This is Eldertons more basic line, and it delivered extreme value in this exceptional Australian vintage.  The spice and dark fruits rip through your tongue and stick around for a solid minute.  This is one of the best values I had in a long time.  Wish it was still around. 

This is a big boy wine with a young mans personality.  The structure of the fruit and the roundness of the wine make it seem mature and easily able to age.  The fruit flavors of strawberry, raspberry and currant are a nice start to your meal.  This wine is fresh and ready to drink.

This is a good wine, but I have enjoyed so many of Silverado's other wines better.  The red berries and milk chocolate are softer than I would have excpeted based on the stronger nose, but still good.  Some might argue this is a 3 star wine, to me the price knocks it down a notch.

I tasted this wine at the winery and it was still disgusting.  Mass produced and lighter than water, it had no fruit to speak of, and only some oak chips that hit the backend of your palate. Big Pass.

Buttery and a little bit flabby.  This wine is not a shinning example of this producer.  Other vintages of this wine have proven to be cleaner and more fruit expressive.

This was another great year for Caymus, the big bold fruit is just as powerful on your nose as it is on the palate.  The cherries and and raspberries are wrapped in vanilla. 

Skip this pinot in my opinion.  Artesa makes a lot of solid wine, but this pinot is too middle of the road for anyone to enjoy it!  The fruit is too fake and covered in smoke that seems to be used to cover other defects of the wine - over oaked, rough fruit, too much alcohol.

Had this at a tasting, and it was wine #7 for me, but overall I thought it should good balance and structure to last 10 years+ and still taste young.  The dark fruit is nice and the oak is hidden.  The price is a little high for what I tasted, but not obscene.

This cabernet is lacking the fruit and finese that the shiraz delivers.  This is a stronger more balanced Aussie Cabernet than most, but it still gets a little too high in the alcohol and fake fruit. 

Pour it on ice cream. Seriously.  This isn't bad for the money but it's slightly over the top even for what it is. Some will love this wine, others will think it's over-the-top.  I'm the latter.

This wine was ok but thats it.  It didn't have any special characteristics that made it stand out from any other shiraz in this price point.  It was slightly more earthy than most shiraz but other than that - buy yellow tail.

I had this wine (Russian River Valley) about two months ago and was really impressed by the quality for the price.  Beware - this is a very very light wine - almost watery on the palate, but the fruit is balanced and the light strawberries are present enough to make you take another sip.  I wish it had more backbone but for $13 - very good intro pinot.

This was a very nice surprise wine!  It isn't going to blow your socks off but it isn't going to drain your wallet either.  With the price of 2005 Bordeaux raising the price of Bordeaux wine for good, this is an excellent opportunity to try off vintages.  This is a very earthy and rustic wine, with cherries, light toasted oak, and nutmeg. 

Leaf Wine! There was no fruit - just leaves and oak chips - just disgusting to be honest! I bought this at the grocery store on sale, and since it was a 97 california cabernet, I thought it could be a steal.  It was - it stole my money and destroyed my taste buds.

Stay away!

This wine lacked any character that would make it worth recommending to anyone at any price level - but at $25+ a bottle - this was a huge disappointment.  The taste is covered in oak, bad fruit, and dirt.  Also it tastes a lot like raisins that have been left out in the sun for 2 weeks.

Skip!

Dark Fruit, slight oak, nice body feel in your mouth.  This is a good cabernet for the price, but it's still got some time before it starts to really get interesting. 

Cellar for 2 or 3 more years and then enjoy it at its best.