Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Took around two hours to really open, but once it did this became gorgeous. The nose blossoms with deep cherry fruit, roses, chestnut and layers of spice, especially cardamom, clove and cinnamon, with that unmistakably old-school Alpine Nebbiolo character underneath. The palate is incredibly juicy and beautifully balanced, with concentrated cherry fruit, excellent freshness and a very elegant, silky texture. Serious depth without heaviness, lovely purity and a long, increasingly expressive finish. Stunning Valgella, and flirting with 9.5 as it continues to unfurl. Stunning tiny berry fruit intensity and terrific length. High class tannins with a skoche of rusticity. — 18 days ago

Brandon Boesch

9.5

Wow, great wine. Tons of potential. I feel like it’ll be amazing at 10–15 years. Some huge tannin. Fruit is there tons of dust and earth and leather. Every type of cherry imaginable. Love it. — 3 months ago

RobertoS

9.3

Still outstanding — 6 months ago

Lee Hoff

9.2

2021 vintage at NY Butcher Shop. Cherry flavors with soft finish. $80 — 7 months ago

Guy Acheson

8.9

Pretty darn good. — 10 months ago

Stephen Osgood

9.7

absolutely BANGIN. cannot believe how good this is. perfect with pizza. — a year ago

Luis Arguero (@winefromAtoZ)

8.9

Il Molino di Grace ‘Il Margone’ Chianti Classico Gran Selezione DOCG 2013: Medium-body. Lively acidity. Strong beautiful tannins that soften & improve after opening. On the nose, bright red fruits, plum & herbs and on the palate, dark fruits, earth, vanilla, tobacco & oak. Nice lingering finish. Great week to all! Cheers🍷 — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

N dusty. Pink roses.
P spice dense. Dark cherry.

Grapevine 89 — 2 days ago

Daniel Bloom

9.3

At first open, this on the nose has a distinct caramel/barrel(botti?),odor that my wife also noted as unique. ( we’ll try to remember exactly) Then i plopped it out for 2 plus hours and with lots of air, this bloomed into a savory, brownish leaning with red underpinnings Barolo cousin. Lighter indeed, but many of the same fruit and secondary notes are there. The tannins are very gentle, and with a meal lighter in heavy proteins it fits well. We had Tortilla Espanola,,Sardines, cheeses, veggies.
There’s something almost brandyesque here…teasing at it but rewarding, especially on the nose that sense of rusty red coming up from below.
Motalli is always very interesting, I’d like more acidity, but that’s trifling.
With Randy.
Thanks, @fassselections — 3 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Located halfway up the hill dominating the principal valley of Barolo, supported by steep slopes lined by orderly vineyards, lies the 15th century Abbey of Annunziata. Deep Ruby with aromas of ripe berry fruits and pepper spice. On the palate flavors of cherry and strawberry, lively spice, well balanced with savory fine tannins on a medium+ finish ending with mineral character. — 5 months ago

Piper June

9.6

Delicious. Smokey raspberry, medium bodied, dry finish, leathery with a whiff of pepper. Buy buy buy again! — 8 months ago

with Seth

Jeremiah Diaz

9.2

Clear, pale ruby to garnet in color; on the nose, it's clean with medium intensity primary aromas of raspberries, cherries, and roses; on the palate, it's dry with high acidity, high tannins, medium alcohol, full body and pronounced primary flavors of cherry syrup, strawberries, and clay pots with a long finish. This wine is balanced and complex. Overall, I rate this wine as very good. — 10 months ago

with Nellie

Keelan Guiley

8.9

Dried apricot , cherry , stone . Fruitier barbera — 4 years ago

David Koenen

9.1

@ De Heer Kocken. — a day ago

Anthony De Blasi

9.5

Spot on! In a good phase — 2 months ago

"Odedi"

9.0

Ruby in color with medium intensity and a wide reddish rim.

Light nose and medium in body with medium plus acidity.

Dry on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing red and black fruits with light wood, tobacco leaf, bitter herbs, peppercorn, rhubarb, green tea, light vegetables, earth and chocolates.

Tangy finish with round tannins and raspberries.

This 5 year old Barbaresco is elegant with enough fruits to balance the earth notes. Tangy and spicy. Smooth and delicate.

Needs a couple of hours to open up properly.

A good food wine that I paired with a Truffle Brie cheese.

100% Nebbiolo grapes were aged in large oak barrels for 18 months.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$45. — 4 months ago

Marc Karetsky

9.4

Agree with Lyle. — 7 months ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple of hours. No formal notes due to the setting but yeah, this was pretty special from the beginning. I have long been a fan of Renato Ratti’s “Marscenasco” however Conca, the MGA for which they are most proud of, has been more modern in recent history, spending some time in French barrique (for the record, I lean traditionalist). On top of that, many 2009 Barolo’s have come across overblown to my palate. Yet this was sublime. Proving, once again that there is always something to learn. The fruit was 2009 powerful but balanced with acid and freshness. There was plenty tar and roses and all the tannin one should expect from Conca. Fabulous stuff. Drink now through 2044. — 10 months ago

Berry Marinussen

9.2

Barrel sample — 4 years ago

with Eric, Willem and 1 other

DAL 9000

9.0

Big big dark fruit aroma. Strawberry? And raspberries sweetness — 7 years ago