Painted Passage

Passage Rock

Waiheke Island Syrah 2008

Nicely fruity New Zealand Syrah, in addition to blackberry and smoky aromas and flavors, also shows some bacon fat notes and some solid structure, rich and complex, long, lingering finish, very fine!! — a year ago

Jim Powers
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Love Waiheke Island wines!

Philippe Colin

La Fussière Maranges 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2016

La Passage Lyon. Without looking, immediately knew it was a fine Burgundy. Sweet black fruit on the nose, caramel finish. 👌 — 4 years ago

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Abbot's Passage

Points + Unknown Steel Plow Vineyard Grenache Blend 2018

PJW #3 - better than the Eisele Syrah - fruit forward, not offensive, pretty fresh, but weird little acidic twist at the end — 2 months ago

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Painted Rock

Estate Grown Okanagan Valley Merlot 2015

Beautiful Merlot with all the right notes. Perfectly balanced — 3 years ago

Andis Wines

Painted Fields Sierra Foothills Old Vine Zinfandel 2018

Strong raspberry on this one. Smooth and silky with medium tannins. Nicely balanced — 4 years ago

Painted Rock

Red Icon Estate Grown Malbec Blend

Jan 17, 2025 with Debbie and her floppy hat.
2021 vintage
— 9 months ago

Michel & Stéphane Ogier (d'Ampuis)

Saint-Joseph Le Passage Syrah 2018

Saturated and fairly rich, but not out of balance. Needs a hearty braise or something wintery. — 2 years ago

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Caillard

Mataro 2015

Mid Ruby red in colour with a tawny edge. Sour cherry with touches of pepper and cloves. Not as raspberry as I was expecting from old vine Mataro. With a couple of hours of aeration the raspberry notes started coming through finishing with Sandy tannins. This wine is made by the multi talented Andrew Caillard who is the supremo of Fine Wine retailer and auctioneer Langtons who allowed Andrew to make his superb range of wines under his own label using old vine Mataro and Shiraz; painted the exquisite labels himself and who achieved a Master of Wine in his spare time. I am lucky to have 5 of these beauties left. 96 points from James Halliday. — 3 years ago

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