Chris O'Hara

8.5

'the colour of spring' 2025 vintage

Nose: odd for an orange wine to actually smell like oranges, but this definitely does. Other notes of nectarine or peach, and something botanical, like a floral tea

Taste: hard to place, slightly umami, very fresh. The bubbles fill the palate quickly, which actually makes it quite difficult to taste.

I love the nose, I'm ok with the palate, I adore a crown cap on a bottle of wine.

Note: when I first opened this, it had an alarmingly acrid note on the palate. After 10 minutes sitting, it's lovely. — 7 days ago

Chris O'Hara

Nose: nectarine, peach, jasmine
Taste: peach, melon
Low acidity, very mild. — 7 months ago

Chris O'Hara

9.0

Nose: concentrated dark fruits, violets, pepper stems?
Taste: all the above, plus some mushroom umami
Light tannins, lovely lively wine — 10 months ago

Chris O'Hara

9.0

Nose: plums, cherries, black pepper
Taste: unripe strawberry, stewed plum, rosemary, pepper
Full body, long finish

Note: benefits from some air time — 2 months ago

Chris O'Hara

9.3

Nose: blackcurrant, strawberry, licorice, vanilla
Taste: cherries (the Luxardo cocktail cherries), rosemary, msuhrooms, wonderfully umami after the initial sweetness
Light tannins that keep it fun and playful, this wine really opens up in the mouth. — 7 months ago

Chris O'Hara

9.5

Nose: plum, black raspberry, cherry, bell pepper, umami sort of mushroom
Taste: nose plus violet, rosemary, smoke?
Light tannin, low acid, very very nice — 8 months ago

Chris O'Hara

8.9

Chris had this a year ago

Chris O'Hara

8.6

Nose: petrol, rubber, lemon zest
Taste: lemon, salt, orange blossom water?
Medium acidity. — 5 months ago

Chris O'Hara

8.0

Nose: Jammy plums and cherries, vanilla, nutmeg?
Taste: Unripe strawberry, balsamic, green pepper
Mild tannin — 6 months ago

Chris O'Hara

9.5

Nose: cherries, plums, mushrooms, licorice, wet wool
Taste: big soy sauce with sour cherries and under-ripe strawberries
The first time I had this, it had aged for about 9 years and the tannins were huge - after aging for 15 years, the tannins have mellowed and opened up a very (VERY) subtle sweetness which complements the umami profile really well. — 8 months ago