Keith Newton

9.2

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

Big Wave Dave

9.0

Prunes and blackcurrant on the nose. Big extracted style. Almost syrupy. Ribena without enough water. Still some grip on the back end but not enough structure to balance the mass of fruit — 9 years ago

with Rocket

Tom Wood

8.9

Fair bit of R.S here but actually quite enioyable. I suppose that takes a point or two away but does bring some beautiful toffee and glazed cherry aroma to the wine. Palate is like fizzy ribena and chambord. — 9 years ago

Adam MCLEAN

9.1

Ribena - from Tuscany which Florence thinks is in France — 10 years ago

Martin Frowde

9.2

Absolutely wonderful wine recommended to me by the lovely nelleen at high timber. Lovely dark red colour and cassis nose. Very quaffable straight out of the bottle with the taste echoing the nose. Should improve further as the integration of the Ribena notes completes with the rest of the wine. — 10 years ago

Martin Frowde

9.1

Lovely deep purple colour with a blackcurrant nose with hints of chocolate and undergrowth. Very smooth and quaffable - almost like drinking Ribena! Perhaps a hint of chocolate and herbs with the blackcurrant and plum. A certain sweetness on the aftertaste and a lack of "bottom" are my minor quibbles — 10 years ago

Alastair Casey

9.0

Red, slight fizz, guns and roses, black, berry's, wood, Amber wax, sweet vinegar, white vinyl, Ribena flavored wax — 11 years ago

Roz Thomas

9.6

Like fizzy Ribena. — 12 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

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

Phoebe Lowe

9.2

Berry smells like ribena smooth and long finish — 9 years ago

Tom Wood

9.1

Beginning to wish i didn't open this soon. Still feeling quite restrained, there's somr bright acidity to it and fine tannins. Interesting in the sense that there's no obvious primary fruit jumping out of the glass however the aromas are very seductive. Aromas of roasted meats, fennel, anise, wood fire, roasted parsnips, savoury spice and the feintest of ribena and underripe blackberry poking through. Palate is very dark and a small bitter chocolate comes through with sour blackberries. — 9 years ago

Alex Xu

9.5

Semi dried black fruit core and cassis (Ribena?) well integrated and subtle sweet oak spice, slight green herbaceous hint, good acid, soft supple tannins and a super persistent finish — 10 years ago

Martin Frowde

9.0

Drinking the 2012 in magnum format in 2016. Decanted for 2-3 hours. Maroon colour and nice gentle Ribena nose. A very pleasant and quaffable restrained cherry flavour - not tart, not bitter. A more delicate and soft but well balanced wine that we had expected it to be, this worked very well with our lovely homemade pizza dinner. — 10 years ago

with Georgina

Nestor Tsioustas

9.2

Delicate floral nose. Raspberries and Cherries - sweet fruit not too similar to Ribena. Medium bodied - elegant and sophisticated with a serious face. Structured, Balanced. Very little oak influence. Silky, refreshing and for a 2013 so approachable. White pepper, touch of spice! Good quality fruit - purity/vibrant. Class act.. 94 points. — 11 years ago

Jim Lindsay

9.0

Ribena, starburst fruit, vanilla oak. Drying tannins — 11 years ago

with Will

James Forsyth

9.0

#wbc18 velvety, Ribena. — 7 years ago

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

Nathan ratapu

9.1

This leather daddy has cedar and tar on the nose, with heavy blackberry, ripe plum and Ribena-gone-wild notes in the mouth. Smooth but not unnoticed tannins; ready to drink but worth holding on to for a few more years. — 9 years ago

with Daniel

Richard Thwaites

9.0

Surprisingly sweet. Almost Ribena like. Very enjoyable. — 10 years ago

Aaron Tan

8.9

Adult's Ribena. — 10 years ago

William Skeaping

8.9

Dizzy Ribena. Dreamy. — 10 years ago

Holly Bracken

9.2

Plum, smoke, ribena, smokey, leather and savoury. Juicy red fruits on the palate, slightly oaky. — 10 years ago

Aaron Pott

8.9

Expensive Ribena — 11 years ago

Adam Johnson

8.9

A bit light and very, very fruity with a lot of blackberry. Tastes a little like an alcoholic Ribena. — 12 years ago