Mary H

9.7

Chocolate, caramel, and bourbon oak balanced by singing acidity, even after 30+ years. — 5 years ago

with Louis

Clemens Kurek

9.1

Pfirschgeschmack mit einer schöner Säure. — 7 years ago

Ivar M

9.8

An amazing Amarone. Air or decant well before drinking. Full bouquet of overripe red fruits, leather and mint. Luscious, very full-bodied and with a very long finish. Great with truffle, mushrooms, porcini and beef Wellington. — 8 years ago

with Marcel and Hanneke

Ming L

9.0

Expressive nose of sweet and sour cherries, blue berries, incense, and dried flower. Round and bright palate with medium to high acidity and soft bittersweet tannins. From a tiny 2/3 of a hectare family holding of the Santo Stefano di Perno vineyard, aged for 18 months in used Slovakia oak barrel, this Barbera shows exceptional freshness and purity of the fruits at this young age, but also has depth and structure to age further. — 8 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.5

It's a 9.5 kind of night. Oh my Dorthy, how I wish we were eating pizza with this. The pasta with fava beans, mushrooms, and prosciutto did us well though. Have to get another bottle of this for future use. — 9 years ago

Rick Fenner

9.2

Fantastic, leathery love! — 10 years ago

Hayley Archer

9.0

Kind of leathery, which i LOVE. So good. Beautiful bottle. — 10 years ago

with Brian

Jimmy Hayes

Estate Director Mayacamas Vineyard

9.5

Savory, pungent, explosive aromas. Mushrooms cooking down in red wine. Umami. More umami. So good. Maybe not aging for much longer, so go get it. At its best in the glass, it had moments of brilliant lusciousness. Happy to have experienced it. — 11 years ago

Ryan McBeth

9.0

Tasty dessert wine. First time trying a Greek. — 11 years ago

T Coppotelli

9.6

A must have when you plan a dinner with meat like Tagliata, Fiorentina or Entrecôte, strong taste — 12 years ago

Steven Heydemann

9.2

Classically-styled Barbareaco. Showing beautifully now. — 6 years ago

Sarah Altenhofen

9.2

CostoCo wine we had in Beatrice — 7 years ago

Rodney Miller

9.4

No longer purple, but a distinctly strawberry nose gives way to dried cherries and a finish tat lingers — 7 years ago

Stuart Scheff

9.2

Sunday Sauce. Classic gorgeously smooth. — 8 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.1

14 March 2018. Beebe's, Astoria, NY. — 9 years ago

Neil Jones

9.3

Wow what a great wine... — 10 years ago

Pat Wong

9.6

Smooth, silky. The grapes are hand culled for several months. One of the best dessert wines I have ever tasted. — 10 years ago

M

9.4

Complete unadulterated decadence. Rich raisin fruit and toffee. This wine needs to be treated like a single lick of an ice cream cone. To fully appreciate, keep on the tip of the tongue. — 10 years ago

Karen Barnett

10

Sweet-more of a dessert wine, but very good! — 11 years ago

Narelle Burke

9.5

A beautiful desert wine to finish off the evening. — 11 years ago

Ramesh Nambiar

9.8

Very very nice red from Italy
Not dry, not too sweet.
Enjoyed it a lot. — 6 years ago

Brian R

9.4

Sulfur free barbera. So fresh and alive. Really bright crunchy cranberry, raspberrry, pomegranate. — 7 years ago

Moya

9.5

Recovering from a horrendous cold that I’m pretty sure I got from walking the streets of Paris last week, I decided to venture out for a “treat yourself” Monday night dinner back in Chicago.

You know that song lyric that goes, “whatever Lola wants, Lola gets”? Well, not in my case. I did want a French wine solely based on nostalgia, but settled on an Italian in a French restaurant.

With one nostril passage opened, I was able to get a very overpowering bouquet of tar (which by the way has been on my bucket list of aromatics to smell- so happy I can cross that off), earth floor, mushrooms, cedar and a bit of menthol.

Tannins are very much soft and nonexistent in this bottle- full bodied with high acidity. Medium garnet color, which was surprising based on the age. I didn’t find this as complex as some Barolos I’ve had in the past, but still found it very enjoyable. On the palate, a very surprising sweet ripeness of red plum that doesn’t linger long on the tongue. Overall- not bad for a Monday. — 8 years ago

Chris Madrid

8.9

I need to travel to Santorini, Greece, again! — 8 years ago

Christine T

9.2

Amazing nose, ripe and sunny. Lovely subtle tannis — 9 years ago

Adam Froehlich

9.2

Caramel, perfumed roses and violets. Black cherry. Such a good, balanced wine. — 10 years ago

with Claire

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2013 — 11 years ago

Jimmy Angelidis

9.5

Amazing! Rich, fruity, worths 100% its value! (~35€) — 11 years ago

Pierre-Yves Chauveau

9.5

Classic barolo with nice mature earthy floral aromas. Used to be available @gramercytavern — 11 years ago

Jon Maxwell

Founder Veritas Wine Consulting

9.5

Great! Leather-bound books and rich mahogany. — 12 years ago

with Cori