May 22, 2023 - jammy...i liked it
November 11, 2020 - Lots of black and blue fruit, good structure and acid, with good mouthfeel. drinking well.
April 21, 2019 - My second bottle. About 30% cork soakage again. Far more pronounced pettilance in this bottle, but heaps of blueberry on the nose. Perfectly drinkable but odd.
February 28, 2019 - Fun wine to drink. My bottle was good - perhaps 30% cork soakage, but not soaked all the way through. Certainly a dodgy cork though. Anyway, the wine has excessive jammy blueberry fruit, quite sweet in the mouth, mild acidity, fading oak, medium to mild tannins that are drawn out, so they don't bite, but they do last. It's like fruit juice with alcohol and a bit of iced tea, in a very well done blend. I cannot say that it is deep. It is fun.
February 23, 2018 - Our cork wasn't stained to the top, but damn near. The effervescence is present but barely. Glad we drank this now as I suspect it may have turned completly had it been left much longer. Delicious wine, lots of fruit and a nice soft quality, the effervescence showed up after the first glass.
January 17, 2018 - Had to dump the last 10 bottles down the drain, cork was stained to the top and the wine was undrinkable, don't know what happened, was stored in my cellar the entire time, have never had any other wine turn like this. I am guessing something defective in the corks.
December 17, 2017 - Cork was stained to the top, wine had definitely turned, had an effervescent quality to it, the fruit was gone, as others have said there is a lot of variability in this wine now, if you have them, drink them quickly. Had one a month ago and it was as expected.
December 3, 2017 - Lots of grape jam on the nose, slightly effervescent on the palate. Parker had this at 95, but that seems a reach. Still tons of fruit in this wine, but could be slightly past peak?
October 23, 2017 - Past its prime but still a lot of jammy, sweet fruit. A dry wine, but almost sweet on the palate.
October 17, 2017 - Kapow. Much flavour for little money. Little refinement and elegancy, but easy fun.