Christopher McCurdy

9.0

Thus was a fantastic CDP-like wine. — 9 years ago

Mike Greenwood

9.0

Lovely Merlot from the River Cottage — 9 years ago

Hylton Heeld

9.3

Penfolds 2014 release tasting. Dark magenta red, intense nose of chocolate and plum but not hugely complex. Matching palate, surprisingly approachable and balanced now. No doubt it will live long but a great drink now. Wine of the tasting but not a show stopper and no St Henri 2010 to compare to. Not as memorable as the 2006 and 2008 Granges from last year and definitely not worth $785. — 10 years ago

Cricket

9.0

Crisp and dry without too much pucker. No flat after taste. One of the best rosés of the summer — 9 years ago

Michael Lassins

9.1

A brambly and subtly spicy treat with good grip and great acidity. — 9 years ago

Brett Jones

9.1

Light greeny gold. Spicy lemon, dry, good acidity, hints of yeast, rich, deep concentrated cardamom, cumin, long. — 11 years ago

Bill Belanger

9.9

Incredible! Overwhelming favorite for a table of 10 in Nice. Spicy, dark. — 11 years ago

Jimmy Smith

Director, West and North London Wine School

9.0

100% Syrah, with about 10% new oak. Ripe, evidence of new oak. A polished style. Oaky, quite a Ribera style. Creamy, oaky, vanilla. Uber appealing now, but not a little my haul style — 9 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.3

Blackberry coulis black cherry liqueur max Schubert hired in the 1938's as a winemaker he had to leave to fight ww2 and he was first chef winemaker in 1948 1950 he went to Bordeaux. Black licorice spice he visited chateau d'yquem and hated it but loved the reds extended maceration barrel fermentation in 1951 he creates the first vintage of grange Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz but had no can so cab so the first two grange were all Shiraz they continued to plant more Cabernet and created two granges a de years later one from Shiraz and one from Cabernet. Has lovely complexity on he nose jammy and ripe black berry fruit. Very silky smooth and velvety. Kalimna was a single vineyard owned by penfolds in 1943. D equates this vineyard to vosne romance interesting. 178 acres they produce all ranges of penfolds wines from this vineyard first made this wine in 1958 as a single vineyard wine very big and chewy but it still has elegance like all of penfolds wines red and black fruit. The 1996 is very soft and elegant on the palate very elegant with a bit of materized but still has some fruit — 10 years ago

Brett Jones

9.2

Pale greeny gold. Lemony apple with a swing of incense, dry, good acidity, delightfully well balanced twixt fruit and acidity. Excellent with lemon baked mackerel. — 11 years ago