Jack Krawczyk

9.5

thick fresh green pepper on the nose — a month ago

Vino Joe

9.2

Mature but still with legs. Earthy, mushrooms, weighty. Solid but a bit underperforming for me. — 3 months ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.1

Fresh and elegant. Cherries, cassis, hints of smoke, tar and violets.
Very pleasant. — 4 months ago

Louis Martin

9.1

Sweet, vanilla and honey, great desert wine. — 5 months ago

Matt Perlman

9.4

Epic vintage that is just starting to open up. Accessible but a lot more complexity should develop with time, based on the secondary characteristics that started to show with air — 6 months ago

Turd Ferguson

9.0

Always delivers especially for the price. ‘23 feels a tad riper / sweeter fruit than years past. Smackin with deviled eggs. — 7 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

Crisp, refreshing with lemon, orchid fruit & mineral finish — 8 months ago

Hum

8.9

Ripe red fruit, subtle leather and sandalwood tones. Earthy. — 2 months ago

Robert Ahlstrom

9.1

Beautiful, purple-red, well balanced somewhat young, very nice in a couple years — 3 months ago

Joseph Barsky

9.3

Non Vintage in a 375 mL to kick off our 45th wedding anniversary celebration week at The Sardine Factory restaurant in Monterey, CA. Lovely fruit forward Rose with minimal brioche. Wonderful meal. — 4 months ago

Pierre Gourinchas

9.4

Just perfect — 5 months ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.0

2022 vintage. First vintage under Lorenzetti ownership. Oak dominating initially, needs a few hours to open up. Concentrated black fruit with serious oak influence. Lots of potential, but doesn't have the charm of the 2020 today. Ab. 14,,5% — 6 months ago

Conrad Green

9.4

lovely soft dried cherry on the nose. Tangy marmalade. Haunting floral notes. Pretty. Likely Past its prime, but delicious and full of character. — 7 months ago

with Matt and Paul

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Deep Ruby color with aromas of rich berry fruits and floral spice, aged for 14 months in French oak. On the palate flavors of cherry, plum and raspberry flavors, with leather, cacao, spice, herbs and tobacco notes. Lively acidity, fine chewy tannins, medium+ finish ending with spicy mineral and earthy oak. Nice! — 8 months ago

Vanessa

9.4

The Rocca family makes Barbaresco wines today from various places, but their Rabajà vineyard is a PRIZED family heirloom, first acquired by Luisa and Francesco’s grandfather in the 1950s. The Nebbiolo vines now have an average age of 50-60 years. 🍇

Here we have the 2007 Bruno Rocca ‘Rabajà’ which is pale garnet in appearance.  Nebbiolo can make unexpectedly pale wines, despite having such a strong structure of tannins & acidity that provide runway for aging in the bottle 👀

As a ‘Barbaresco DOCG’, we know this wine was legally required to undergo extensive aging before release, softening tannins and lending complexity through secondary characteristics. 🪵

Indeed, this wine is layered in aromas and flavors including fig, red plum, black cherry, pomegranate, potpourri, rose, dried orange peel, black licorice, sandalwood, vanilla, nutmeg, cardamom, clove, star anise, tobacco, cigar, forest floor, mushroom, and leather.  It’s gorgeous and in an amazing place 😍

Cheers to the talented Rocca family and the deliciousness of this Rabajà Nebbiolo expression!!
— 2 months ago

with Deked1

Bruce Leboff

9.3

Drinking beautifully Well aged classic cigar and earthy nose — 5 months ago

with David

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.0

Quite rich and big. Hint roasted hazelnuts meyer lemon. Clearly high quality juice. Some tannins. Hint orange juice. Touch pineapple. Overall lacks depth. Nice though but $$$. After shaken but not stirred and kept under my Argon line gained statue. — 6 months ago

Suneal Vishnupad

9.1

Was honestly a bit disappointed this relative to some other wines from him. Ie was excellent out of the bottle but I think it might have gotten over decanted 4 hrs post opening. Surprisingly I liked the 1996 Barolo from him better — 6 months ago

with Kayla

Conrad Green

9.7

A wonderful lush nose. Burgundy like with floral notes, soft red cherry, leather. Savory and lifted and delicious. Great — 7 months ago

with Matt and Paul

Jonathan Wall

9.1

With home made pizzas… and it was delicious. Nicely balanced. Civilized Dolcetto. — 2 years ago