Ron from VA

9.3

Fantastic at eight years old! Vibrant dark/red fruit… a touch of thyme and a pinch of rosemary. Michael Shaps built this and you can tell. Fantastic attack (cherry sweetness) and the mid palate is just a tango of balance (slightly stewed fruit and herbs)…
Medium finish but delightful in staying inside the boundaries for what this wine is meant to do — 20 days ago

Eric Urbani

9.2

Love the special character of these South African Chards — 10 months ago

Conrad Green

9.3

Ripe and lush with a blast of rock pool and a steeliness. Delicious from mag — 5 years ago

with Bex and Naoko

Jeffrey Ritterson

9.4

Oh yea baby. Smokey, fruited, well aged. Big but not obnoxious. Complex. — 4 months ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.0

Blend of Pinotage (84%) and Cinsault (16%). Interesting Garnet/Magenta/Ruby color. Aromas of sour berry/cherry fruit, wet stones and a funky (not unpleasant) musky note. Juicy red cherry, cranberry and pomegranate fruit on the palate with hints of mineral and earth. Very tangy on the medium finish. Fine tannins and soft texture. Quite fresh tasting and complex. No signs of oak aging. Two very complimentary blending partners. Interesting. — 8 months ago

Conrad Green

9.8

This is amazing. A rush of rock pool, salinity, yellow fruit, soft citrus on the nose. Loads of slatey mineral and rock. On the palate this expands and expands. It’s just amazing how this is so complex but restrained and in place. Just wow. — 5 years ago

with Aaron, Walker and 2 others

Ron from VA

9.2

Stellar - Shaps master craft — 6 months ago

Angelo Casagrande

8.9

Always suspect of ‘cute’ labels. But this is pretty tasty for an inexpensive Aussie Shiraz. Lots of fruit- strawberry- a bit of white pepper- light tannins- 14%. Would be a nice cook out wine. Hard to dislike. — 7 months ago

Ted

9.0

Strawberries. Fun summer pool, lake or deck rose. — 3 years ago

with Jeni

Peter Wassam

9.1

White flower and damp mossy rocks. A little bit of the inside of a pool house. So long and endearing, it’s like hugging a long lost friend for the first time since quarantine (not that I’ve done that, please still social distance). Excited to see where my other bottles go — 5 years ago