Jakub Kalinowski

9.1

Staying on the Nebbiolo trail
Vibrant, energetic, fresh & juicy. Full of sweet cherry & raspberry, with a flower whiff and a stony-tarry undertone. So enticing!
Medium bodied, with juicy cherry acidity and amazing tannins - silky, finely grained, offering ajuicy, yet firm bite. Perfectly ripe.
Nice depth & purity and great cherry & cherry flower note.
This an ode to youth! Keep your Barbaresco Rosetta’s till they aged with truffle & balsamico while you devour the young, crunchy, joyful „simple” Nebbiolos.
Yum! — 4 days ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.3

Slow to open up, with time shows amazing raspberry purity paired with undergrowth freshness, tree bark sapiness, and a mineral earthy edge.
So fine & elegant on the palate, perfectly evolved with a beautiful superfine tannic frame, filled with juicy, fresh raspberry galore. Great depth here and brilliant purity.
This is amazing truly beautiful wine.
From magnum.
— 12 days ago

Jakub Kalinowski

8.9

Ripe exotic nose with pineapple, yellow pear, guava, but also a stony undertone.
On the palate with nice breadth but also fresh acidity. Juicy, ripe yellow fruit with a cool herby finish. Nice energy & length.
Nice blend that falls not far stylistically from southern Burgundy but does not become a caricature.
Nice. — 14 days ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.0

Fresh, juicy, so nicely balanced between the honeyed apricots and fresh acidity. A touch of tea, a hint of undergrowth.
Lovely sipping and fits so well with an apfelstrudel. — 19 days ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.0

A crunchy, vibrant field blend of Nebbiolo & Croatina ++. Full of energy & character.
Ripe cherries with flowery notes, underlined with some stony minerality and a bit of orange zest freshness. So enticing & fresh. Very alive.
Joyful & crunchy on the palate with edgy, juicy tannins, zippy acidity and cherries galore. Delicious, unpretentious stuff - so drinkable and so food friendly. Another benchmark glou-glou wine.
What a nice discovery from Alto Piemonte. — 5 days ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.3

Needs a bit of air upon opening to blow off the reductive edge.
Shows juicy, ripe, creamy blueberry with a bit of toasted and a fresh, mineral streak.
The magic happens on the palate - brilliant energy & depth. Great, pure, juicy, fresh blueberries with rocky minerality. Sappy, velvety tannins, vibrant acidity, so fresh.
This is brilliant stuff - complex, elegant, quite serious. And so drinkable. . — 12 days ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.0

Much brighter than I had in memory from prev vintages. Red fruit with crunchy cherry, some blackberry & blackcurramt emerge after some time, the wine quiets with time and starts showing more Bordeaux blend characteristics.
Nice mouthfeel, juicy, fresh, the tannins surprisingly present & vibrant. Nice earthy, leathery accent towards the finish adds complexity.
A safe bet with a steak that rarely disappoints. — 13 days ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.4

Very enticing nose with black currant leaf, fresh, sappy black currant, a bit of damson plum, cedar wood, some gravelly earthy notes, a bit of mocca and a fresh uplifting mentol note at the finish.
On the palate this is a beautiful classic St. Julien.
Layers of creamy dark fruit with a savoury edge, mid weight on the palate yet with a beautiful coating mouthfeel, the tannins so polished and so juicy, the acidity fresh.
Very elegant and very complete - and quite youthful for 15y. Really nice depth and long finish.
This is quite a wine - not flashy at all, but delicious and quite serious. — 9 days ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.1

From the masters of Nebbiolo, this is equally aetheric, elegant, enticing.
Crunchy dark cherries, raspberry freshness, rocky minerality. Very juicy & fresh with a flowery accent towards the end.
Light bodied & so juicy in the palate. Elegant, highly drinkable, succulent.
Great energy & depth, amazing quality of tannins, so polished & dusty fine.
Beautiful flow.
— 12 days ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.2

Classy & elegant with ripe black fruit, exotic spices, a touch of leather, a whiff of wilted violets and orange zest. A bit earthy & mineral, too though showing youthful freshness & energy.
Poised & very elegant on the palate with beautifully polished yet grilly tannins and juicy acidity. Layers of black fruit with wood shrimp seamlessly integrated. Nice volume & depth, terrific energy in the long finish. A classic Rioja reserva and the perfect wine for late fall.
Looking forward to tasting it over the next few years. — 15 days ago