4/1/2024 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

With slow smoked pulled pork w homemade Bbq sauce. Midweight, savoury and dry. Front has fruit flavours of cranberry with hints of plum and candy confectionery. Spicy and herbal mid palate with soft and dry lingering finish.

3/30/2024 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

With reversed seared T-bone smoked. Plenty of promise up front, but a bit lacking in the mid. Eucalypt and tobacco in the mid with a dry lingering finish. Would give this a few more years.

11/25/2023 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Smooth mouthfeel. Red berries in the front moving into milk chocolate cherry with some violet later but in balance. The finish is the game changer. Moves into a more complex black fruit and chocolate with a little spice. Soft but flavourful. Powdered tannins leading to a very satisfying finish. I’d savour this ever night of the week.

8/12/2023 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Drinking beautifully now. Totally in balance with a velvety smooth and lingering finish. Wish I had more left.

6/30/2023 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Took about an hour to open up after decanting. Still a tinge of purple in the colour. Initial cherry in the front but moving into a dusty, forest floor mid developing into a porcini finish which lingers. Not the most complex pinot, but a very good pairing with mushroom risotto.

6/25/2023 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Drinking very nicely now, but has the potential for a couple of more years. Very pleasant initial mouthfeel, but then fruit is overcome by an acidity in the mid palate. The finish mellows but with still some lingering acid. Worth another few years to mellow out.

6/15/2023 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Not the funk on the nose that this had in earlier years. Drinking beautifully now, perhaps at its prime, but still plenty of fruit to suggest that it go even longer. Wish I had kept more of this vintage to test it out.

6/3/2023 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Wonderful bouquet. Very smooth and fruity initial palate of black fruits following onto eucalypts and licorice finishing with some balanced tannins & acid. There’s still another year or two left in this.

5/19/2023 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Deep purple. Lovely initial mouth feel. Mulberry fruits, with some cloves and licorice; middle of sour cherry finishing with cigar box and nice acid. Balanced and silky with some complexity. $150 cellar door which is outrageous overpriced. Bought in a mystery box for $35. Should definitely benefit for at least 5 years before I try again.

4/30/2023 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Reached it’s peak now. Drinking perfectly.

4/23/2023 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Very enjoyable. Drinking well just now, but could easy see another year of so. Brick red, but full flavour bomb. Very pleasant opening, with full fruit, plum, Milk chocolate in the mid. Still a bit tannic, but lovely balanced acid on the finish. Wish I had a few more to see how it will continue.

4/10/2023 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Still developing. Needs another few years to mellow out. Will be a ripper wine when ready to drink.

3/18/2023 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Drinking very well now. Complex, but elegant. Blackberry, violets, mint, hint of licorice and spice. Nice balanced acidity in the finish which is dry and lingering.

3/10/2023 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Drinking nicely now. Very balanced, nice acid at the finish.

12/2/2022 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

A little past its best. Very subtle fruit initially developing into more earthy tones with some refined acid in the finish. Still drinkable, but don’t leave any longer.

12/2/2022 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Blend of Tempranillo, cab & Merlot. Initial red cherry fruit but moving quickly into more savoury, spicy and tobacco characteristics with some nice acid in a lingering finish. Definitely an interesting wine and very good with Mediterranean red meat dishes.

11/25/2022 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Different from the previous vintage. Still initial dark fruits but with more licorice notes in the mid palate. A lingering, balanced and smooth finish remains. May benefit from a year or two, but lovely wine with Italian food.

9/30/2022 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Juicy fruit, plummy and dark berries upfront. Savoury herbs and pencil shavings in the mid finishing long and dry with some nice acid. Would give this another year or two to further develop.

9/23/2022 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Initial soft acid alongside dark, berry flavours. Black berries and mulberries together with a black cherry. However definite flavour is more savoury. Lingering finish with some fine tannins. Good layers and textures.

8/12/2022 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

A nice representation of this variety. Full-bodied palate, with a nice balance between fruit and acid. A little short on the finish, but better with food.

7/29/2022 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Medium body with purple hues. A little timid at first, but the fruit begins to come through with dark cherries following into some nice spice. The oak is there but integrated with the fruit to give a satisfying finish. Drinking well now and could probably develop further.

7/10/2022 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Drinking really well now. Inky black hue with traces of purple. Very generous mouth feel, blackberry, leather with some oak but vanilla in the the after palate. Wish I had more to see if it continues to develop.

7/8/2022 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Unfortunately passed its best now. But definitely drinkable. Slightly brickish colour. Plenty of legs. Still some residual fruit but subtle and a very dry finish. Should have drank this 4 years ago.

6/19/2022 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Red current fruit leading into green olives and graphite and some residual spice. Shortish finish, but a nice drinking wine.

6/18/2022 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Licorice and plum and dark fruits, with tobacco, wood shavings and black olives in the mid, earthy finish. Some lingering acid. Good food wine.

6/10/2022 - Sergiobear wrote:

Fairly easy drinking. Jammy with soft tannins. Little complexity.

4/3/2022 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Very drinkable. Cherries and red fruits upfront. With some vanilla, oak and spice in the mid with a pleasant balanced finish. Good food wine.

3/27/2022 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Dark berries with some pepper spice in the mid and a dusty dry finish, although it doesn’t linger long enough. Medium bodied and good food wine.

3/6/2022 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Drinking very nicely just now. Plenty of fruit with balanced tannin and acidity at the finished. Still has a few years left. Be interesting to see how will drink over the next few years.

12/31/2021 - Sergiobear wrote:

Surprisingly good. Ate chilled with cheese and pâté on NYE. Plenty of fruit on the palate.

12/12/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Drinking lovely just now. Cassis, cherry with some fine tannin. Excellent balance and very drinkable,

12/10/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Opening with Red and dark fruits with some vanilla traces moving to leather and kalamative olives in the middle finishing with crisp acidity and hints of oak in the finish. Lovely food wine.

11/27/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Mushroom, earthy nose with underlying reds fruits. Cherry and vanilla in the front followed by licorice notes and some pleasant acidity ending with some smoke but a short finish. Much better after 1 hour breathing.

11/19/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Dark cherry, licorice and cigar. Quite tannic, but mellows out with a smooth lingering finish.

10/30/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Definitely ready to drink now. Nicely matured but with still lots of fruit flavour. Inky ruby colour, plenty of dark fruit and cassis upfront but quickly reverting to olives and spice with some nice acidity at the finish, but sadly does not linger.

10/24/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Dark fruits, sweet blueberries and dark plum with dusty, spicy mid palate with some soft & pleasant acid in the finish.

10/23/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Full bodied, black fruits such as blackberry and mulberry. the mid palate is soft and dry with long and dry finish.

10/22/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Ripe fruits black cherries and black current. Some herbal characteristics but it’s all in the finish. Smooth tannin and freshness in the mouth giving a balanced character and it has a long, balsamic type finish.

10/16/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Still developing but still very drinkable now. Dark black olive in colour. Dark fruits and cherry in the front with some menthol and olives in the mid with a very soft and dry finish which lingers.

10/8/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Dark plum fruit and cigar notes followed by fine tannins and balanced acidity with a lingering and pleasant mouth feel.

9/17/2021 - Sergiobear wrote:

Lighter styled red. Cherry & cherry cola in the front palate with an earthiness and tartness towards the mid finishing with some gripping & dry tannins at the end. Not too complex, but definitely a food wine.

9/12/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Still a bit young, and may require a bit more time. Plenty of red fruit including cherry and raspberry followed by some spice in the mid palate with some pleasant acid to finish.

9/10/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Inky black with purple tinges. Stewed fruits and violets with a wee bit of smoke. Moves into tar, menthol & eucalyptus in the mid with very smooth tannins & a slight charcoal lingering aftertaste.

9/5/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Perfectly aged. Flavours of sour cherry and rhubarb with subtle savoury element in the mid palate with a very soft and smooth finish.

9/4/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Light to medium body. Immediate cherry flavours evolving into olives with a some white pepper spice in the finish.

9/3/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Raspberry and purple fruit on the nose. Light to medium body with jammy red fruits in the front moving to more savoury notes in the mid palate, finishing with some nice acidity. Not to complex, but a fun wine to drink and enjoy, especially with food.

8/28/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Medium body. Cherry on the nose. Wild berry in the front moving to subtle spice and pepper in the mid. Light plum, stewed fruit aftertaste.

8/22/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Full of dark fruits, balanced acidity. Could have done with another year or so to soften further.

8/13/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Front of black cherry and raspberry moving towards dark fruits in the mid palate finishing with hints of leather, cacao and black pepper. Medium bodied and medium acidity and everything in balance. Lovely mouth feel. Great food wine, but can stand on its own.

8/6/2021 - Sergiobear Likes this wine:

Ruby red with purple tinges. Front palate of sweet black cherry, moving into spice and cloves with soft dry finish. Nicely balanced. Very drinkable.