Steve Goore

9.0

What’s Durif? Loved the combo with Australian Shiraz. Red and blackberry and cherry with a touch of oak and smoke. This was quite the fruit bomb with mild tannins and medium body. Please sir. . . I want some more. — 5 months ago

Doug Powers

9.0

As someone else noted, a rare bottle of a super rare red grape from Burgundy called “Cesar” (10 hectares in the world) — very dark color, rich, dark fruits, some noticeable structure, this needs 3-5 years aging to settle down, a great “stump your wine friends” wine!! — 3 years ago

with Jim

Hugh O'Riordan

9.1

Slightly oxidize. Intriguing flavors. Really opened up in 30 minutes. Got spicy and and fill of zin.! Drink now — 5 years ago

Dr.Meandor

9.3

Terrific tenderness of close maturity! Elegant, silky, inspiring, soft, gorgeous representative of the style!
100%Saperavi harvested from best plots with controlled yield. Vinified with pigeage. MLF on pulp. Aged 1yr in Caucasian oak.

Dark cherry red, (pale) crimson rim.
Seducing bouquet of purple lilac, violets, huckleberry juice, campfire, prune, light whiff of barnyard, pine forest, blackberry, smoked tkemali plum, leather boots, hibiscus broth, old wood stump, peat, laurel, whiff of gore, black cherry jam, tobacco leaf, basil, curd, iodine, pome churchkhela, cinnamon pie, dried lavender, cappuccino.
Extremely rounded, silky and super-friendly palate. Medium(+) body, perfectly integrated acidity, gentle/polished tannins. Black gooseberry, blackberry, warm oak, blueberry, tobacco, earth, black currant jam, chokeberry jam, touch of milky chocolate.
Smoothly obducing and persistent finish of dried raspberry, black cherry, black currant jam, mocha and some gentle spices.
Paired fillet minion as well as lamb shovel baked with herbs.
93/100 — 6 years ago

Michael Meyer

9.0

Always good to stump even the most seasoned of blind tasters... — 6 years ago

Kirk Webber

9.4

Good stuff. Look for in state store. — 8 years ago

David McNally

9.6

An intoxicating nose of coffee-mushroom-bacon-sandwich discovered inside a half-rotted moss covered stump in the deepest of woods. Need we say more? Amazingly well-preserved. — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.1

One doesn’t normally associate top flight Cabernet with the Hunter Valley but Lakes Folly , founded by ex surgeon Dr Max Lake (now past) turned that notion on its head and has been making top flight Cabernets for decades. This wine has strong mint aromas with some spice. Red fruited. Would stump a lot of tasters in a blind tasting as to its origins. If anyone can do Cabernets in the Hunter Valley it would be Lakes Folly. — a year ago

Anna Brunson

9.4

Slightly spicy, tart cherry and short finish — 4 years ago

Ricardo Bohn Goncalves

9.1

Aniv Adi abr21 — 5 years ago

Brian Hearty

9.0

2010. The honey and apple flavors in the wine paired great with a Sour Cream Raisin Pie for dessert! — 6 years ago

Katelyn Jessie

9.1

Light and sweet, a little tartness — 6 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.1

Would have been a nice Merlot in the cab vs Merlot tasting. The good? This is a merlot. The bad? If you're trying to stump someone? Good luck because....this is a classic merlot. From Monte Bello Vineyard. Nose is brambly, yet a bit sweet. Terroir is on the nose in full force. The entry is dark yet a slight bit youthful. Forest floor, plum, black fruit and quite a bit of it. Finishes with some drier tannin. This one is at the top of its game right now, but isn't going to win many awards for WOTN as it just isn't complex on its own. Drank MUCH better with food. Drink or hold another 5 to 10 years. — 8 years ago

Bonnie Chu

8.9

93 yo old vines. Orange wine light (36 hours on skins), 🦶 stump, granite tanks, 6 mo in french oak, more structure, 10.5% abv, €29.9 — a year ago

Liam Elder

9.2

Blackberry, fruity, easy to sip and drink.. Very pleasant — 2 years ago

Kylie Farinelli

9.8

Incredible wine — 4 years ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Presented double-blind. Deep ruby color with a slightly watery rim; medium viscosity. No signs of particles or gas. On the nose, dark fruits, plums, cassis, some bell pepper, dry leaf tobacco, earth and some baking spice indicating the use of some barrique, probably French oak. On the palate, creme de cassis, some gravely earth, and baking spices. Medium plus tannin, medium plus acid. This is a very elegant wine. Beautiful, long, gorgeous finish. Likely a Cabernet Sauvignon-based blend. The wine was balanced and leaning more towards its structure which took me to the Old World, most likely left bank Bordeaux. Given the characteristics, I was thinking Margaux specifically. So that was my call...likely with 20+ years of age since it seems the tannins were integrating quite nicely. Turns out I got the variety and the Old World part right 😅. What a wine! I didn’t know folks were making stuff like this in Sicilia. This could stump anyone without any prior experience. Killer QPR even at $50. — 5 years ago

Angelo Casagrande

9.2

I really love D’Arenberg. Their budget wines- Stump Jumps - are always a good value( though not quite as good the last few years. This one and the Shiraz ( The Footbolt) are always terrific and @20$ I cant really afford the expensive ones but these rock. Medium bodied- not big and jammy- but great fruit and no wood! Finish lingers with some tannic bitterness. Can drink on its own or very food friendly. I had it with grilled burgers. And vintage to vintage, it’s really good! — 6 years ago

Aaron

9.6

This gsm was great for the price. Sweet on the nose, dry fruit on the taste. Plum and oak. — 8 years ago

Charlie Evans

9.4

This made for a real fun stump the chump wine. Lot going on here. — 8 years ago