Steven Beishuizen

8.9

Raspberry and black cherry on the nose. Black current (Ribena) dominates for me on the palette along with wood smoke and tobacco. Less than medium tannin here. I'd love to serve this with canapes, and I think the acidity here will pull out new flavors when paired with different cheeses and pates. It's a year to the day that we toured some wineries in Burgundy and had a memorable dinner in Auxerre pairing local wines with the local cuisine. Escargots! Our nine and eleven year old girls also pushed their culinary limits that night and ordered adventurously off the board. Great memories. — 5 years ago

with Anita

Joshua Dalton

9.5

Prefect Ribena vintage — 6 years ago

David Shaw

9.2

Dense purple, highly extracted pigment. Herb, black currant and cherry notes in nose initially. Cherry flavor with great length with an undertone of Ribena black currant, light seed tannin, moderate skin tannin astringency. Aftertaste of sage and weedy greens, pleasant. Needs some time to open. After 30 minutes, fruit flavors galore. Tannins chewier, so keep decanting. After 60 minutes, tannins have calmed down somewhat so drinkable. After two hours, tannins have softened and cola undertone has emerged. Nice flavors, structure, balance and acidity, bright and lively. Wishing this wasn’t my last bottle of this vintage... — 6 years ago

David Shaw

9.2

Best Zin I ever tasted was a 1985 Neyers. Spotted this and knew I had to try it. Red, medium extracted pigment, very good clarity. Mint, briar, butter, raspberry and Ribena notes in nose. Cherry, blackberry flavors, mild-to-moderate fine-grain skin astringency, some seed bitterness with lactic and lees in finish. Needs a bit of time to open. Tart black currant and blackberry flavors with length in finish and aftertaste develop after 20 minutes. Great fruit and finesse here, different from the ‘85 but memorable in its own right. Enough tannins here to age a few years as well. — 7 years ago

Steven Carey

9.0

Undiluted Ribena and spices + some dying flowers, super velvety. This is a trip. — 8 years ago

Philip May

9.1

Intense nose, blackcurrants, blackberry, dark cherries, alcoholic nose. Rich berry taste, ribena like. £29 in restaurant. Very nice. Pepper. — 9 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.1

Blackberry, black currant. Ribena. Hint of vanilla. An herbal note with grippy tannins on the finish. This has mellowed a bit since the previous bottle. This may integrate further. — 6 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.0

A joyous Bordeaux for a shade under 13$ is not a trivial thing, so let me pay proper homage to the second wine of this estate— broad mouthfeel, very dry but the tannins have softened enough. All about black fruit & ribena. Just damn good wine. Appears to sell typically towards 18$ or so. 100% merlot. — 6 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.1

Borgueils for me are like cru Beaujolais- joyous, vibrant & low tannins. Wines to make you smile. This has red & black currants, like Ribena, which for any Brits out there, is one of those delicious flavor profiles I just adore. Less on the pencil shavings here & more of the Ribena. — 6 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.3

What a treat: has a mean streak, meant in the nicest possible way- a dark, dark core, like Ribena (for Brits) but edgier, & gorgeous layers of red fruits built around that petrolly, black currant core. At first I thought Ribero when drinking blind! Much more nuanced & subtle. — 7 years ago

with Paul and Owen

Joshua Dalton

9.0

Better than Ribena — 8 years ago

Kaori B

8.9

Bologna 2017. EUR 15.
Sweet on the nose, tastes like sparking ribena with a clean finish. very nice. — 8 years ago

Axel Aage Schiöth

9.2

Verulega vandað og ávaxtaríkt, mjög dökkt að lit og sólberja starwars í ilmi, næstum ribena. Gott með rauðbeðu og rjómaosti — 9 years ago

Murray Tarvis

9.3

STWC. Sweet Black fruit and cassis aroma. Strong Ribena and blackcurrant ice cream on tip of tongue very bold tannins. Not subtle but I love this. Wonder if it ages? — 6 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.4

The Tardive really is an uptick in depth though this is such kick ass Beaujolais I’ve always felt it deserves its own category (Kick A- Beaujo). Black cherries, but seriously black, oodles of fruit but it’s the minerality & acid that sets it apart, along w the depth. Medium bodied, taut( not tight somehow). Ribena with cracked black pepper nose. Blind tasting w friends but guessed to be every region but Beaujo. If I remember the history right, this is more of a Moulin Vent property, so makes some sense it has such gravitas- which is what it is, a joyous wine with gravitas. Dressner importer. Oh, and it’s ok to try now, it’s not infanticide. 25$ on sale- that’s just stupid. — 6 years ago

Al Doyle

9.2

Adult ribena. Seriously drinkable. Note the SSL E-series in the background, no big deal 🤷🏼‍♂️ — 7 years ago

Keith Newton

9.2

A bit ‘Ribena’ on opening but turned into glorious wine after decanting — 7 years ago

James Forsyth

9.0

#wbc18 velvety, Ribena. — 7 years ago

Amer S. Ahmed

8.9

A pleasant sipper, this might be the first wine I can actually give a grape flavor note! Ribena almost but not even near as cloyingly sweet. Fruit evident with black grape and black cherry coming to the fore, but some hints of clove and green pepper. Superb freshness. Nose is deceptively tame. — 8 years ago

John Bloomfield

9.1

Raspberry ribena. Good chilled — 9 years ago