a barolo in a bear suit....a solitary hibernator, hard soil under pine needles on the forest floor, almost snow-scented. awakens slowly, but when it does it’s fierce. — 7 years ago

I was a boy when I drank this wine....now...I am a man with a perfectly groomed beard and a domesticated leopard that wanders my house uncaged. Come get it if you dare. — 9 years ago
Blackberry, cassis, plum, raspberrry, black cherry, loamy earth and oak. Good structure and well-integrated tannins. — 9 years ago
Best cab franc in market now. Give it 15 minutes then taste it — 10 years ago
Big bubbles lined up like egg white cocktail topping, predictably popped, leaving a central continent of cirrostratus amoeba. Leopard lacing. An orange zest feathered apricot with cedar stone, cloves and dried grapefruit comes forward, as does plum and sliced peach. Lemon oils and zest are the acid accompaniments. Tart apricot in spiced tea, with cinnamon, rose petal infused oak chip, aggressive grapefruit and lemon piths, dried lavender, orange bitters, culminating in lemon-ginger rice vinegar. profound persistence tapers evenly to pickled peach but riding a tartaric wave of slightly garlic brine. Surf’s way up, and with passion fruit and guava, I’m guessing we’re breaking out the original Hawaiian, hardwood longboards. — 6 years ago
Full bodied, smooth, slight tannicity. — 8 years ago
This is the Campanian Wine version of Chelsea Manning - superficially a somewhat rough-looking woman, but definitely masculine underneath. I feel like Obama for prematurely commuting her sentence, as this should stay corked in solitary confinement a while longer. #TooSoon? — 9 years ago
Great label with South African Leopard!
Outstanding SACab. Well balanced fruit throughout. Paired well with venison. — 10 years ago
Delicious! — 10 years ago
Boulevard/Cigar City collab. Gotta say I like this tropical find. Pineapple, lemon and cocoanut nose, orange blossom and marigold. Rich Amber in the glass, active bubbles and midway to opaque. White head and leopard lacing. Honey that winds up into lemon, and finally orange peel. Balanced, and revisits pineapple. No cloying or dominating arias here just a choir of angels holding an endless note. Heavenly! — 10 years ago
We had this with Oxtail dinner at Rattray’s in Mala Mala last night.
Not my usual detailed notes. This is ripe & lush like the Nederburg but with more complexity.
The palate showed ripe and slightly candied fruits of; dark currants, blackberries, black raspberries, dark cherries and a hint of blue fruits. Nice softly layered baking spices, dark chocolate, mocha, rich, dark soils, some dry top, well done granitic minerals and fresh red and dark florals. The acidity round & beautiful. The finish, ripe, lush, well balanced & polished. Good QPR here.
Photos of, today’s Mala Mala sunrise, baby calf elephant along with the nearly 40 in the herd and a total of over 100 Elephants seen today, playful male dominance of the Giraffe’s intertwining and smacking necks/mid section and the grand prize, male spotted Leopard. An amazing finish to our last day. — 7 years ago
Top juice, this will develop for many years but is extremely good now with a 2 hour decant, puts a smile on your face. Big wine, big flavours on the nose and the palate, built for the long haul, buy at least two so you can try one now and confine the other to solitary for a long stretch. — 7 years ago
Found out the bun Rachel has been cooking is going to be a boy- so we popped the campest drink we could find in his honour. 8.5% Chenin. Fizz & a heavy touch of residual sugar. Complete with sassy leopard print top. Way the dude makes this seems to be the strangest method of making a naturally sparkling bottle- but it's worked. And we're happy. — 10 years ago
Smooth and fruity (but not sweet) with natural and organic/earthy flavors. Goes great as a pre Sri Lankan curry dinner. Color looks like a desert wine - solid gold - but is not sweet at all. Tough to find this wine, but worth every penny. — 10 years ago
Sándor Jaguar
I think it’s a leopard with falcon wings and the legs of a lion. Its the first mezcal I’ve enjoyed drinking neat - maybe because mixers cost $$$$ here in bora bora, bora bora. Either way, I say get it! Now only if it helped with sunburn... ⛑👺👹😡🤬 — 6 years ago