Stephen Fitzpatrick

9.0

2021 vintage. New Zealand’s South Island continues to deliver. Light berry hue in color, rustic red almost brick red at the rim. Vanilla, spice, with a touch of smoke on the nose, blackberry and cherry on the palette. Medium to low bodied, smooth finish, paired exceptionally well with barbecue chicken breast, asparagus, and sweet potato. Would definitely enjoy again. — a month ago

Drink Jabber

8.9

Firstleaf - pear, crisp, porch drinker, minerality, mild acidity — 5 years ago

Sherwin Taghdiri

8.9

Juicy aromas of plum and cherry...and a little spice.
Drinks nicely with juicy flavors of dark berries, cherry and oaky-spice. Lingers on the palate a bit and finishes with some spice. — 6 years ago

Kirk F

9.2

Mrs F wanted Zin on her birthday and so Zin it shall be! Excellent bottle here. — 6 years ago

Colin Rayye

8.9

a nice hop — 8 years ago

Chris England

9.5

Fabulous relaxed & reasonably priced meal at “Blanc” in the Mandarin Oriental with Chef Carme Ruscalleda, whose restaurants have won 7 Michelin stars! ⏩ Scroll for delish city’s food pics on Instagram ⏩

A truly unique wine that’s €112 in restaurant & €56 from winery that went with all the foods shown perfectly 😍

📍 Terroir Al Limit Pedra de Guix 2014

🏵 95 points

🍇 Pedro Ximénez, Macabeo & Garnatxa Blanca

🍷 Amber honey w/ a bronze orange tone

👃 Light burnt marmalade, stick toffee pudding foam, old sherry cask, fallen green apple & vanilla custard

👄 Med refreshing body of brown green apple in torched brown sugar w/ honey, citrus zest & baked orange w/ soft sherry tickles

🎯 Long aged tortured toffee old apple in honey & brown sugar - a sherry but elegant & subtle

💭 Mrs E says “Nowhere near as heavy as it looks”

— 8 years ago

Chris England

9.8

Worth £300 in Cut steakhouse 45 Park Lane Mayfair London - Hell yeah 😍🍷 Mrs E loves Talbot on her birthday 😁🎉 didn’t take notes but it was stunning 😎 — 8 years ago

Michael Chelus

9.3

Cherry, raspberry, eucalyptus, vanilla, cassis, mossy earth and oak. Full-bodied and soft tannins. — 5 months ago

Rachelle Tripoli

9.9

Dry and crisp aromas of apricot Bartlett pear and peach as well as honeysuckle 35% Pinot green 19% Sauvignon Blanc 13% Chardonnay 11% riesling 10% Roussanne 6% Marsanne 3% Gewurztraminer 3% muscat. 13.6% by volume of alcohol and contains sulfites Light golden color appears to be immature white I would describe this as moderate color, dry, #MIN, acidic, fruit intensity, mild to flavorful I don’t detect any oak feels midweight and is still  — 7 months ago

Wai Min Higa

9.0

Pleasant surprise! — 6 years ago

Suzanne Agarwal

10

My favorite rose this year. — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.5

When Mrs Es been away in the 🇺🇸 all week & she lands .. what does she want 🤣 I think the 2012 is the best priced, finessed & yet w/ depth Sass going @ £107 (now £145+) from 09-15 vintages although 09 & 15 are my favourites 👍

📍 Sassicaia 2012

🏵 95 points

🍇 85% Cabernet Sauvignon & 15% Cabernet Franc

🍷 Dark opaque ruby

👃 Minty, herby, sweet cedar & soft smoked oak through dark cherries, raspberry jam, peppery spiced light blackcurrant & wild blackberry w/ stoney minerals, clove, lavender, liquorice & leather 😍

👄 Med body of silky elegant ripe spiced blackcurrant w/ cracked rock mineral & liquorice tones

🎯 Med+ black fruit blackcurrant driven wallop w/ mocha & raspberry liquorice slap
— 8 years ago

Saman Hosseini

Writer Maison Abattoir

9.0

6 months on the skins, aged 20 months in neutral oak. 11.8% abv. Drink with mekhong whisky ribs. — 8 years ago

Thomas Disco

8.9

Affordable. — 9 years ago

Jason

9.1

Succulent berry and chocolately overtones. — 6 months ago

with Katherine

Marlene Ström

9.3

Mumsigt 👌🏼 beställt på alko — 4 years ago

Richie Davies

9.4

Not as sweet as 2019 — 5 years ago

Mitzy Ann O'Brien

8.9

One of the few times I gave a wine time to open up and decanted it. Very smooth and even my husband enjoyed a few sips (not a wine drinker). I have a few bottles of 2019 and am wondering how they will compare — 6 years ago

Chris England

9.2

This is probably my favourite Sangiovese for the money so thought I’d take one for the community & try the new 2015 @ £65 so you know if you should buy 😉 The 07 is stunning now & this 15 is drinking well but should be just as fab but is lighter at present 😉 We drank 3 bottles over the weekend 😊 Oakier than others I’ve had but not dominating 😉

🐮 The 3rd bottle paired perfectly w/ Mrs Es slow cooked Beef Stew & Dumplings in gloopy gravy 😍 on a cold rainy ☔️ day

📍 Isole e Olena Cepparello 2015

🏵 92-93 today w/ potential for 95-96 I’d say

🍇 Sangiovese

🍷 Clear rich ruby

👃 Smokey oak infused cherry w/ tones on spiced black fruits, minerals, cranberry, cedar chards & light herbs

👄 Med body of smooth red cherry & black berry in touch dry minerals w/ a slight mocha & cranberry tones coming through

🎯 Med+ big red cherry boom w/ a slight sweet black berry undertone oozing through mineral, red berry & mocha w/ a dry oaky linger
— 7 years ago

Chris England

9.7

After a tiring day shopping 👠 👜 with Mrs E you gotta love Barcelona that you can pop to the local supermarket next to the hotel, grab some meat, cheeses, hummus & bread as well as a €295 98-100 Point by Vega Sicilia Unico 🤣 & a decanter + some glasses, then sit in your room overlooking the beach & city to chill @ sunset 😎 💗 Barcelona 🇪🇸

⏩ scroll for night pic 🌌 on Instagram

Drinking superb already but will become legendary 😍

📍 Vega Sicilia Unico 2006

🏵 97 points w/ huge potential but I prefer 04 at this crazy price 😁

💥 14% ABV

🍇 94% Tempranillo & 6% Cabernet Sauvignon

🍷 Opaque pitch black ruby

👃 A heady intoxicating nose of date & prune jam, chocolate kinky goo sauce, raspberry & cherry Black Forest gateaux, melted liquorice, smoked dry cured meat, mint infused fresh cut cedar & herbs w/ spiced damson plums & subtle oak 😍

👄 Full bodied rich & ripe raspberry & cherry through creamy cocoa w/ dark plum, prune, blackcurrant, liquorice & parma violets

🎯 Long prune choc cherry & raspberry gateaux cake food fight eruption in your cake hole 💥 Did somebody say food fight 🤣 — 8 years ago