Jan Konetzki

9.3

Ex-cellar bottle did exactly what it says on the tin. Very frech, aromatic, few aging notes of autumn leaves, pencil shavings and Forrest floor. Juicy, good acidity. Tannins are pleasingly soft by age — 8 years ago

Barbie Messa

9.5

Color density was shockingly rich for a 30 year old wine, but nose and palate showed the graceful aging of this absolute classic. Graphite, pencil dust, wet Forrest floor, touch of green pepper, very little primary fruit, but just a touch of black plum and tart cherry. Wonderful, but felt it was missing that "other-worldly" character that stops time and space. — 8 years ago

Scott Taddeo

9.2

Fragrant red berries, forrest fruits, raw meat, potpourri, candied ginger and a hint of smoke. Juicy, tannic, lengthy. Ticks so many boxes!! — 8 years ago

Giancarlo Cicero

9.3

2012 vintage - huge, forrest floor on the nose, earthy — 9 years ago

with Heath

Tyler McNulty

9.4

Sometimes its all in the dirt. Forrest floor, mushroom, and a pepper finish. It tastes like the land of old. — 9 years ago

with Matthew

Daacat Daacat

9.1

Good price, fruity and simple, good for a hot summer day.
elderflower,passionfruit, lemon. — 10 years ago

Scott Cunningham

Owner/Importer Bottleneck Wines

9.8

Reminds me of a Mountain Bike ride during the fall in Park City. Decaying Forrest floor, dried leaves, lavender, violets. Red and blue fruits, allspice, beautiful (yet) heavy integration of oak, persistent finish. Best wine I've tasted this year (Feb 21, '14) — 10 years ago

Casey Robertson

9.2

Amazing light crisp white with green apple, lemon ... Brings us back to New Zealand and our honeymoon!
— 8 years ago

Trevor Loomis

9.2

I have drunk cases of this wine over the last 8 years, I'm personal friends with Bob, Dinah, John and Brigid. This wine has surprised me for years. Back in 2008 we thought the wine was falling over so we tried to sell it out through the cellar door, but it just keeps going. I had another bottle with my wife the other night and it didn't disappoint. Beautiful savory notes on the nose and the palate. Lashings of tobacco, dried herbs and iodine on the nose with a touch of molasses. On the palate flavours of stewed plums, herbs, iodine and slightly gamey. Lovely integrated oak with silky fine grain tannins on the finish. This wine just keeps going. The only fault would be the corks are dried out and a bitch to get out in one piece. Gordon Russell is an icon and one of New Zealand's greatest winemakers. — 8 years ago

Amanda Joffee

9.3

Great value under 20! Notes of bright red berries, forrest floor, and black tea. — 9 years ago

Dick Schinkel

9.4

Purchased just after release at the celler after a great tasting with Pere and his daughter Maria.
Made from 80 years old Cariñena and Garnacha 50/50 blend.
Great nose with black and blue berries, plums, a touch vanilla, authum forrest, spices from the Porrea hills, drinking this wine 8 times over the last 10 years and is now fully mature the hard edges are gone and has mellowed out, still full bodied, well balanced and smooth tannins, nice mineral touch, long aftertaste..... Sadly my last bottle of this 2000 vintage..... — 9 years ago

Sergio Licea

8.9

Earth driven wine, pottery soil, pea tendrils, mushrooms, forrest floor, black pepper, dried blackberry. Excellent acidity, medium bodied, slight dusty tannin finish. — 9 years ago

Nate Redner

9.5

Lots of dried fruit. Straw. Forrest funkiness. — 10 years ago

with Mike and Michael

Craig Becraft

9.0

Slightly softened with age but still luscious fruit with the underlying spice Forrest licorice and earth — 8 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.1

When i first reviewed this wine i was unimpressed. However This stuff is beautiful now. Smooth tannins. Cherry notes. Forrest floor? May be this is great because of the dessert climate around me - Anza Borrego. — 8 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.3

I need more cab franc in my collection. Love the clean, bright chalkiness and pure forrest fruit flavors in this wine. — 8 years ago

with Sarah

Cody Short

9.8

Everything great Bordeaux should be. Cork crumbled in the Durand but first sniff and I knew it was on. Waves of saddle leather, tobacco, cedar, forrest floor and cherries. The wine was intense but more feminine than I expected, a great balance. Truly one of the best and most memorable bottles I've had the last few years. This is what drinking wine is all about, experiences that shake you to your core. — 9 years ago

Darin Kendrick

9.2

I simply couldn't help myself. Black cherry, forrest floor and mineral, acidity across the palate...gangs all here but it's going to take awhile. — 9 years ago

Dmitri

9.2

Dark as the deepest depths of Mordor. Volcanic ash, bing cherries, cocoa, umami, rose petals, forrest leaves. Powerful tannins and great acidicy. When it opens up, more of the brighter berries comes out, like ripe raspberries. Captivating. Wish I could try an older vintage. — 10 years ago

Large Juggs

9.0

Good wine. Syrah. From Forrest and Cassandra. — 11 years ago