Bob McDonald

9.3

Brief notes. Meaty aromas - very savoury. See previous notes re this being Bryan Martin’s private venture while still working at Clonakilla with their Shiraz Viognier being the benchmark in the country. Love this Northern Rhone style wine. I was expecting pepper but got more spice and charcuterie. — 2 years ago

Jeremy Pollard

8.9

Well this really is an unusual beast. Much darker in colour than expected, very much looking like a rosé. Completely dry and savoury. Structural. Needs food, but I'm not quite sure what. Very interesting and well made, but perhaps not one I'd choose again. Edit: Revisiting on the second day and liking it a lot more. Reminds me more of a dry cocktail than a wine. Great aperitif. — 6 years ago

with Sam

Brash Higgins

9.2

Herby, nice acid, tannins not too harsh, great Aussie interpretation, looks like a chianti — 8 years ago

Alex Tso

9.2

Solid Monte — 2 years ago

October Cleveland

9.3

Like it says on the tin. Didn’t quite make a generation’s cellaring, though. Effortlessly elegant. — 5 years ago

Brash Higgins

9.2

Super tasty — 7 years ago

Ben de Vin

9.3

☀️ drinking — 8 years ago

Jess Chen

9.0

Cranberry + minerals; opens up after oxidization; not super fruity — 5 years ago

Simon Gilligan

9.3

Grenache, Tempranillo, Graciano .. light and juicy with fine but firm tannin .. love it. Spices, red fruited, with watermelon in the mix. — 6 years ago

Tom Wood

8.9

This is the 'tindery' Cab franc / sauv blanc blend. Interesting enough, the sauv shows by the bucket load with a semi-slippery initial texture until the grainy greenish tannin from the Franc kicks in. The herbaceous notes from the sauv only add to how herbaceous Franc can be. It shows a lot of black cherry, sour raspberry and cut green herbs. If you look at it deeply enough it does show some guava and lychee notes from the sauv but they're probably not even worth mentioning. Co-ferment of the two I'm lead to believe, approach with an open mind, it can throw you about a bit. At $38 a bottle, bit of a gamble in my opinion, especially for something as experimental as such — 7 years ago