Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

What a pretty wine. Gorgeous and grapey nose, spice, white pepper, jelly donut filling, and just so clean and vivid. Cesare has the touch. Palate is lush and juicy, with gorgeous fruit and such a subtle way about it. Really fine tannins and such incredible balance and delicacy. Such a sneaky persistent finish. This is so refined. I am blown away. What a wine. — 2 years ago

Manny Abascal

9.4

Going old school Cali for the fourth. This bottle was low shoulder and accordingly I had low expectations. It was brilliant. Some red fruit, bell pepper, white pepper, leather. Made by Cesare Mondavi. 1965. — 5 years ago

Manny Abascal

9.5

1965. Birth year wine on birthday. Pronounced nose, weak in the middle, tired at the finish. But enough about me, the wine was great. Interesting at first with ripe strawberry, cherry, forest floor, cedar notes, long finish. After opening up bell pepper flavors emerged, which was fine but others may not like. I enjoy these old bottles made by the Mondavi family, this one signed by Cesare. Enriches the experience to know you are drinking an historic, old wine made by an iconic family. — 7 years ago

Rick Pitcher

8.9

Great label and really enjoyable Barbaresco made in a very classic style yet fun to drink now. — 9 years ago

Martin Davies

9.4

Guy recommended this by Braida over the pio cesare. It was very good. — 9 years ago

Scott Schaefer

9.0

The nose of apples and peaches continues to the palette. This Chardonnay is clean, crisp and balance and paired great with our meal. — 9 years ago

with Jennifer

Alvaro Bustillos

9.0

Da cesare en roma — 2 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.8

Anyone who has written off 2017 across the board is short sighted. Great winemakers make great wine in difficult vintages.

Nose is classic. Sweet tobacco. Really perfumed. Wow. Wow wow wow. So elegant. Almost a wine of yesteryear.

As this opens you get cherry liquor. Intense perfume.

Palate has amazing texture. Very Silky. Sweet cherries. A very light cherry liquor. Palate staining. Very elegant. Only 14.5% and perfectly integrated. Very good freshness.

Almost like gods cherry water lingering on the finish. Cherry licorice.

Just killing it out of the gate. Some grippy tanins. Should age quite nicely.

The level of pristine ness in this wine is off the charts.

Could be better than a 9.5 in 5 years. It’s hard to say how this will process. But the bedrock of the balance elegance and structure is there.

Whoop. As this opens it’s getting that 9.6+ heavenly perfume. It is passing the hump of delicious into the realm of profound. Psychotic lsd made from cherries and spice. My god. 9.6 is the floor.

Ok nose is almost truffly at 1 hour. Sick. Now a 9.7.

Something in this wine that is just a fiber optic cable to the wine geek pleasure zone. Motherfucker hacked my brain.

Finish is gods juice. So savory and long and juicy. Wow. Liquid pleasure.

Pardon my French. This is the Fucking shit. The fucking shit!!! Almost tears of joy drinking this.

Bought from fass selections. — 3 years ago

Hector GMW

8.9

Very interesting nebbiolo. Garnet color, started with low aroma but opened to a complex nose. Black fruit, floral notes, licorice, plums in liquor and the tipical rustic tone that most Italian wines have. Good tannin on the mouth, very nice acidity. Good permanence in mouth. Drank it for more than 2 hours to enjoy it at its fullest. — 6 years ago

sasha

9.0

cesare. fresh fruit on the nose, ever so slightly fizzy, cranberry, high acids for rich foods, gentle midpalate tannins, cesare da casaletto 18E — 8 years ago

Molly K

9.0

Great vintage for drinking now and midrange Barolo price. — 8 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.1

The Da Cesare experience in a nutshell. Probably my favorite restaurant in Rome. — 9 years ago

with Sarah, Gianluct and 1 other

Alvaro Bustillos

9.0

Da cesare — 2 years ago

Nicola Morvillo

9.3

On 26-7-20 — 5 years ago

sasha

9.1

cesare. Pinot like. Hint of cantaloupe/muscat on foreground, medium body with pepper and earthy finish — 6 years ago

Will Beshears

9.2

Baking spices, slight hint of menthol, sweet but with a funkier creamy finish, cinnamon — 6 years ago

Juan Pablo Perez

8.9

Nariz: cereza, rosas, regaliz, cuero. La nariz amarrada todavía.

Boca: Seco, Tanino M+ algo astringente, Acidez M, Alcohol M+.

Debe airearse. El vino debe guardarse por lo menos 5 años. Tiene buen potencial pero le hace falta evolucion.

( V Suarez ) — 7 years ago

Victor Hwang

9.3

Fascinating side by side with the Pio Cesare ornato 2000. This had an unusual amount of sweet cherry fruit and was a new world bright contrast to the pio cesare. I really enjoyed this. The ornato is supposed to be more new world but it was very old world to me in contrast to the la spinetta barbaresco. — 8 years ago

Jeffrey Cole

9.5

A perfect follow up to Pio Cesare. It really makes sense tasting them side by side to feel the difference of masculine Barolo and feminine Barbaresco. Luscious black plums, white pepper and roses... — 9 years ago

Jeffrey Long

9.1

Surprisingly youthful. Astringent bright cherry and pipe tobacco. — 9 years ago