DAL 9000

9.0

Muted nose of citrus and honey. Mild pear and pineapple middle. Then more pineapple on the back . Refreshing. — 4 months ago

Daithí Lambert

9.2

From Mark and Fiona 2021 Christmas — 3 years ago

with Sorcha

Tracy Hall

9.0

Christmas toast with Fiona! — 6 years ago

Michelle Campbell

9.4

I like it! It's pretty sweet and floral, easy to drink. — 7 years ago

Greg Smith

9.9

Pete and Fiona brought this back from Carrefour in Spain, 4 for €22. Definitely buy if coming across when out there. — 5 months ago

Samantha Schalop

9.0

Loved this. Had with Fiona and taylor — 4 years ago

Palmer Emmitt

Owner/Winemaker Judge Palmer

9.4

The nose is pleasant but a bit musty and tired, like I’ve rented a 150 year-old farmhouse on the coast of Ireland for a quiet weekend away. Upstairs, in an old sock drawer, is an ancient bag of potpourri containing dried herbs, crusty rose petals, and lumpy brittle strawberries that mingle with the peat and damp hay drifting through the air. The palate is fresher, brighter, the same but somehow newer, like the proprietor of the old house, a 30-ish strawberry blond named Fiona, whose great-great-grandfather built this place with his bare hands, has burst through the front door to greet me with a wink and wry smile. Like her, this wine is feminine but not delicate, stout but not burly, complex but not ostentatious. I’ll spare you any further indulgence of this tortured metaphor, but this wine is nearly everything you want in a mature Barolo – the acid is bracing in a good way, the tannin fully resolved, the balance exquisite, the length prodigious. — 5 years ago

Graham Brooks

8.9

Dry medium bodied slightly peppery and cherry flavours. Not very manic but enjoyed with Greek beef stew and mashed potatoes at Kellari restaurant in Beeston. — a year ago

Robert Swart

9.0

Notes of petrol, mossy forest, and intense berry finish. Medium bodied and complex. Well balanced tannins. Thanksgiving wine. — 4 years ago

Ellen Clifford

8.9

Quite nice. For the price. Say it once. Say it thrice. I drank this as I a) tried to avoid eating everything in my kitchen for the what-day-of-quarantine-are-we? day and b) tried to learn to appreciate Fiona Apple. I want to like her so much more but I feel she’ll be like Mars Volta. It’ll be an “okay I’ll let that shuffle choice play” until one day it hits and I’M IN. Maybe.
Ahem.
So lots of citrus and vanilla. Maybe some fake oak things I didn’t like up front but given time and air I appreciated the weight against the punchy greens and acid. Much as I’ll appreciate the slow cords against Fiona’s spoken-word-esque lyrics someday maybe.
But in all truth yeah I like this wine. It coats the mouth and ballasts they soul and has a lot going on for the price. And takes a minute to appreciate but it’s good for an evening. — 5 years ago