs a bigger following IMO — 3 months ago

with Michelle

Ellen Clifford

8.9

Quite nice. For the price. Say it once. Say it thrice. I drank this as I a) tried to avoid eating everything in my kitchen for the what-day-of-quarantine-are-we? day and b) tried to learn to appreciate Fiona Apple. I want to like her so much more but I feel she’ll be like Mars Volta. It’ll be an “okay I’ll let that shuffle choice play” until one day it hits and I’M IN. Maybe.
Ahem.
So lots of citrus and vanilla. Maybe some fake oak things I didn’t like up front but given time and air I appreciated the weight against the punchy greens and acid. Much as I’ll appreciate the slow cords against Fiona’s spoken-word-esque lyrics someday maybe.
But in all truth yeah I like this wine. It coats the mouth and ballasts they soul and has a lot going on for the price. And takes a minute to appreciate but it’s good for an evening. — 4 years ago

Michelle Campbell

9.4

I like it! It's pretty sweet and floral, easy to drink. — 6 years ago

Graham Brooks

8.9

Dry medium bodied slightly peppery and cherry flavours. Not very manic but enjoyed with Greek beef stew and mashed potatoes at Kellari restaurant in Beeston. — 3 months ago

Samantha Schalop

9.0

Loved this. Had with Fiona and taylor — 3 years ago

Tracy Hall

9.0

Christmas toast with Fiona! — 5 years ago

Brian Grech

9.1

I will be buying this every time I can find it. Good northern Rhône action at a very reasonable price point. With Fiona — 6 years ago

with Ashley

Daithí Lambert

9.2

From Mark and Fiona 2021 Christmas — 2 years ago

with Sorcha

Palmer Emmitt

Owner/Winemaker Judge Palmer

9.4

The nose is pleasant but a bit musty and tired, like I’ve rented a 150 year-old farmhouse on the coast of Ireland for a quiet weekend away. Upstairs, in an old sock drawer, is an ancient bag of potpourri containing dried herbs, crusty rose petals, and lumpy brittle strawberries that mingle with the peat and damp hay drifting through the air. The palate is fresher, brighter, the same but somehow newer, like the proprietor of the old house, a 30-ish strawberry blond named Fiona, whose great-great-grandfather built this place with his bare hands, has burst through the front door to greet me with a wink and wry smile. Like her, this wine is feminine but not delicate, stout but not burly, complex but not ostentatious. I’ll spare you any further indulgence of this tortured metaphor, but this wine is nearly everything you want in a mature Barolo – the acid is bracing in a good way, the tannin fully resolved, the balance exquisite, the length prodigious. — 4 years ago

Alex Lallos

Owner No Limit Fine Wines, Private Wine Consultant

9.1

Don't be fooled. This is more than perfectly drinkable. It is clean and definitely identifiable as chinon... tasted with wholesale buyers and our tasting group and got 'wows' all round... you'll find this in Paris bistros and only via balanced wine selections in the USA.... really great drink. PM me for more info — 6 years ago