Eric Urbani

9.4

Outstanding, wish I had the patience to hold it longer — 6 years ago

John Willison

9.1

Absolutely chocolate covered maraschino cherries, with a damp earth, black tea finish. — 6 years ago

Meg Herring

9.1

It pains me to give a Viognier a good rating because I hate it so much.... But I’ll admit this one is good. Very good. There, I said it. — 7 years ago

Alex Lallos

Owner No Limit Fine Wines, Private Wine Consultant

9.2

This wine is so different compared to its youth. I remember a lush, jammy, sexy wine full of cassis, dark fruit and vanilla. Now it carries some nuance. Sous bois on the nose with cedar, tobacco, leather and dried cherry. I prefer the young and slutty version but this is really delightful nonetheless. Would be interested to revisit in another 10 years — 9 years ago

with Ben and Lee

Martin Bergqvist

9.0

Beautiful and fruity but with a complex tone. — 6 years ago

Alex Lallos

Owner No Limit Fine Wines, Private Wine Consultant

9.2

Rockstar wine. Lots of life ahead of it. Bright fruits, stems and texture. Oh the texture — 6 years ago

with Nathaniel and Lee

Bill Bender

9.3

While it also showed extremely youthful the ‘07 was on another level and IMO had shed more tannin than the ‘06. It was my last sip of the night and it was plush and beautiful and rounding out incredibly. Potential high 90’s wine in 10 years. Thank you @Matthew Beckman — 7 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

On the the nose, grilled meats, soy, mint, menthol, black currants, dry blackberries, blue fruits, black plum, dark spice and decayed dark florals. The mouthfeel is full, rich, ripe that starts juicy and slowly dries across the palate. Fruits are the much like the nose. There's a good presence of tarriness, deep-dark Asian-Indian spices, dry stems, leather, pepper, wood shavings, menthol, mint & herbaceousness. Then, the fruits start to differentiate themselves on the longer plate set; blackberries, dark cherries, black plum, black raspberries, blueberries, mocha powder, caramel, crushed dry rocks, graphite, soy, grilled meats, dry decayed floral bouquet, violets & black cherry cola. The earth still outshines the fruits. The structure is still big. The elegant stingy finish swirls of everything above quite simultaneously on a long rich high acid finish. Still needs 5+ years. Photos of the the heart stone, vines of the "Heart Stone Vinyard" and those beautiful Paso Syrah grapes at harvest. The Heart Stone Vineyard is in the Paso Robles Adelaide AVA with a 30 acre oak forest on a hill and 8 acres planted to Rhone varietals. It was planted by John and Mary Swanson in 2000. They hired Justin Smith (Winemaker/Owner Saxum Winery) to select the property and plant the vineyard. He agreed on the condition he could take all the grapes. 2003 was the first vintage of Saxum Heart Stone. The high density blocks are planted on gentle South slopes of limestone and shale. It has 8 different clones of Syrah, 5 of Grenache and 2 Mourvedre. — 9 years ago

Shawn R

9.5

Paired this 07 with mesquite smoked baby backs-what a great pairing. I find that Paso Wines can get sappy with age. Not the case here. Fruit is integrated well and not over the top...pink peppercorn and kirsch on the nose, with blackberry preserve and hint of wild game paired with super fine tannins makes for a stunner. — 6 years ago

Kristof Vande Velde

9.6

So bloody good. Great nose with citrus, passion fruit,... Nice full body. Buttery. 12m of wood. Long finish. — 7 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.2

It’s not easy to find a better rosso than this. — 8 years ago

with Andrew

Bob McDonald

9.2

A lovely dusty pink copper color. Savoury and bone dry as expected. You would not imagine BS making a bad wine no matter what the grape is. Short term drinking. — 11 years ago