Andrei Constantinescu

9.8

First wine who through it's wide range of notes made me glimpse into the world of wines — 9 years ago

Ken Wu

9.2

Discontinued, but glad World Wide Wine in DC still stocked. Tannic. Easy to drink while making orecchiette with sausage and broccoli rabe and also paired with same. — 10 years ago

James Eller

9.6

I need to readjust my scale as I am rating all my wines in the 9 plus range (or I'm just drinking fantastic wines).
My favorite vineyard in the whole wide world would be two hands! — 11 years ago

Travis Hayden

9.4

Currently my favorite in the whole wide world — 13 years ago

Larry Frierson

9.5

Excellent. 2010 base. Racy. Minerally like shells. Length already developing. Old vines?
200 cases world wide. — 9 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.3

Amazing how well these mid priced Penfolds reds can age. This 2001 Bin 28 tasted much the same 10 years ago! Suspended animation with a powerful core. This will easily go on for another 7+ years. For a wine that cost around $20 what other world wide wine company can do that? Rich and satisfying. Drank another bottle 18th October. Perfumed nose of ripe blackberry and prune, chocolate notes. Still rich and satisfying. 92 points. — 10 years ago

NN

9.3

Very bold and complex, yet easy to drink and leave a lingering pleasant aroma in your mouth. Very cheap for its quality. This wine actually is 96 pt rated world wide, but inexpensive as with other incredible Tuscan wine. Reminds me of a higher brunello di multipulciano. — 11 years ago

Michael Trainor

10

Consistent from 2006 to 2007. Cork it and sit. Needs 10 minutes of air for a world of difference. Good pair with a wide range. Pairs well with cheeses or chocolate. And I'm guessing is up to the task with castelvetranos. — 13 years ago

Alex Lallos

Owner No Limit Fine Wines, Private Wine Consultant

8.9

Hugel cuvée des amours Pinot blanc... I love Pinot blanc done well and this is an exceptional example.
I cannot believe for one, how inexpensive this wine is, and two, how it is normally reviewed by the pundits. Phrases like "drink up within first couple years of life" or "lacks this and that"
This is really good stuff and for an 06 it has aged nicely. It goes to show that Alsace is a tremendous source of value in the wide world of wine.... I usually dont expect a whole lot from Sylvaner and Pinot blanc but this is right on par...
Golden color with aromas of quince, apricot, peach, and mandarin orange.... Smells sweet but tastes dry. Remind me of a huet clos de bourg (sec) in a lot of ways. Surprisingly good and worth picking up a few bottles
— 10 years ago

Nicholas Livingston

9.4

Heidi Schrock 2014 Rosé Biscaya, Burgenland | 12% | From the warm continental (what they call Pannonian) climate of Neusiedlersee-Huggeland in Burgenland –Austria’s eastern most wine region pressed against the Hungarian frontier, this vintage seems to have dropped the St Laurent of previous vintages and is made of 40% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Pinot Noir although Heidi admits to using eight varieties in all –each in supporting roles. It’s a beautiful rosy red with a fragrant headful of umeboshi pickled plums of Japan for their tension of salty tart fruit and their fragrant shiso perilla leaf lift, but other fruit wafts up bright and fresh. Red currants and white cherries all carry over as well onto the palate –a scrumptious sip of tang and texture, brine and savor –for which it bears that saltwater taffy charm that I love about this rosé –in a watering-at-the-corners-of-the-mouth sort of way. It’s appealing in a way I’d never known before it –like feelings of fervor among inchoate lovers before which everything seemed so certain and after which the world seemed wide. Prepare yourself for a first kiss where red fruit orchards meet the sea. Food? Who needs food? …if I were to dream up a dish for this specifically it might involve a crispy rendered duck breast with a compote of those gamey black currants but you name it: pork chops, schnitzel, tempura, or citrus poached fish of the herring family.
Wine review by Nicholas Livingston, July 20th, 2015 (Fruit) — 10 years ago