Maxwell Riesberg

9.2

Medium ruby color. Sour cherry on the nose. Hints of floral, rose petals. Low tannin. Medium-full body, almost jammy. A little acidity. A little tart on the finish.

A triumph! We had this with Thanksgiving dinner 2020. — 5 years ago

Danielle Steger

9.1

Unexpected. Loses effervescence quickly, drink it fast. I love partida creus! — 6 years ago

Joe Weinberger

8.9

A bit too flabby for me, but the fruit is solid—just could have used a bit more acid on the finish to give it some lift. — 7 years ago

Elle West

9.1

First review!! Light, carbonic, grassy, juicy, crisp apple. Yum. — 7 years ago

Jeremy Pollard

8.9

Dark red fruit, cocoa and cola with some meaty char and tar, but it’s soft and approachable. A good wash of acid. Tannins have settled down already, providing savoury texture without brutal grip. — 8 years ago

with Sam

Ben de Vin

9.0

Es D'Aqui Brutal, very pretty, mousy but enough bright fruit and electric acid to make it enjoyable. Not for everyone and my least fav of Brutals I've tried but still thought provoking and easily drinkable. — 9 years ago

Jody's Mostly Natty

9.2

My first brutal!! A little bit earthy on the nose like a light rain but so much smoother than I expected. Such a nice open with cherry and a peppery finish. Great introduction to this natural wine niche. — 6 years ago

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9.3

The 2017 A Quo is the only wine Montepeloso bottled in a brutal, challenging vintage in which dehydration took with it 40% of the potential crop. All of the best fruit went into the entry-level A Quo, which is positively stellar in 2017. Red cherry jam, mint, cedar and wild flowers are all wonderfully fused together in a sumptuous, racy Bolgheri red that punches well above its weight. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, March 2020)
— 6 years ago

Johan Jepson

9.0

White, not red. — 7 years ago

Aubrie Menghini

8.9

Tastes of spiced raspberries and cherries, red currant, but has a spicy heat to it too. Like a slow burn from a jalapeño dipped in your glass. — 8 years ago

Bob Dylan

9.2

Never not loved a brutal. Inky rose. — 8 years ago

Michael Butterworth

9.1

I know the cool kids are bored with orange wines, but here in the Midwest we're lucky to get our hands on any. This beauty has a wonderful bitter tamarind flavor I've previously never tasted in wine. Great with food. — 9 years ago

John Van Trijp

10

Without any doubt a 3 digit wine for me! Perfect score! Very creamy rich Perfectly balanced wine. Still very fruity, dark Forest fruit. Wooow what a brutal sexy lady! — 9 years ago

Georgina McDonald

10

This does not disappoint. Haven’t tasted a huge amount of Tom Lubbe’s wines, but have had the pleasure of meeting him. A wonderful man with great integrity. I hope one day to sit down and discover how he created this devastatingly delicious, can’t-stop-thinking-about-this, wine. The color, the nose, the palate. 10/10. — 6 years ago

Lisa Saenz

9.5

Great fruity flavors — 6 years ago

Michael Toraason

9.1

Wine Therapy — 7 years ago

with Emily

Chris Haywood

9.2

Shone dried leaves black cherry nose. Power tannins! White pepper and menthol more prominent in your trap. Chalky lavendar hints. Pleasingly huge and tight. More brutal, less primary than the 2016, oddly. Down a point as the appeal is less universal even though this is more to my taste. — 7 years ago

Bob Dylan

9.6

New favorite. Rose. Brutal never lets me down. 10.62%. Gone in 60 seconds. — 8 years ago

Angel Martinez

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9.4

Vino de jalapeños — 9 years ago

Maura Lucking

9.5

summer in a bottle. all the flaws but so juicy and almost effervescent you don't care. ripe fig and cranberry. — 9 years ago