Matt Garrard

9.5

Good stuff 👌🏻 — 4 years ago

Big Wave Dave

9.1

More delicate and filigree than Wombat. Traditional chablis profile - citrus, some mineral and spice from oak. Linear and focused with strong acid spine. — 5 years ago

Devin Bostick

8.9

Leather, sorrel, cherry smell, dark ruby opaque color, meaty, jam, leather, tobacco, licorice, very strong and a bit meaty, finish is hot and sticky jam — 6 years ago

NatalieLynn Miller

9.2

Perfect with my steak & shrimp dinner! Not sweet at all (which is normally what I look for in wine).. I’m sure I’d be told to serve warm but wine for me must be cold. I’ll buy again for compliments to my meals. Could even see sipping it for a nightcap on cool nights. — 6 years ago

Moira Anne

9.5

Delicious and crisp wine, with slight berry note, but still quite dry and smooth. Great feature at total wine in VA — 8 years ago

LM Segal

9.7

Almost 2 yrs ago I wrote: "Half way through a case and the romance deepens. Giant scorched earth and oiled leather nose. Epic battle of extracted dark-red fruit sweetness and a light juicy acidity. All in a smooth-as-silk package. Ageing so gracefully, 10+ years from peaking." After last night I'll add: probably peaked after 2 hr decant, no need to wait but this has the tannins and pure extracted fruit to take it at least 10 more years. — 8 years ago

David Nicewicz

9.3

This was stubbornly closed and unyielding. I think a lot of 2000 BDX are in the same “quiet” spot right now. The normal Palmer bouquet was very muted here that was far more pronounced in the 2004 I opened a few weeks ago. I think this is a sleeping giant though as there is a dense velvety tannin structure that sits heavy on the tongue. I’m holding off opening the the rest of my bottles for a few more years. I think this has 9.7+ potential... — 4 years ago

Keith Crump

9.2

Any lovers of Australian reds would fall in love here, bright present but heaps of depth should have held on for another 7 years — 5 years ago

Big Wave Dave

9.1

Between Applejack and Sexton, this displays strawberries all day, with twists of mushroom funk, sandalwood spice, and red cherries. Good — 6 years ago

Justin Lock

9.4

Big giant Syrah! — 8 years ago

Will pope

9.8

I genuinely can't imagine a better tasting wine than this. Loved it. — 8 years ago

Peter Marks

Master of Wine, Educator Constellation Brands

9.0

Chardonnay, Russian River Valley. Unctuous, sleek and full bodied all at the same time. Gotta love the deft acidity, fresh fruit and rich toasty oak. — 9 years ago

Matthew Osenga

9.0

A little on the sweet side overall a good tasting wine. — 9 years ago

Kapyrick Wine

9.0

V17. Pretty good... opaque color. Smokey nose. Substantial black cherry fruit. Black pepper, chocolate and earthy finish. Nicely balanced . — 5 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.0

Prior notes from 125 weeks ago still apply although I didn’t find this full bodied like I said over 2 years ago. There was that stalkiness and more savoury than fruity. The Yarra Valley is so versatile and does all the great grape varieties well with the exception of Riesling which is not planted. — 5 years ago

Brett Nelson

9.2

Superb. Really nice - flavourful, juicy, fruity, smooth. Buy again soon — 6 years ago

Robert Mackie

8.9

Delicious fruity and unoaked — 7 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.2

Nose of peppercorns savoury spices and minerals Medium weight with plummy minerality coming through on the palate. Hawkes Bay NZ Syrah has always been a favourite of mine starting with Te Mata's Bull Nose Syrah 10 years ago. This Salo is made by leading Aussie winemaker Steve Flamsteed of Giant Steps in the Yarra Valley Tasted again 36 weeks later. Lacked a little mid palate fruit when compared to the Mt Langhi Cliff Edge which was a similar cool climate peppery Shiraz. I preferred the Langhi. — 8 years ago

Rose’s Cafe

9.3

Red berry with lots of tannin. This inexpensive label produces dependably good quality wine. — 9 years ago

Mike Searby

9.0

Attractive strawberries and fresh. Good length. Wined up here. — 9 years ago