Martin Sher

9.2

Really enjoyed this. A bit of petrol on the nose quickly blew off. Minerals, stone fruit and a hint of citrus. — 4 years ago

Norman

9.4

If you don’t like smoke then don’t go here. I love this in a Manhattan but just keeping it clean tonight. I love this and thought man I wonder if this has some type of smoke additive. They claim not and it’s purely from the Scotch/Bourbon/Rye blend (undisclosed brand on the Scotch). — 6 years ago

Simon Gilligan

9.4

Savoury is the name of the game. Medium to full bodied, long finish, gravelly drying tannin, blackcurrent, mint, eucalypt. Great nose, 2 hr decant and felt it was finally opening up. Very left bank Bordeaux like, 85% cabernet sauvignon. 10% petit verdot. 2% merlot. 1% cabernet franc. — 7 years ago

Scott Rowe

9.3

GOLD
No doubt, true expression of MR. — 8 years ago

Kristyn Fetterman

10

One of my favorite wines! — 9 years ago

Deborah Walter

9.2

2008 amazing still has lots of fruit plus silky finish — 10 years ago

Tanya Hooper

8.9

Nicely balanced Shiraz with notes of blackberry, vanilla, oak and a herbal. — 10 years ago

Jonathan Wood

9.5

Beautiful and elegant, very savory, loads of eucalyptus. — 11 years ago

Claire

9.3

Beautiful wine! District taste of diary. Smooth and long finish — 11 years ago

Spencer Dickerson

9.6

A wonderful rich nose of blackberry jam, violet plums, prune almost with red cherry syrup and sweet spices. The kind of body that is silky with red currant and red raspberry jams. Finishing with some herbaceous thyme and green bell peppers. — 12 years ago

Johnno Harris

9.5

Fantastic. Nothing out of place here. Open ripe cassis & blackberry fruit notes with a subtle lick of mint and dried herbs supported by some classy sweet mocha oak. Good to go now with a bright future ahead. — 5 years ago

Eric W Brown

8.9

Chocolate, green pepper. Good example of a Margaret River cab — 6 years ago

A-M

9.6

Delicious Demerara rum. Complex notes of toffee, molasses and somet'in' somet'in' #rumofmypeople — 6 years ago

Erik Sjolund

8.9

Fine minerality but a bit short n too oxidized for my taste. Reminds a little of cava. — 7 years ago

Peter Annett

9.0

First taste of an English sparkling wine. Very impressed, lots in common with good quality champagne made from the same grapes. — 9 years ago

Vinous Favorites

Delicious wines for less than $25 chosen by Vinous critics

9.1

The complexity of this iconic winery’s entry-level Chardonnay belies its price, with intense Meyer lemon, pear and melon character and hints of toasty lees and fennel. Juicy, seamless and pure, it also has the balance to age. (JR)
— 9 years ago

Troy Givens

9.4

This rye has a very nice smokiness but that could be because of aging in Scotch barrels. — 10 years ago

Tara Hankinson

9.2

Some #delectable #PinotNoir from the #RussianRiver valley. Strawberry, red plum and red currant, cinnamon on the nose and palate. Definitely on the juicier side of pinot noir. — 11 years ago

Adrian Bryksa

Blogger YYCWine.com, Contributor Culinaire

9.0

Clove, cracked pepper, black currant, medium body, medium acid, ultra dry. Dark finish. Good balance — 11 years ago

Joe Hirsch

9.6

One of my faves. — 11 years ago

with Ross, Hirsch and 1 other

M. Christopher Roebuck

9.3

Blackberry, vegetal, herbal, with greenery. Some smokiness on the nose with black licorice. It's great to have an alternative of comparable quality to Napa Cabernet. In terms of $/points this punches way above its weight. To me, this is a very slightly better version of Faust Cab.

93+ points — 5 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.4

Mid Lemon in colour. Nutty aromas with some orange peel and leesy notes. On the medium weight palate some restrained stone fruit flavours well integrated with the oak - well balanced. Medium plus intensity and length. Proving once again that the strengths of Margaret River are Cabernet and blends as well as Chardonnay. Chloe is the premium Chardonnay cuvée from Woodlands. — 6 years ago

Joe Ho

9.8

This is just ridiculous. Act 7. Tastes of deep figs/plums up front as if grandma just baked a pie in your mouth. Finished smooth with a tiny bit of spice and more jams that make you want to cry. More of this please. — 6 years ago

Stacy Howland

9.0

Tried at a wine tasting and fell for it immediately. Yummy, hint of fruit and a spicy finish. — 8 years ago

Michael Park

9.5

A five hour decant. Dark cherry and blueberries with a rub of minerals and tobacco. Just awesome — 9 years ago

Rebecca Fletcher

8.9

Lots of black fruit - cherry, plum, blackberry. Violet and spice. M+ acid and tannin. M body. — 9 years ago

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.3

Wow; how maturing #margaretriver #chardonnay does vary; see recent #cullen #2009 which was brassy, this gleaming green and plenty of it; #cullen restrained, this #capementelle is butch; nose power of smoke or burnt things, bottle age nose not simple, evidence of lees/ mlf from the smoke; palate chunky, lime juice, burnt toast you taste in 30 yo Eden Valley riesling; juicy smoke; rich, not terribly drying, acid taut, 13%, AUD 35, full bodied, no apparent reason for it to fade for a while; contained power. #uncorkedandcultivated #wineandfoodtours — 10 years ago

Kurt Foeller

9.5

One of the richest of the Margaret River ultra-premium Chardonnays. Incredible, and would be 4-6x the price if this came from a Chassagne Montrachet producer. $95 USD. — 11 years ago

Nic Gautreaux

9.0

So smooth and friuty....one of the best I've had. — 11 years ago

Paul Hogan

9.8

Mad Men of Riesling 2012 great southern Australia — 12 years ago