Matt

9.2

Came out of the gates backward, attacking dry and departing “sweet” almost. Once upright the gorgeous honey kissed citrus/stonefruit, exotic flowers, and array spices and herbs, ginger, tea, aloe. While it’s shed some baby weight, it still has a great interplay of powerful concentration and extract to keep the acid in check. — 7 years ago

Kevin M

9.0

The 2006 Rusty Shed Chardonnay is a blend of four blocks of Chardonnay on the Flat Rock Property. Grapes are hand picked and hand sorted before whole bunch pressing takes place. It was then cold settled in stainless steel, 100% barrel fermented and left on the lees for 10 months. Wild and commercial yeasts were used for primary fermentation, followed by malolactic fermentation to soften the natural acidity. The result?
Beautiful example of a mid to full bodied Chardonnay with butter, vanilla, apples and light spice on the palate. A lot of flavour and elegance at this price point. Sampled this 2006 in 2017 but this should sit well and perhaps develop more for a few more years. Best part? It's from Niagara! Loved it!
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— 8 years ago

Craig Haserot

Founder and Proprietor Sojourn Cellars

9.3

Just starting to shed some baby phat this wine has 50 years in front of that this is a hold for another 10+ at this time friend — 8 years ago

Jodie Upton

8.9

Fun and easy to drink — 9 years ago

Tim Watkins

9.2

Final night in Australia and came across this gem - equally rivals those BC cab francs - yum! — 9 years ago

with Jason

Marcail Moody-Burks

9.1

Great table red — 10 years ago

Fiona Li

8.9

2011 vintage. Full bodied dark red color. Strong alcohol smell, berry flavor. Very smooth ending. Simple flavour. — 10 years ago

Matthew Deavin

9.0

Halliday gave the '12 95pts - who am I to argue. — 10 years ago

Scott Rowe

9.7

Gorgeous, wow. An enticing salmon colour with an orange hue. Luscious mouth feel and clean finish. Nebbiolo yes please. — 10 years ago

Christopher Parks

Sommelier Per Diem Restaurant

10

Tilted Shed Ciderworks Barred Rock barrel aged cider. — 11 years ago

Matt

9.0

Fun bottle that has shed its baby fat, moving towards a more focused, savory stage of its life. I bet the fruit on this was just gorgeous and deep 8-10 years in. Plenty of acid and the maturity of the tannin brought life to the wine. Abv is a bit intrusive on the nose, but that nice richness it brings on the palate offers a compromise. Stewed blackberry, plum and cherry notes, smoke, and iron edge, potpourri, warm spice, leather. I curious were it’s going and where’s its been. — 7 years ago

Bie Nathasith

9.5

Consistent with my prior bottles. Nice aroma of black fruits, graphite, and some trace of vanilla. Medium bodied with tannin to shed. Silk and fine. Long finish. — 8 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.5

Great vintage for Clape showing black & red fruits, kirsch, smoked meats, blood & iron, very floral with licorice spices and black pepper. Needs another few years to shed some of its tannin structure but a wow wine in the making! — 8 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.3

First course at Matthiasson wine dinner at Shed in Healdsburg. Nice acidity and a great pairing with the cured salmon. — 9 years ago

Raul Puga

9.0

Nice crisp chardonnay. Worth seeking out. — 9 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.2

Reddish brown in the glass. Not quite opaque. Really good nose that exhibits graphite and briary red fruits. Good finish. Still has some tannin to shed tho. — 10 years ago

Rubychick

9.1

New Block 6, this is limey and matchstick dryness with some subtle new oak. Delicious. It has surpassed my love for the Vineyard Series Chardonnay. Unbelievably 2014 — 10 years ago

Zachary Sussman

Wine writer PUNCH

9.7

I shed a tear. One of the most searingly beautiful things I've tasted in a while. — 10 years ago

Rubychick

9.0

This has really grown on me, always been a Loire Franc girl. — 11 years ago

Frank Wood

9.9

A nice Cab. Has character — 12 years ago

romo

9.1

New Year’s Eve sparkling. — 7 years ago

Em Hare

9.3

Can really taste the green tea wow! — 8 years ago

Matt

9.7

This is effing delicious. Day 1: Heady on the nose, layers of raspberry/strawberry confiture, mulberry, sous bois, lavender, roasted fig, sweet spices, potpourri and rocks. Palate is so dense, layer upon layer of berries, garrigue, spices, mocha, licorice, black minerals, and crushed flowers. Like drinking velvet, opulent and sexy, crazy long finish. Day 2: the textural richness of this wines grew with air. Even more richness and posh on the palate. Nose unraveled, aromas of animal, leather, savory earth, sarsaparilla, and rich umami accents popped up. On the palate the wine shed some of its alcoholic edge and began to express those rich notes of coffee, cocoa, leather, and the deep layers of fruit grew. A purely hedonistic experience for S. Rhône drinkers. — 8 years ago

Aaron Ferguson

9.4

Dense crimson. Slightly jammy nose. Black fruits. Medium-heavy cab of medium length. Lacks the finesse of cheribino/ xanadu et al. Fruit ladden front and mid palate. Dense tannic finish. Balanced enough and may be better in a few years but too jammy and not well enough integrated currently. D3 update: beautiful, seemless, jaminess gone. 94 (from 92-93) — 8 years ago

Harri Sharman

8.9

Oak fermented and I suspect some lees, which makes for a full body honey and white flower parfait style wine... — 9 years ago

Charles (Chad) Bucklin

Owner and founder of C. T. Bucklin Wine Advising

9.2

Developing very nicely and starting to shed some of its baby fat. Beautiful fruit and tension. The star of the #longshadows 6 pack. #washington — 9 years ago

Tom Wood

9.1

Adelaide boys doing insane things, across the entire range! 👍👍👍 — 10 years ago

Jimmy Randall

9.2

Best red from winery IMO. 8 years and drinking superb. Beautiful soft tannins and plenty of fruit — 10 years ago

Joyce Klassen

9.2

Great to meet Ellen Cavalli co-owner of Tilted Shed today and hear about their journey into cider making. Loved this cider! — 10 years ago

Rubychick

9.1

New day, new Rosé, new job. Bubblegum Pinot Noir — 11 years ago