Andrew Cullimore

9.0

Tasted blind. Quite deep , almost opaque garnet , terracotta core , browning rim . Quite high toned nose , dried earth , touch of liquorice spice , meaty dark cherries , touch of coffee, menthol hints . On the palate this is quite dense and dark meaty fruits , quite sweet anis tinged dark fruits . Quite high acidity and rather gritty tannins . Slightly dried herbal finish of ok length . Quite austere and forceful in style. This did improve somewhat in the glass but never lost its slightly dusty , rustic style . For drinking now and over the next 5 years , I don’t see this improving much from here . — 2 months ago

andrew

9.3

Solid spumante — 3 years ago

with amanda

Madeline Ell

10

Half moon bay either Armando — 7 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.4

Very good no formal notes. — 8 months ago

Bill Morgan

9.1

Smooth dark fruit with the slightest hint of effervescence in the finish — 2 years ago

Jerry Raphael

8.9

Somewhat of a new APA — 4 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.4

From half bottle. Aromas of leather loam and a little plum but essentially very savoury with fine sandy tannins. Oak is there but not overbearing. Loved the wine and a great accompaniment to Pork Belly. Met the owner and chef Tony Percuoco. A great restaurant and a regular for us when visiting Brisbane. His 2 brothers run the equally good Fellinis on the Gold Coast and Armando is the chef and owner of Buon Ricordo one of Sydney’s best Italian restaurants. All 3 highly recommended. — 7 years ago

Ted

9.7

Different vintage. Still world class!! — a year ago

with Jeni

Brad Jensen

9.4

It’s still lives! So surprised that this was still kicking, with a nice acidity and smoky meatiness on the palate, with hints of marinated cherry (in like, brandy), tar, and the color of Port! The nose still notes of fruit even, with plum, smoke, spice, and Tiva says, “an old movie theatre, or magician’s room”. After a couple hours, the ripe red fruits were exploding out of the glass still, with velvet and even florals hinted on the acidic palate. The meaty, iron flavors lingerrrr. — 2 years ago

DE

8.9

Smelled an abundance of fruit..not a fruit bomb but alcohol fruit — 6 years ago