Jennifer Pletcher

9.4

Super fruity. Delicious! — 3 years ago

Scott Cowan

9.6

Worth every penny:
Big, Round, Rich, Luscious.
Darkest purple possible without being black, with a thing ring of burgandy red-to-rosé/pink floating around the edges of the purple-black wine in the bowl.
Deep alcohol-leather-pipe tobacco-chanterelle aromas when I swirl. Many lovely spindly legs run down the sides of the bowl and back to that inky pool of tantalizingly rich, "dangerous, dark woods forbidden" purple.
The first sip brings huge wild cherries to mind -- but these cherries must have been fire-roasted and spiced with black pepper, cloves, then mixed with tart red plums, a single just-barely-ripe raspberry, and a handful of sun-kissed blueberries all macerated in pure Madagascar vanilla.
This is ambrosia worthy of wild boar, venison, the boldest, richest steak of all time -- no tender cuts for this big wine.
The finish: LOOOOOONG. Not complex, but delightful even if one note. One long, alcohol-hot note of goodness to remind one that this was oak-barrel aged and will grow and grow and grow if cellared. — 8 years ago

Sarah Milsow-Guenther

9.3

Decent. Too cold when we opened but it really opened as it warmed up. One of Sparkman’s better wines in my opinion. — 5 years ago

Katie Shawcross

9.7

Excellent wine. Smooth and soft tannins. Gotta get this for dad — 10 years ago

Sarah Milsow-Guenther

9.0

Very nice wine. Wasn't sure what to expect but it was very smooth. Dark fruit notes. Nice buy. — 7 years ago

Lauren Cartwright

9.5

Phillips hill Ring of Fire - 2008 vintage, smoked cherry. — 10 years ago