This is wonderful. Bright and fresh. A dazzling midpalate with Cristal sweetness, lemon, a steely drive. Powerful and beautifully balanced. Great stuff with decades ahead of it — 8 years ago
Aromas of red cherry, raspberry, pomegranate and sweet tobacco. Multi-layered flavors of red, blue and black berry fruit, plums, cherries and a hint of blood orange underpin subtle layers of exotic spice and toast. Fine tannins and balanced acidity drive a long finish. Very Good. — 9 years ago
Unbelievably great! Cedar, vanilla, very heavy blackberry. Bold and lingers. — 11 years ago

So much potential! The first out of my six that I bought prearrival, and opened to soon. Great dark fruit and drive to cut the ribeye that we enjoyed, but the best is yet to come foe this claret! — 12 years ago
My wife loves this wine — 13 years ago
Easy smooth red — 8 years ago
My first introduction to Shiraz. It was really good. Flavors of black berries, coffee, leather and chocolate. Smooth tannins after 30 minutes of decanting. — 8 years ago
A bit of CO2 at first but the bubbles go away after a while. On the nose : a bit of honey, peach, hay. Interesting and profound. The palate is wide and full of fruits, the acid backbone is a bit overwhelmed except at the end where the acid backbone comes back to drive the palate to a moderately long finish with peach. Cool wine ! — 8 years ago
Sure did make an impression. Big, rich, textural, stunning acid drive. Pears, apples, limes, and layers of molten honey! Likely some bot even - hints of it on the palate. Utterly delicious.
Add notes: Domaine des Roches Neuves. Biodynamic focus. L'Insolite - 80+ year old Chenin vines, clayey-limestone, sandstone and flint subsoil. — 10 years ago
Time is going to help this. — 11 years ago
WOW! Extraordinary "nervosite". Exquisite line and drive, rising 7 and still a pup. An easy 93-94/10 — 12 years ago
Soft tannin. Complex and yummy. Tasting Shiraz and this was my favorite — 13 years ago
Tastes and smells like blackberries — 13 years ago
After 10 years this is absolutely fabulous. Throw the French or English kings of cheese at it, and it will match them nobly — 8 years ago
Nice smooth taste — 8 years ago
Rockstar of the family — 10 years ago
Complex, oaky, long finish. — 11 years ago
Just brilliant. All round smooth and easy. A little pepper but mostly rounded black current and plum with a hint of oaky dryness. — 11 years ago
This was the 2010 vintage - very, very good Aussie red — 12 years ago
Dark buttered toast. Dark compact and spicy power $14.99 — 13 years ago
A touch candied apricot flavors, but with amazing acidity and drive. Awesome length and so very, very pure. — 13 years ago
Shiraz (70%), Cabernet Sauvignon (23%), Merlot (7%)
2009
Padthaway, Australia — 14 years ago
Johnno Harris
On the improve perhaps? Really lovely. Acid ingrained with other phenolic and textural elements. Fine yet generous in flavour. Ripe stone fruit and the kernel. First class. 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽 — 7 years ago