Gor

9.5

Saddle leather, cedar, spice, lingonberry, plum, hint of licorice. Full bodied and structured with a long finish. Great stuff. — a month ago

Jan A

9.2

Rioja night, horse saddle leather, acidity — 3 years ago

Sara Kobilka

9.0

Full of flavor and depth — 3 years ago

with Brandon

Karen Prettol

10

Very Good! — 2 months ago

Tom Casagrande

9.3

Truncated notes. Kirsch, iodiney minerals, baking spice. Rich but balanced in the mouth by surprising acidity. Lotta complexity. Really nice! — 9 months ago

Konstantin K

9.1

Not too dry — 3 years ago

Hajime Kawasaki

9.0

美味しい。
デサートワインと銘打っているが、甘さはそれほどでも無い。爽やかな飲口。
フルーティだが複雑。 — 4 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

Red & black fruits, cassis with cedar, earth, saddle leather, graphite, spice box & tobacco. Still going strong. — 7 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.0

See several previous tasting notes for this wine. This was made back in the day when Hunter Valley reds had strayed from their medium bodied, savoury, sweaty saddle origins to being riper and more full bodied like a South Australian Red. This was declared in a speech by Chief Winemaker at the time, Jim Chatto, at a dinner I attended at the winery. Also plenty of oak still evident at 15 years of age. I prefer the original Hunter Valley style which Mount Pleasant has wisely reverted to utilising the wonderful old vine fruit at its disposal. Tasted again 35 weeks later on 26th March 2022. Nothing to add to the note here. A Hunter Valley wine trying to look like a South Australian wine back in 2006 with ripe fruit and oak. Thankfully HV reds have returned to the medium weight savoury long living style that Maurice O’Shea made in the 1950’s. — 3 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.1

This was quite good - and better than the 2013 Moon, which I’m pretty sure received a higher rating. Probably just past peak, however, so I wouldn’t advise hanging on to this one much longer. — 3 years ago

with Vanessa