Bob McDonald

9.2

See previous notes. From a warm vintage. Typical Penfolds DNA of choc/malt/mocha with Blackberry, mulberry. Palate strength remains at 17 years of age. Supple, pliant smooth tannins with great persistence. 15 months in older American hogsheads. — 7 months ago

David White

9.4

At 40 years this is hitting its tops
Took about 4 hrs to open, nice dark colour and mulberry and berry flavours with long lasting aftertaste
Old St Juliens seem so long lasting and mature with grace — 3 years ago

WC Fields

9.1

Black olives, some bacon fat, mulberry, blackberries and smoke. Big tannins. Love me some Umbria. — 3 years ago

Maxwell Hall

10

CWM: Waves of dark fruits waft from the glass: blueberry, mulberry and plum. Full-bodied and lush in the mouth, layers of vanilla, bittersweet chocolate, and faint florals develop on the palate. It closes with a long, polished finish filled with fine-grained, singularly dense Petite Sirah Tanins. — 4 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

Very dark crimson, almost black. Opulent aromas of cassis, mulberry, herbs and earth. Same opulence on the lush rich full bodied palate with notes of milk chocolate and black currant finishing with fine resolved and polished tannins. This to me is a typical high quality Napa Valley Cabernet - so fluid, generous and velvety in my limited experience with the genre. — 6 years ago

Dr. Owen Bargreen

9.4

Sourced from the steeply sloped Alpine Vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains, this Pinot Noir begins with gorgeous aromas of smoke, forest floor, mulberry and cherry cola. The silky texture and elegance is simply outstanding, as is the wonderful astringency and tension. Red currant jelly, red cherry cordial, cola and peat moss flavors captivate the senses. This is a truly outstanding Pinot Noir that will age gracefully for the next two plus decades. Drink 2019-2033- 94 — 7 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.1

Love this wine. Best value. Mulberry, spice, cinnamon, red fruits, sour cherry, rustic yet complex. Complex and silky with lovely tart cherry fruit and terrific freshness. Very linear and lovely mineral finish. Vibrant velvety tannins and as it opens up the depth is remarkable for such a value wine. Nice deep plummy mid. — 7 years ago

Jamie Feng

9.7

Dinner at Maenam with Adam — 8 months ago

Vanessa

9.2

This Lagier Meredith Syrah (2016) is stunning!!

It presents red, black, and blue fruit characteristics, such as fresh mulberry, redcurrant, strawberry preserves (like fruit-on-the-bottom yogurt), black cherry, cassis, ripe blueberry, next to black tea, anise, fennel, clove, cardamom, nutmeg, vanilla, cacao, crushed white and black pepper, and earthy, potting soil notes.

On the palate it’s dry, smooth, and balanced with a lingering finish. Alcohol (14.5% ABV) and tannins are notable and well-integrated.

This wine hails from higher elevation sites of Mount Veeder in Napa Valley and is delicious! — a year ago

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Michael Wallace

9.2

Really jammy, lots of raspberry and blackberry flavors. Rounded mouth feel, — 3 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.3

What is better with a 1.75” medium rare steak and an Idaho baked potato? A super dry, dense, heavily oaked Napa cab! I was glad I decanted the wine before we went to a dance recital of our granddaughter. Upon our return 2.5 hours later, the coarse tannins had been beaten into submission and opened up into pleasant flavors of cigar box, cedar and old spice and fully integrated with dark, dry blackberry, pie cherry and mulberry. It was a feast! — 4 years ago

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Matt

9.4

Great density on the palate that remains focused. Very seamless across the palate, with oak, acid, tannin, and alcohol all in balance. Classy but still has a wholesome nature to it. Beautiful aromas and flavors of cooked mulberry, blackberry jam, charred meat, pastille, bacon, cedar, bitter roots, graphite, woodsmoke. Drinking great right now — 6 years ago

cea sol

9.2

Beautiful Chablis stile.
Earthy and citrus blossom aromas, lemon ,bright clear yellow, crispy acid, minerality, chalk, salt .
Light body, medium alcohol, long finish. — 6 years ago

Chris England

9.3

Côtes de Bourg is a Bordeaux region that many don’t know that delivers incredible wines for a fraction of the price of other regions. This higher priced bottle at £40+ sure delivers an amazing wine that would be triple in St Emilion & made by the folks from Tertre Rôteboeuf & called “the junior Tertre Rôteboeuf“ 👍 Drinking great young but will improve 😉

📍 Roc de Cambes 2014

🏵 93 points

🍇 80% Merlot, 5% Malbec & 15% Cabernet Sauvignon

🍷 Blackened opaque ruby

👃 Soggy soil pot & thick farmyard through muted dark plum, blackberry, crushed rocks & gravel galore w/ mulberry, blueberry, broken twigs, pencil lead, violet, fresh mint & parsley herbs

👄 Med body of rich ripe blackcurrant & damson bathed in minerals w/ earthy soil stone tones, raspberry liquorice & a touch dry bitter mocha

🎯 Med+ touch dry mineral earthy black, purple & red fruit liquorice smack — 7 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.0

Mid Ruby. Notes of mulberry, lavender, cherry and a little pepper. Medium bodied spicy palate showing cool climate characters. Drinking well at 8 years with a long future. The last one I had was in 2018. This is more the midweek quaffer Wynns Shiraz, not like their premium Shiraz, “The Michael “. Interestingly Shiraz was initially the predominant red varietal in Coonawarra before Cabernet Sauvignon took that mantle. — a year ago

David Kline

9.2

Black olive, rye crust, bran, olive wood, wood ear, black currant, cassis, and gravel nose. Black and tart cherries, rose stem, mulberry, cassis, mocha cigar, baking chocolate, plum skins. Elegant, if a little closed.


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Bob McDonald

9.5

The 2018 Winner of the Margaret River Cabernet Trophy at the London International Wine Challenge. This is a producer new to me in Marg River. Medium bodied but intense Tomato Leaf, Capsicum Mulberry and Black Fruits. A classic Margaret River expression of Cabernet Sauvignon in a good vintage. Ticks all the boxes - finishing with resolved tannins. Quite delicious - deserves a Gold Medal at 95 points. — 3 years ago

Matt

9.8

Instense and saturated with roasted black plum and mulberry fruit, tar, grilled porcini, espresso bean, pork blood, curing salt, hoisin, smoked meat, leather, hot iron, metal, apricot confit, grapefruit oil, talcum, roasted herbs de Provence, whole cluster spice like pepper and almost mustard seed, Absolutely wild in its length, complexity, and elixir-like headiness. Some people hate, but this is arguably one of the most unique terroirs for Syrah on earth. — 5 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.3

3.5 years since I have been back to this one. It seems to have condensed a bit, matured an lot. Said 4 to 5 years 3.5 years ago but probably should have said 12-15! This wine isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Blackberry, mulberry, clove and sweet plums, hint of chocolate and truffle. Bordering full bodied, this has a noteworthy rounded nature on the palate with a sweet toasted oak tannin that shows early and makes this one finish strong. Always impressed by these wines. — 6 years ago

Zach Jindra

9.0

Lushisly ripe black and red fruit. Vanilla and baking spiced oak very present but well integrated- oak contained to fade into the wine and integrate as the bottle stayed open.

Mulberry, black cherry, raspberry, blueberry. Bit of fresh tobacco and meat. Not incredibly interesting but I feel like it may be in a few more years. 90.5 — 7 years ago