Gregory Fulchiero

9.4

Whoah ! Aged several years this is like a mellow tawny port. Raisins, prune, toffee, and tobacco. Put some of these away in your cellar and forget about them. — 7 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.0

Reddish purple. Dark and opaque. Black cherry fruit, menthol, hickory, and a little anise in the nose. Day one this a bit harsh in the mouth with nice fruit and a dry finish. Day 2 its more open but the finish is more subdued. Nice but needs food or creamy cheese with it. — 7 years ago

Austin Beeman

9.3

A serious wine with fruit, power, and acid in generous measure. // Color is dark. Aromas are intense black raspberry jam. In the mouth, the acid rushes forward and then faded into copious meat and hickory smoke. Excellent. $30 retail. — 8 years ago

Larry Parker

9.2

Having it tonight with bone in rib eye cooked over hickory. Opened it two hours ago. Could use another hour. Dark berry, graphite, cedar, elegant and balanced. Give me more! — 9 years ago

W Peggott

9.0

Really enjoyed this! — 10 years ago

Martin Redmond

9.0

Opaque violet color with appealing roasted meat, roasted black fruit, smoke and a hint of truffle aromas. On the palate it's medium bodied with very good acidity and soft well integrated tannins and a hint of minerality with concentrated roast boysenberry, plum, blueberry and hickory
flavors. Long finish. — 10 years ago

Erica U

9.5

Wine tasting in Cambria- very smooth, easy sipping! — 10 years ago

Jeanne Ivancic

9.0

This is my wine of the month club selection from The Olde Wine Cellar. — 10 years ago

Michael Brown

9.6

Mild and buttery. Lots of oak with American varietal. Macy's tasting $29. — 11 years ago

Alan Fisher

9.6

Nice cab. Other side of lake. — 12 years ago

Awe Some

9.0

Sandalwood and sweet smoke on the nose. Sour cherry and caramel on the tongue, coats the mouth with a mild hickory notes and sour cherry stem. Very unique and lithe sensibilities, and seems like 8 years in the bottle is about perfect. — 7 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.1

Dark scarlet. Barely translucent. Nice nose with notes of smoky fruit, cassis, hickory, and a little dark chocolate. Round in the mouth, the tannins are nicely integrated. Fruit is a bit faded. Good wine with rich Italian food. — 8 years ago

Ichiro Kawachi

9.0

Rich hickory color, vanilla on nose, oak, hint of bitter aftertaste. — 9 years ago

James Re

9.0

Excellent nose and pretty complex for a cheaper shiraz. Blackberry jam, blueberry, hickory, sweet pipe tobacco, a little smoke and a black peppery finish. It's holds medium + bodied with silky smooth tannins and a medium bite of acidity. I'm a fan. — 9 years ago

Matt Wilson

8.9

A little young.. a bit of air really opened up the nose and revaled currants and pepper with undertones of violets and hickory. Super clean on the palate. Elegant and classy — 10 years ago

Ryan Stewart

9.0

Pale ruby color with thin legs. Seductive aromas of sage, vanilla, sweet hickory smoke, red cherries, cola, and rhubarb. Medium juicy tannins, medium body, with additional notes on the palate reminiscent of cloves and strawberry PopTarts! Med + finish, room to improve with bottle age for sure. Delicious, and varietally true to its terroir. — 10 years ago

with Natalie

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Floral, hickory smoke. Purity is amazing. — 10 years ago

Yianni Stone

9.4

Burning hickory — 11 years ago

with Haley and Roo

Joshua F.R.

9.4

Fantastic-- medium bodied, wonderfully smooth, balanced levels of fruit and earth. A bit of hickory. Love this at $20. — 12 years ago

Julie Northshield

9.5

Great party wine. Crisp, clean not to sweet. One that is versatile, summer or winter hues. Try with turkey cranberries or just to share with lite fair., — 13 years ago

Ben Edwards

8.9

Sharp, acidic, then tannic. Needs air...
Ok, it needed a nice Chapel Hill Creamery asiago-style cheese and Hickory Nut Gap pepperoni. It's still a touch acidic (though less tannic, now); just needs a good, strong pairing.
Edit: Another bottle a few months later was almost opposite. "Research" is required. — 7 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.2

4 September 2017. Hickory Hollow Wine Cellars, FLX, NY. — 8 years ago

Ken Rogers

9.3

Aged to perfection for our taste--dark berries, cassis, some hickory smoke and cocoa on the nose. Palate initially opened full of supple dark fruit--boysenberry--but as the bottle has continued to open, earthy notes have come to prominence. Beautiful, supple, complex, and paired beautifully with a grass-fed steak, grilled asparagus and baked potato. — 8 years ago

with Michael

Kathy Olson

10

Amazing with a cherry and hickory smoked turkey — 10 years ago

Nikita Malhotra

8.9

Decanted and waited 2 hours for this tightly wound up boy to turn into a gracious gentleman. A lot of blueberries and hickory smoke — 10 years ago

Sam Coturri

Winery Sixteen 600, Enterprise Vineyards and the Moon Mountain District

9.2

Smells like French Oakland-style BBQ, hickory smoked rhone with a sweet tangy finish but with a lot of dark fruit goodness still hiding behind a tight midpalate. 20 years old and still needs time. — 10 years ago

Lindsey Baker

8.9

At Highland Avenue in Hickory, NC — 10 years ago

David Kline

9.2

Plum strawberries with strawberry liqueur and underripe blueberries nose. Oaky-tasting, smoky, black plum palate with cedar and hickory. This thing swings wood like Babe Ruth, yet remains nude and almost oak less as an actual babe. — 11 years ago

with Courtney

Laurence McCullough

9.8

Fantastic. — 11 years ago

Julie Northshield

9.0

Great taste of summer, but great wine any meal. Try with a winning hand in poker or take to share on the top of a hill with a great view. Balanced , smooth — 13 years ago