Kirsten Christiansen

9.5

Bought as a half bottle to pair with homemade crab cakes, asparagus, and pan-fried chips. Lovely pale yellow color, fresh citrus and grass aroma and taste (with a hint of my favorite: green bell pepper) with a moderate alcohol sting on the back end. — 9 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

Awesome nose. No fruit. Elegant. Almost neutral. Some mint. Really needs air but I know what’s coming and it’s not fruit. Palate is rich, ripe, elegant and mineral. Had a bee sting effect on the tongue from the honeyed richness and all that energy and acidity. So linear and intense. I love this. — 4 years ago

Benjamin Shirk

9.0

Costco, $12

Prunes, and spice on the nose with a little alcohol sting (makes sense it's 15% ABV). First sip hits you in the face with tart acidity, but the flavors are wonderful, bold fruit forward with a very nice complexity and tannins. Each sip is different, licorice sweetness, dark fruits with a prune like gameyness, but can't get over how tart it was! Not necessarily bad, it was quite refreshing in the summer heat, but a bit distracting. Still really enjoyed it for the price. — 4 years ago

Ben O'Connor

9.5

Delicious earthy, Oakey finish to an otherwise rich taste. Excellent demonstration of how Shiraz can be full of flavour without the sting. — a year ago

Chris A

8.9

Rooooxxaaanneee!! You don’t have to put on that dress tonight! Another one of Sting and his wife’s wines and this is more then hype: well structured yet soft red that has a sturdy mature red fruit punch going in - great smooth finish that rivals a well made Bordeaux. Wasn’t sure at the price point if I was paying for the name or the vines - happily this measures up to both! Pair with a meal or cheese as it has enough presence to demand a wingman while enjoying it! — 3 years ago

Aaron Rankin

9.3

Mother’s choice on her day. This comes out hot. Hour and a half decant and the nose is more akin to whiskey than wine. Overt oak and the sting of alcohol. This is a young, young bad boy. The decant smoothed the tannins but the oak, alcohol, and unfocused extravagance will only mellow and integrate with time. — 5 years ago

M. Christopher Roebuck

9.3

Rich crimson with clear-pink-oranging rim. It's turning the corner. Deep muddled red fruits on the nose. On tasting, I find a nutty green light olive (I wish I could better describe this note as I get it a lot and it's a muddled thing with olives and a wood or nut). Over the 1.5 hour decant, this note has subsided a bit. Nice full bodied sphere in the mouth, with medium plus tannins that linger--with the nuttiness that is perhaps pecan. Enough sting and dryness to suggest that this bottle should be rested in the deep dark corners of your mind.

93+ points — 5 years ago

Lindsay Corrigan

9.0

Opens with nose of fresh churned butter & lemon. Upon first taste, surprised by its sting of citrus leaning towards grapefruit & cleanse of sustained limestone minerality. At this point, I checked the label again to insure its said Chardonnay as Sav Blanc & Viognier was there. It opens up becoming more floral, orange zest but maintains minerality cleanse. Medium body, little oak delicious-“Chablis”! Paired with pan seared chicken breast creamed sundried tomato sauce & gnocchi💥 — 2 years ago

MaJ CappS

9.0

Wild berry pie

Raspberry jam, flinty prune and dried dark cherries. A sting of mole on the back end, with the tannins and acidity working perfectly.high alcohol, with little heat. Love it when a winery can work with its ripe, expressive fruit.
This does need time to open, and time to sit.
Thirsty Thursday. — 4 years ago

Sting Wu

8.9

Sting has the 2014 vintage on January 23 2020 — 5 years ago