Randmaster Flash

8.9

Very delightful — 8 years ago

Nadia Gurr

9.1

Blackforest flavours - dark chocolate and black cherries with soft tannin finish. Top drop — 9 years ago

with Anto

Jarrod P.

8.9

Cheers @Tim Heywood . Weird mix of noticeable VA, high acidity, oxidation and wild ferment. Very yum though. — 9 years ago

with Tim

Craig Davey

9.6

Excellent wine but needs another few years. — 11 years ago

Kenneth Lintrup

9.0

A lovely Shiraz from Barossa Ground. Licorice and a hint of tar in the nose. Lots of fruit, slightly acid and sweet tannins that holds the wine together. A good balanced Shiraz .. — 11 years ago

Geoff Quattromani

9.5

A beautiful fruity wine, perfect on a warm day. The easiest wine to drink, apparently alcoholic! — 12 years ago

Emma Thompson

9.8

It's a Barossa sponsored birthday celebration. Pity the 1 y/o birthday boy has no idea... — 13 years ago

Manuel Buergi

9.1

(Tasted at "Del Posto", La Festa del Barolo Masterclass Tasting)
One of my personal Top5 WOTD was Chiara Boschis' 2013 Barolo. Blended with fruit from Barolo (Terlo & Liste), Monforte d'Alba (Mosconi & Ravera) and Serralunga d'Alba (Gabutti & Baudana). I find this Barolo amazing since 2010, when it was first blended, but carried on the name "Via Nuova" (which was earlier a synonym for the "Terlo" MGA, from which the Barolo was made before). In every of these vintage Chiara imho managed to made an ultra high quality wine with the nuances of the vintage and a use of barrique how I love it. So the 2013 comes across very beguiling with tons of dark red fruit, red flowers and plenty of tannins. Sexy & elegant (less than the "Cannubi" though) but still a brawny powerful with a wine with muscles. — 8 years ago

with Julia

Tamer Dabsna

9.2

A good wine , I served it usually to people that don't like wine and they love it , A little bit sweetness and have a cherry aftertaste.
Simple and slick .a Taste that remember me a dark chocolate bar.
The price is so cheap but don't be fooled.... it's a good wine — 9 years ago

Christy Canterbury MW

Master of Wine

8.9

A basket of dark cherries wrapped in leathery savoriness. — 10 years ago

Brad Donaldson

9.0

Blueberries, blackberries and pepper on the nose beautifully smooth palate with amazing flavours of French oak coming through. — 11 years ago

Steve Lindner

9.4

Really smart wine from @tscharkewines get amongst it! — 11 years ago

Benjamin Hickey

8.9

Dry and earthy. Long slightly bitter finish. Noticeable alcohol — 12 years ago

Dirk Pettigrew (Pirate)

Sales Pirate Cru Wines

9.6

Barossa Mataro, say no more! — 13 years ago

Manuel Buergi

9.4

Pnp, respectively Coravin & pour. 1 large glass filled well ("Zalto Burgundy") and I left it breathe for about 1-2 hours.

I am reminded with every sip, why i love this MGA so much. The 1998 "Vigna Rionda" doesn't show a single sign of being almost 20 years old, instead I find in it a beguiling freshness, a pure & pretty ruby red color (maybe with very slight brick red signs) and a load of silky noble tannins. The nose is very terroir-typical and after drinking many many La Morra Baroli lately, it feels like an explosion of its own kind - in the nose and palate. Serralunga!

This - to me - is "Vigna Rionda" of Serralunga d'Alba in a very pretty expression: fine licorice with hints of cola, graphite, fruitcake, sweet exotic spices, cuban tobacco, fig jam. The more air it gets in the big "Zalto Burgundy" glass, the more flavors unfold. The tannins are well integrated, they feel warm and kinda "linger" in the back. I am really impressed, especially as 1998 is not the greatest vintage of the 90s.

Compared with a 2000 mag last year, this 1998 showed much fresher and felt younger. Blind, I would have said it's a 2001 perhaps — 8 years ago

NM Wilson

9.4

Love it $15- — 10 years ago

Amélie Boucherit

9.6

Spicy, chocolate notes and nice finish — 11 years ago

Jimmy Randall

9.0

Bold dark colours with fresh blackcurrent sweetness on the pallet. Enjoyable — 11 years ago

Scott Taddeo

9.1

black fruits, ripe tannins and lengthy finish — 11 years ago

Martin Wulf

9.2

James gave itbtonus. Delicioua — 12 years ago