Takuya Namise

9.2

Bacco
Dark chocolate — 5 months ago

Seth Masterson

9.3

This ages so well. A balance of mature and fresh: cigars, tomato leaf, eggplant (first time I think I ever said that!), cassis.
Finely structured tannins, the acids have mellowed a little but still very present.
Who knows how long this one could go but it's a great time to drink it now! — 6 months ago

Randy Fillingim

9.0

Still drinking, wonderfully after 12 years. A fine example of this variety from Italy. — 2 years ago

Jody Wycech

9.2

A delicious primitivo. Paired well with some Italian food (pasta, wine, can’t remember). Is good, would have ‘gan — 3 years ago

with Ethan, Peter and 1 other

Muralee Murugesu

9.3

Last bottle of this earthy, leathery still powerful super Tuscan. Stellar. — 7 years ago

M. Christopher Roebuck

9.5

Happy Birthday to me....

Pretty much at the top of my scale. Not a man for words right now after finishing my first day as a 50-year old. Grateful for my family, health, and my love and aptitude for my work.

95+ points — 9 years ago

Freemark Wine Enjoyer

9.0

I brought this one to jtd dad dinner. Great. — 10 years ago

Tom Tomislav Migotti

9.4

Guests loved it!
Me too — 10 years ago

Rob Moose

8.9

Also at BPI. This seemed hot. A good party wine for people who like big dry red. Served from magnum. — 11 years ago

Alessandro Rossi

9.5

... forse la più grande bottiglia di vino base sangiovese mai assaggiata fino ad ora ! — 13 years ago

Erik Longabardi

9.4

Pelaverga — 6 months ago

Joe Fischer

9.2

Try this with a filet mignon with a bourbon cream sauce! Superb! Ruby with blackberry, cherry, and plum aromas. Nice spice, acidity, and mild tannins. Smooth with a medium finish. — 7 months ago

Jackson Dealey

9.2

After a miss on a different vintage recently this is fantastic. — 8 months ago

with Morgan

Jim Wagonfeld

9.4

Dark, almost purple in color. Nose of dark cherry, spice, coffee and tobacco. Smooth, silky palate of dark fruit, plum coffee and tobacco. Well structured, smooth, long finish and obvious but not intrusive oak. — 4 years ago

with Judy

Elle Scorcho

9.0

Beautiful rust color. Earthy, dry, subtle notes of stewed cherry, dirt, cocoa powder, pomegranate, & subtle coffee. More fruit forward than I remember. Dry, tannic finish. Medium acidity. — 7 years ago

Richard Jarman

9.2

A nice dry chianti red wine good with steaks or pasta. — 9 years ago

David Howe

9.0

Smooth and sweet — 10 years ago

Hanna Roberts

9.3

Sweet dessert wine — 10 years ago

Daron Watson

9.0

dark fruits...resting on a leather chair in an old reading room with a cigar box ~ palate starts juicy then goes characteristically dry for the vintage but falls short in length — 11 years ago

Oscar More

9.5

Lucca recomendation — 12 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.5

Power and grace. Somehow this feels like a wine of wisdom. Mature, carressing, full of warmth and comfort. Long, elegant, classy. — 6 months ago

Tom Casagrande

9.1

This up-front, fleshy Chianti is drinking really nicely right now. Pretty extroverted nose shows dark, macerated cherry, iodiney minerality, and a little loamy soil. In the mouth it’s pretty full, with a big whack of fruit initially, some tertiary notes developing and becoming apparent in the back half of the palate. Decent acids and still some soft tannin providing some scaffolding. I’d like a bit more linearity and persistence in the finish but for a ‘18 it’s darn nice. — 8 months ago

Jamie Lauder

9.2

2016 vintage.
80% Sangiovese, 13 % Merlot and 7% Malvasia Nera.
Dark, shiny red ruby in colour.
Red/black berries, cinnamon and pomegranate on the nose.
Bright acidity and the tannins are softening.
Dark cherries, leather, black flowers, walnuts and a light, herbal earthiness.
— 3 years ago

Nick Coveney

9.8

Just like back in montalcino — 6 years ago

with Kate, Bob and 1 other

Ludovic Anacleto

9.0

Great wine indeed. Nose is complex, camphor, dry amarena cherry, some flint, no oxidation not fading on this bottle yet.
On the palate, Fruit is gone for this bottle, wine is dominated by its tannic structure that is on the dry side, almost austere. I was expecting a fleshier, mellower tannin. Dry herbs, dry raisins, cherry again.
Long finish, good acidity that’s keeps the wine alive and well going.
Mitigate the intensity with proteins and juice/sauce.
Osso bucco with prunes will work. We did Fiorentina and it was ok. The crust and smokiness did not help, over exhibiting the dryness of tannins. — 8 years ago

Michelle Garland

9.2

Perfect for a rainy Friday night! — 9 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

8.9

Light body and very "Pinot Noir" like. Bright red cherry and strawberry flavors. Mild tannins and light oak. Hint of smoke. Refreshing. Chill it a bit below cellar temp. Great story about the winery. A Mt. Etna lava flow just went around them 30 years ago. — 10 years ago

PS

9.3

Very drinkable chianti. Not very dry, nice and smooth — 10 years ago

Gerald Montoya

9.2

One of my favorites! Velvety fruit of black cherry, with edges of wild mint and herbs and a leathery quality that is just beginning to show. This is Rabaja fruit through and through. So decadent and rich with gentle tannin (gentle for Nebbiolo, that is). — 11 years ago

Polly Caudill

10

Almost as good as the chianti in Paris — 13 years ago