Jess

9.1

Pale lemon color.
Aromas of fresh lemon, orange blossom, hint of buttered toast.
Dry. Flavors of fresh lemon, orange blossom, buttered toast. Great acidity and Balance of flavor.

Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 3/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 2 years ago

Eric Urbani

9.0

A lineup of 10 August West and Roar Pinots, 2007-2011, all made by wine maker Ed Kurtzman, who attended our tasting. I found this to be elegant and delicious. — 4 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. — 4 years ago

Eric W Brown

8.9

Chocolate, green pepper. Good example of a Margaret River cab — 5 years ago

Erik Sjolund

8.9

Fine minerality but a bit short n too oxidized for my taste. Reminds a little of cava. — 6 years ago

Timmo Rol

9.4

QF81 - Beautiful soft with loads of depth. — 7 years ago

Kristyn Fetterman

10

One of my favorite wines! — 8 years ago

Troy Givens

9.4

This rye has a very nice smokiness but that could be because of aging in Scotch barrels. — 9 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. — 10 years ago

Adrian Bryksa

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9.0

Clove, cracked pepper, black currant, medium body, medium acid, ultra dry. Dark finish. Good balance — 10 years ago

Paul Hogan

9.8

Mad Men of Riesling 2012 great southern Australia — 11 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.2

A cooler expression of cabernet is the usual Margaret River way and this shows all of the minty capsicum it can in balance with currants and red cherry fruit. Barely a trace of oak. Med+ tannin, med/med+ acids add a nice juicy mouthwatering med+ finish. — 3 years ago

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9.1

Brilliant silver-straw. Lime zest, honeysuckle, succulent herbs and chalky minerals on the incisive nose. Dry, tightly focused and lithe on the palate, offering intense citrus and orchard fruit flavors that reveal a hint of waxiness and a refreshingly bitter quinine note. Shows a delicate touch and finishes clean, nervy and quite long, with resonating mineral character and a hint of lemon thyme. (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, July 2021)
— 4 years ago

Norman Gennaro

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). — 5 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. — 5 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. — 8 years ago

Rebecca Fletcher

8.9

Lots of black fruit - cherry, plum, blackberry. Violet and spice. M+ acid and tannin. M body. — 8 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 — 9 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. — 10 years ago

Joe Hirsch

9.6

One of my faves. — 11 years ago

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Aravind A

9.2

Unscrew and pour yesterday. Noted from 24 hrs open. Fantastic PQR. Lovely meyer lemon and soft mango notes, some oak-influenced vanilla, but very stylish. On the palate: lovely acidity, soft slate, good density and a juicy finish. At the garagiste price of about 27 bucks, this is leaning in the case buy direction. Yum. — 3 years ago

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

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 — 4 years ago

A-M

9.6

Delicious Demerara rum. Complex notes of toffee, molasses and somet'in' somet'in' #rumofmypeople — 5 years ago

Stacy Howland

9.0

Tried at a wine tasting and fell for it immediately. Yummy, hint of fruit and a spicy finish. — 7 years ago

Michael Park

9.5

A five hour decant. Dark cherry and blueberries with a rub of minerals and tobacco. Just awesome — 8 years ago

Deborah Walter

9.2

2008 amazing still has lots of fruit plus silky finish — 9 years ago

Tanya Hooper

8.9

Nicely balanced Shiraz with notes of blackberry, vanilla, oak and a herbal. — 9 years ago

Jonathan Wood

9.5

Beautiful and elegant, very savory, loads of eucalyptus. — 10 years ago

Nic Gautreaux

9.0

So smooth and friuty....one of the best I've had. — 10 years ago