Bob McDonald

9.5

Annual Boy’s Trip away - this time to Cairns. At a BYO Indian Restaurant. No formal notes. Hunter Valley Semillon from a good year which could still go for another 10 years. Trademark waxy lanolin, wet hay notes. Such purity on the palate. — 4 years ago

S T

9.4

Currant and perfume on the nose with some vanilla and subtle saline minerality. Full bodied dark fruits, velvet on the tongue, great mouthfeel. Tight, moderately tannic, then a smooth prolonged finish.
(Opened on my dad’s 80th) — 6 years ago

Evie Olson

10

There’s so much here it’s hard to put in words! Magical is a good descriptor... Notes range from orchard fruit, white flowers, hay, kettle corn, with a striking minerality always coming through. — 7 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.2

I done learned sumptin tonight. Pyrenees in Australia. — 8 years ago

with Mark

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Stunning nose. Hay, mineral, super aromatic nose, alpine aromas, elegant and rich with super complex depth and fruit. Stunning. So clean. — 8 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.0

Linear Hirtzbirger, this is a tight Federspiel that drops a lot of Gruner character in beams of acidity. Notes of hay, sweet lemons, and stone minerality, complex and elegantly tense. #gruner #vacationresearch — 9 years ago

Andrew Liguori

9.0

Hay barrel, honeycomb, powder apricot, clean and dry but vibrant finish — 5 years ago

Tom Garland

9.2

I knew Santa was a 49ers fan this year!!!

Decant for sediment( lots of chunky/fine sedinent). A vivid dark purple with some browing and little bricking. On the nose: sweet/delicate "old" cabernet notes jump from the glass with musty leather, some dark fruit, cedar, bale of hay. Taste: prunes, minerals, smoke, with a cherry leather medium plus long finish. On the downside of its life, but still drinking great for an old 12.5% alcohol cab.....Yum! — 6 years ago

with Brenda

Bob McDonald

9.6

Mid crimson in colour. Tarry savoury berry aromas. On the palate medium to full bodied with earth tar and liquorice ~ typical of mature Heathcote. Tannins resolved. The 15.5%ABV largely hidden. Amazing intensity and flavour considering its age - powerful in fact - also some sweetness. Jasper Hill largely contributed to putting Heathcote on the map. — 6 years ago

Daniel M

9.0

Very mineral nose with crushed rocks, a hint of smoke, hay, white flowers, petrol a bit maybe ? The palate is very good : a wide opening with white flowers and white peach, a real grip and texture that lasts and accompanies the acid backbone to the finish with white fruits. Very good but perhaps a tad under the 2015. Less complexity in the structure I guess. Still very good though — 7 years ago

Scott Rowe

9.2

Killer old HV SHZ.
Holding it’s colour and length.
Menthol, tobacco and earth. — 8 years ago

with Robert and Anthony

Martin Hole

9.3

Delectable wine. Hay coloured. Pear aroma. It just keeps improving; hard to contain tasting to just 2 glasses. — 9 years ago

Spinning_spins

9.1

Nice aromas of hay and apple, with a yeasty/bread dough note. More of the same on the pallet, light in body, good finish. — 10 years ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.2

Hay. Salty, lightly buttered. Some yellow fruit and citrus. Medium body and medium finish. Nice sweetness and lactic quality. Tart and salty... great. — 5 years ago

Matt Perlman

9.3

Probably not everyone’s cup of tea but I really liked it. Broad, powerful, acidity lower than I was expecting. Some seriously vegetal and herbal stuff, like hay, camomile and sage, going on along with ripe melon, grapefruit and pear, almond and chalk. — 5 years ago

Daniel M

9.2

Cherry, cola a bit on the nose, some hay, some flowers (violet?) , an earthy thing too. The palate has a very nice balance with a strong acid backbone, some bright cherry all along, some width, a nice fresh and grippy texture and a superb finish with violets and cherry. This is again delivering outstandingly! 😍 — 6 years ago

Sarah O'Kelley

9.3

So awesome - peaches & hay & rocks - stood up to kurobota pork chops easily! I’m sure that’s what age beautifully if you have the willpower! — 7 years ago

Keith Crump

9.2

2010 an excellent wine great depth without ott new world carry on drinking well — 8 years ago

Efraín Claudio

9.1

Un vino con mucho aromas y sabores. Bien balanceado. Es uno de esos vinos que hay que tener siempre en la cava. — 9 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.1

Completely mature now. In the nose you'll encounter the typical bouquet of wet wool, hay, warm wax, hyacinth, cashew and melon. On the palate it's very round, ripe and creamy. Strange..., this serving doesn't seem completely dry to me... Last bottle from a 6-pack, all other bottles were driz-a-bone. — 10 years ago