Joyce Snyder

10

Love it!!!!!! — 10 years ago

Paul Kaan

Winemaker/Blogger FilthyGoodVino.com

9.8

BOOM! 66 Bin 389 looking sharp! #FilthyOldVino #Wine Great year in OZ! So much Yumminess! Shows the value of Cellaring wine in a controlled environment for it's life! Better control than my piss poor video focus! The old man paid $6.95 on release. Great core of fruit. Much more finesse than others I've had from the era. Refined texture, seamless. A real purity about this wine. Great acid. Bags of personality. — 10 years ago

Conrad Kenley

9.5

Poor Man's Screaming Eagle — 11 years ago

Julia Eklund

8.9

Perfect poor man's Barolo for my budget — 10 years ago

Jason VanLue

9.1

Poor man's Amarone, lovely every day wine — 11 years ago

Jeddy Hussey

9.0

Bob's standard — 11 years ago

Preston Smalley

9.9

Wow. Big, complex, delicious. 2004 — 12 years ago

c l b

9.0

First night stand (with my coravin).

This was my first love (in the wine world) shortly after popping my wine-cherry. But didn't appreciate it to its fullest till now. Maybe it just aged well, maybe my awareness of all the different characteristics got better...in any case, I fell in love all over again...

Nose: Perfectly ripe blackberries and deep ruby cherries. Nice baking spices. The 2012 Faust smells like a $5-bottle in comparison (even though it cost about the same price the times that I became proud owners of both, especially with this particular bottle back when I was a poor graduating college student). Maybe that's how 9 years of experience affects your maturity...maybe I just need to drink more wine and edumacate myself, which I don't mind.

Tongue/mouth: Even though it's 12 years old, the tannins hold on for dear life to your taste buds (hasn't really incorporated itself to the rest of the nicely developed parts of its body). Drink with something fatty (like my short rib I happened to have). Then you can really enjoy the berriness of the wine.

I'm just so purely happy that I can enjoy a taste of it without the guilt of having to commit to it fully and leave it [the bottle] feeling empty. Thank you, Cory. — 10 years ago

Kaila Medina

9.1

Easy and sharp! It was my first experience with Pinot Blanc, and I think it will be a grape that I will seek out in the future. — 11 years ago

Robert Serna

9.2

Wow! Zin dominated with cab.sauvignon and petite sirah (among others). This is fantastic wine for the price. This is a poor mans prisoner! — 12 years ago