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. — 20 days 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 — 4 months ago

Chris O'Hara

8.4

Nose: blackberry, plum, petrol
Taste: sour cherry, violet, rosemary?
Medium tannin, low acidity — a year ago

Chris O'Hara

Nose: nectarine, peach, jasmine
Taste: peach, melon
Low acidity, very mild. — a month 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 — 2 months ago

Chris O'Hara

9.0

Nose: apple, pear, orange blossom water
Taste: orange zest, unripe peach, very mild miso sort of savouryness.
Low acidity, medium body, overall very good. — 8 months ago

Chris O'Hara

8.0

Nose: plums, blackberry, vanilla
Taste: violet, cherry
Medium tannin — a year 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. — a month ago

Chris O'Hara

8.9

Chris had this 6 months ago

Chris O'Hara

8.0

Nose: cherries, plums, vanilla
Taste: unripe dark fruits, nutmeg?, dark chocolate
Medium - light tannin
Not really sure what I think of this, maybe past it's prime in 2025, although with a bottle top I'm not sure how it would change, barring yeast consuming the residual sugars. — 9 months ago