David Shaw

9.1

Revisiting the vintage — 21 days ago

David Shaw

9.1

Revisiting vintage — 4 months ago

David Shaw

9.1

Dark ruby red, excellent clarity. Raspberry with a hint of sandalwood in nose, raspberry, rhubarb, white pepper and black tea in mouth. Tart — 7 months ago

David Shaw

9.0

Copeland Vineyard Rattlesnake Hills Cabernet Franc Rosé. Light pink, excellent clarity. Light aromas of cherry and herb. Back label suggests flavors of “cherry, pink grapefruit and tarragon”; I’d say that’s close but not quite right on the herbal note. Dry, high acid, refreshing and elegant. — 2 years ago

Ely Cohn

8.9

Good, but goes down a little harsh and with more sour and crunch than I remember since I first tried a couple years ago. Pours with a brick filter draped over dark crimson. Beefy bloody notes hanging around with magic marker upfront, then averages itself out with fruits and herbs and becomes altogether a vibrant lighter thing. Little hints of iodine and violet - just barely. — 3 years ago

ESF

9.2

Delicious! Bdx blend w/Chambourcin really adds some personality, very dark opaque ruby w/wild savage nose, forest, herbaceous, medicinal juxtaposed w/dank ripe black/red berry fruit, accented w/vanilla & spice. So Virginia - (could mistake this for Norton) very generous and right in yo face! Smooth rich viscous supple, gobs of fruit w/beautiful harmony & balance on palate. Not for everyone, very extroverted, but for $14 this is insane QPR. — 4 years ago

David Shaw

9.4

Revisiting the vintage — 18 days ago

David Shaw

9.2

Underwood Mountain Vineyard, Columbia Gorge, skin contact Grüner Veltliner. A bit of an experimental wine. Burnt orange in color, excellent clarity. Some sediment in the bottle, flocculent yeast, perhaps. A musk-like and pine aroma in nose, floral and grapefruit pith flavors, skin tannin finish with mild astringency, slight seed tannins bitterness with floral and light lactic notes in aftertaste. Bone dry. The body is light, almost silky mouthfeel followed by the skin tannin rasp on the finish. Not a variety I’ve previously seen done in an orange wine style. The more I taste this one, though, the more I like it. — 4 months ago

Will Stanley

9.4

I’ve been excited to revisit Duncan Savage’s eponymous red from the 2018 vintage, which I last tried around four years ago having just shaken off a bout of Covid, senses struggling. Even then, it was clear how promising this wine was, and now, with a little more bottle age, it’s absolutely singing. It’s a pure, bright fruited 100% Syrah which has a tremendous savoury character, with a telltale bolt of iron on the nose. On the palate it has enormous structure, with sappy blood orange fruit and white pepper, and wonderful minerality. This is such an utterly drinkable wine, with more than enough in the tank for another decade or two. Wonderful stuff. — a year ago

Michael Malpiedi

9.1

Savage! Lots of fruit even on day 3. Sheesh — 3 years ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.0

Lovely color. Lighter and lithesome. Woodsy scent with an incense and cedar vibe with elderberries. Flavors are elegant and classy. Bright. Has an old school medicine tonic vibe. — 4 years ago

Jordan Bright

9.2

Incredibly good. Bright, lively, tart, and bursting with citrus (orange pith, grapefruit). Some flinty, stoney minerality to finish. — 4 years ago

Dan R

9.2

From magnum. Wild. Savage, sanguine notes of juicy wild berry, rose, mushroom, and barrel funk on the nose. This tugs the palate in many directions at once, at times dark fruited, others herb-tinged, others earthy, smoky as well. This needs time. It's a big boy, too, with big boy tannins and real presence in the mouth. Wine of character. Good stuff. — 5 years ago

David Shaw

9.2

Skin contact version. Orange colored, some cloudiness with non-flocculent sediment. Flavors of jujube, the Chinese fruit not the candies. Dry. Moderate fine grained skin astringency on finish. Label mentions orange blossom, jasmine, ripe apricot flesh, white sage, incense and wood spice flavors, all credible claims in my book. A fairly experimental wine that largely works — 3 months ago

Ashish Pant

9.5

One of the best values around. I don’t know why I want to even alert others to this wine, it will make it more inaccessible, but all I can say: GET IT! — 5 months ago

David Shaw

9.2

New vintage! Pale yellow, excellent clarity. Citrus, thyme and black pepper notes in nose. High acid, good body, lots of skin tannins given blanc de noir style of 100% Cabernet Franc. Flavor descriptors of lime peel, lime, thyme and black pepper apply. Mineral finish — a year ago

David Shaw

9.1

Last bottle of vintage — 2 years ago

Aloke Mukherjee

9.0

Christmas 2022 — 3 years ago

Andy Wedge

9.6

Wild and savage Chenin. Love. — 4 years ago

Will Stanley

9.2

My first time trying one of Duncan Savage’s wines, despite owning a few cases of his reds, and ironically a wine that’s brand new in his portfolio. Sauvignon Blanc is a grape I have a hard time loving, so I seldom drink it. But this, from a 32 year old Stellenbosch vineyard recently acquired by Savage, was a fine example of the grape.

Still showing signs of reduction, with plenty of cut grass, unripe gooseberry and tomato vine on the nose, but it possesses a gorgeous palate that seemed much more awake and replete with plenty of ripe apple and juicy key lime flavours. This is good, ageworthy Sauvignon from South Africa, and I’m glad I bought a few bottles. — 5 years ago