Big Wave Dave

9.4

Sublime - so much better than first bottle 2 years ago. Garnet with a slight orange rim. Brooding nose of mushroom, red and black cherry, and wood spice. Some funk. Medium bodied. Super elegant and textural. Dark fruit, spicy plums, sour cherry. Super long with a final sweet note. Complex and powerful but incredibly light on its feet. Singing! — 4 days ago

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Big Wave Dave

9.2

Dark and luminous. On the nose, this is a dead ringer for a big Gibbston Valley pinot. Red and black fruit, cherry, but the spice is the overriding trait. A very spicy cherry character with lovely silky mouthfeel. Broad but a little less structured and a bit shorter than a Valli or Gibbston Valley, but at $52, much better value. — 25 days ago

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Big Wave Dave

9.0

Ruddy ruby colour. Bright red fruit on the nose with notes of smoke and ash. No more than med bodied, with a really fresh character driven my zippy red fruit and sour cherry. Some sauvage notes. — a month ago

Big Wave Dave

8.9

Amazing colour. Brightest ruby red I have ever seen in a wine. Spicy, savoury, almost peppery note on the nose, mixed with mushroom and cedar. Quite green - whole bunch? A bit thin in the mid palate. Sour cheery, red berries, with a lick of caramel/oak. Quite long for such a light bodied wine. — 15 days ago

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Big Wave Dave

9.3

Cellar release from Dan Murphy’s. Shows how style of this house has changed to more immediately approachable. Fully integrated. Red and fruit and some spicy oak but still so much structure. dusty tannins. Elegant but also quietly powerful. Very good. Feels more serious than recent Sexton releases — 23 days ago

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Big Wave Dave

9.0

Spicy, leather. — a month ago

Big Wave Dave

9.1

Big had this 19 days ago

Big Wave Dave

9.1

This is beautiful and absolutely classic barbaresco. Very dark ruby with tinges of orange. Florals exploding out of the glass. Roses, lavender, violets, Full of life - med bodied but with masses of acidity and fine tannin, carrying the sour cherry, and classy cedar spice notes through the whole palate. Not super long, but very well balanced. VG p/q — 22 days ago

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Big Wave Dave

8.9

$26 and good value. Really classical burgundian nose. Red fruit with some spice. Correct, not mindblowing but really food p/q — a month ago

Big Wave Dave

9.1

This is FINALLY singing. Some austerity on the nose with Chocolate, bacon fat, and bramble fruit. On the palate, this is med/full bodied. Sweet black fruit, then ripe prominent tannins kick in straight away and carry the flavours through. Tannins are now balanced with sweet fruit so we now have balance. Good — a month ago

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