S.S. Mandani

9.0

Color: grapefruit pink, power ranger pink if she was angry

Aroma: waxy, freshly picked raspberries, bee pollen

Tasting Notes: mixed berries, a melange of berries, astringency of a ripe black blackberry,

Texture: puckery tartness, slightly tannic, gripping — 4 months ago

Stuart Pollack

9.3

So fresh, the fruit is just bursting out of this 18-year old Riesling, despite its age. This wine does have a weight to it that some will not like. Fresh fruit nose and palette of peach and tropical fruit. This Riesling is very complex in flavor, but not for the faint-hearted who want just a light and crisp wine. — 4 years ago

Troy-Lindy Sergeant

9.0

Accurate liable, good semi sweet wine that pairs well with a light hearted evening. This wine doesn't take itself too seriously, and neither should you. — 5 years ago

Tim Schroeder

10

The intense summer heat turned into this huge, CA Zinfandel monster that somehow, after bowling you over with jammy fruit and brown sugar, gets more complex and interesting. Light on char and tannin. Not for the faint hearted. — 6 years ago

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Daniel Bloom

9.4

One of America’s finest IPA’s. Malty, spicy, hoppy citric, all in great balance.
At 7°, it’s not a drink up and forget, unless you’ve drank that many. But it is refreshment par excellence. ( almost beer geeky! Ha) it’s nice that it’s sold in a few formats so ya get your choice. And widely available. Everything done right. — 8 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.2

Quite a history to this wine. Back in 1997 Robert Parker gave the 1997 Duck Muck 99/100. A rare event at the time for an Australian wine and rapidly turned it into a Cult Wine par excellence. Almost overnight a bottle of Duck Muck was bringing $1500USD and higher. Unfortunately this led to many Australian winemakers wanting to duplicate this success and began creating these ultra ripe, high alcohol, very oaky Behemoths trying to attract Mega Scores from Parker. This was a trend that set back the Australian Wine exports by 10 to 15 years. We are only recovering now from the image of only producing Massive Shiraz and anyone who knows the Aussie wine industry knows we do much more than that. This wine at 16.5% ABV is not for the faint hearted. Rich Plum Prune and cinnamon notes. On the palate concentration and intensity is off the charts. You would never guess the age of this wine if tasted blind. It tastes much younger than a 2002. On a cold Winters night it’s great to reacquaint with a big Australian Shiraz. This is the whole Box and Dice - Shiraz on Steroids - but from this Burgundy Lover I can tell you it works. Time and a place for everything. — 5 years ago

Ross Bathgate

9.1

Almost overpowering with very ripe dark berries and an array of exotic spices backed by chocolate and overt tannin! Not for the faint hearted! — 3 years ago

Alecxander Taylor-Pierce

10

I’m a San Francisco Wine drinker and love this. Smooth and not overwhelming. Great for friends with gentle pallets. The drunk is nice and light hearted. Chenin Blanc is what I’d relate this to. Great beverage. Buy 2! — 3 years ago

Yi-Fen Li

9.3

Decade old, paired with clove n hoof reverse seared pork chops+++ — 5 years ago

Joe

8.9

Subtle and light hearted drinking. — 5 years ago