Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.6

Dark cherries and cloves prevail on the nose, then you start to dig in into a very layered nose. Complex and broad spectrum.
On the mouth it is supple and creamy, mid palate is beautiful and rich. The closing is somewhat lifting and refreshing with rose and strawberry flavors overcoming the pleasant bitterness.
An excellent wine for the vintage.
It won’t be immediate. Bit it’ll be a nice surprise in the years to come.
95-97. — 25 days ago

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.2

Fresh and nicely green tone. It keeps on going with that fresh grip all the way thru. Nice one. — a month ago

Conrad Green

9.1

Cat pee and grass. Very sauv blanc. Flint and avoid. Good — 2 months ago

with Peter and Gregg

Jay Kline

9.1

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of an hour. The 2016 pours a deep ruby/purple with an opaque core; medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of ripe black and red fruits: cassis, blackberries, raspberries, red plum, tobacco, a touch of bell pepper, earth, old wood, and warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannins and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium. A classic expression of Bordeaux during a period where the lines between New and Old World have been blurred. This is tasty and showing well in its early drinking window. Drink now through 2036+. — 3 months ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.5

This does not taste like sauvignon blanc...dorothy we arent in Kansas anymore! — 4 months ago

Alex Gordon

9.8

Still has many years of cellaring ahead but delicious esp when decanted. Dark and rich. — 5 months ago

Dylan Browning

8.9

Will review after bottle — 10 days ago

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.3

First time tasted the oak was not so interfering. It may improve notably with time — 25 days ago

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.2

From Magnum. This one is getting into a very nice window. — a month ago

A. R.

8.9

Classic, classy, and great qpr. — 2 months ago

Yan Gagnon

9.3

Demi-bouteille. D'une belle couleur or sale, le nez se décline avec des pêches confites, abricot, sucre brun. Il est d'une grande fraicheur. La bouche est mordante avec un superbe équilibre. La finale est longue et savoureuse. Une belle bouteille. — 4 months ago

Carter White

9.2

Minerality, mushrooms, a little fruit. Really dry, almost sherry like. — 4 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.5

Posada winegeeks Chih @bikina — 5 months ago

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.0

Opening with an interesting and unique orange zest character, then moving to tilled soil. Overall a fresh and mildly spiced nose. On the palate it shows the character but it’s quite harsh to undesired at the moment. — a month ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2008 vintage. From a 375ml bottle. Nice but more dried fruits than last visit 01.29.23 (9.5) and drinking more "advanced." 04.04.25. — a month ago

Conrad Green

8.9

Rounded with decent acidity — 2 months ago

Jason Sliwa

8.9

Strong tropical fruit, with lovely acidity. Inexpensive blind purchase that was fun to taste. — 3 months ago

with Vicki

Max Traina

8.9

He prefers Leibriz — 4 months ago

Rufus King

9.3

Smooth, mildly astringent Bordeaux with Chateaubriand roast on Christmas night in Toronto — 5 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.1

Quite bright medium ruby , ruby pink rim . Quite elegant and reserved , some red cherry, violet , summer fruits , scorched earth , touch of spice . On the palate quite elegant also , summer fruits, blackberry , blackcurrant , red plum . Good balanced acidity , herbal touches on the medium length , saline tinged finish . Quite polished but still grippy tannins . This is showing well , especially with food , but has a relatively long future , from now and over the next 5-10 years. A very successful second wine . — 5 months ago