Kelsey Guenther

9.0

Dry wine, berry and vanilla notes. Not a pungent nose, but has smoky, fruit scent. Would go well with a steak. — 3 months ago

RBS

8.9

Interesting! Strong mesquite and leather, yet still smooth and juicy. Firm but mellowing tannins. — 4 years ago

FinerTastes

9.2

Really love this. Jammy. Nicely dry. — 4 years ago

with Sarah and Kristen

Angela Dahdouh

9.2

Couldn’t get proper label to read. Ironstone Reserve 2021 Estate Grown Sierra Foothills Chardonnay. Good. Buttery like I like it. Abilio and I drank before Sushi. Given to us by Roxanne. — 3 months ago

Pamela Taylor

9.2

Intense sweet herbs like menthol, fennel, anise, with a touch of vanilla and black cherry on the nose. Tertiary, smoky notes on the palate, smooth finish and delicate tannins — 4 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.4

Vineyard sits in high elevation area on sandy ironstone soils, deep Ruby, purple edges, aged for 15 months in 35% new French oak, with aromas of dark fruits and sweet spice. On the palate flavors of blackberry and ripe cherry with espresso, leather and vanilla oak. Tannins are a bit tight and rustic on a long finish, good balance, ending with fruit, spice and mineralogy. Just starting to taste well but a few years in the cellar will benefit. — 4 years ago

Joan Ziegler

9.0

Enjoyed in Columbia CA — 3 years ago

Jo Lawson

9.2

Fruity, soft, very drinkable — 3 years ago

Neal Ferry

8.9

We had this with Grilled Chicken, Fried Rice, grilled portobello mushrooms and Shishitto Peppers — 4 years ago

with Tom

Bob McDonald

9.6

The final wine at the Peter Lehmann dinner at the Downs Club and the whole point of the dinner. Delectable: this new cuvée is called the Masterson and is a Barossa Valley Shiraz. Wine Pricing in Australia has become an arms race and this new Cuvée has set the benchmark at $1650 for a magnum - only available in magnum. This was sourced from a vineyard in the Moppa sub district of the Barossa owned by Glen Hammerling from vines planted in 1992 on original rootstocks, dry grown in deep sandy loam with ironstone over clay. The wine itself is an exercise in restraint. Matured in a large 2500 litre fourdre imparting minimal oak influence. You could happily drink this wine now or cellar for over 30 years. It is so well balanced. A brilliant wine but is it worth $1650? I think the pricing is too ambitious but the owner of Peter Lehmann, John Casella, the owner of export star, Yellow Tail, probably doesn’t care as he continues to make money from his budget line. 1458 magnums created and only 1000 released for purchase. — 5 years ago