Stuart Pollack

9.6

Licorice and chocolate nose, bitter fruit flavor and smooth finish. Excellent Amarone. — 3 months ago

Jody Wycech

9.7

So tasty!!!! Boldly aromatic with lots of fruit like cherry, plum, loads or chocolate and tobacco. Full bodied with strong tannins balanced by a cleansing fruity acidity. Love this wine but getting to taste an older vintage is special. — 4 months ago

with Ethan, Peter and 1 other

Henry Fuseler

9.3

11/2024. Oh lord!! — 6 months ago

romo

8.9

Called Amarone or Aussie Shiraz. Volatility blew off still high alc. — 7 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.3

Very dense and black in colour. These wines always remind me of Fruit and Nut milk chocolate. The colour makes you think full bodied but it’s actually light to medium bodied. A luscious mouth filling palate with the savoury milk chocolate together with notes of raisin and date. Supple yet persistent tannins. Reminiscent of a Priorat Garnacha in some respects. — 8 months ago

Faith Casel

9.0

Very soft, light color. Great first impression, little after taste — 10 months ago

Robert Bender

10

Very different experience from typical reds. Dry, light, very clean. Good try for cab lovers. — 5 years ago

Mike Laba

9.2

Coming back to this wine a year and a half after I first rated it...still love it. Nice hints of fruit and exceptionally drinkable. Will continue to stock it as a house red — 6 years ago

Pooneet K

9.0

Great amarone, and actually not overpowering or overpowered. Had with steak at Chicago cut. — 9 years ago

Selim Tlili

9.4

Smooth with notes of raisins. Wonderful bottle! — 10 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.0

Another big boi from this producer. Obviously uses at least a significant proportion of partially dried grapes. Fairly saturated color. Nose is rather subdued, reluctantly giving up scents of leather, underbrush, crushed rock, and dark cherry underneath all of that non-fruit stuff. In the mouth, it’s big, with initial slightly bitter, extracted notes. Tannic. Dissimilar from straight Valpos in its size and austerity. Dissimilar from Ripasso-style Valpos in that the fruit is not especially ripe or sweetish. It will go well with our stuffed shells in red sauce, but is a little challenging on its own. It occurs to me that this might fit in well in a tasting of 2017s from the left bank in Bordeaux. In other words, very atypical for a Valpo. Still, it’s pretty good, as long as you don’t harbor any expectations of typicity.

UPDATE: two nights later (using a vacuum closure), this has actually improved. Kind of amazing for a Valpo of this age. The fruit has moved closer to front-and-center, and it seem a bit more Calpo-like, though it’s still pretty large-framed. Upping score from 8.8 to 9.0. — 4 months ago

Samuel Tyndall

9.2

Think it’s a little young?? Idk, very good. Think it could enrich in time. Coal, oak, smoky, but a little too red fruity on after taste. However after a glass that acidity is very nice. Maybe it just needed to open up. — 5 months ago

Taft Morgan

9.3

Blew me away, perfectly balanced with notes of dark fruit, underlying tones of some floral notes.  — 6 months ago

with Ginette

Jennifer Dennis

9.5

Yummm....trader joess — 7 months ago

David Valenti

9.0

Corvina blend. Great balance. — 8 months ago

Kate Parkerson

9.4

Very nice, slightly dry but smooth. Great with meatloaf. — a year ago

Lawrence Asrikin

9.1

Slightly drier, lighter from the 2014 vintage if I recall correctly. Some dried pepper and dried cranberries notes on the nose. — 6 years ago

Kenny Louks

9.5

Excellent!!! — 8 years ago

Michael Perry

8.9

Fun, fun in a bottle — 9 years ago

Paul Edmunds

9.6

Great with a roast dinner — 12 years ago

Henry Fuseler

9.0

1/2025. A good wine. Bold and full bodied. Good fruit and nice finish. Enjoyed. — 4 months ago

Bettina Read

9.7

Lovely. Soft and drinkable. Almost finished the bottle in one sitting. — 4 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Cena com david diego benito y victor c en la cocineroa boda de andrea — 6 months ago

Mark Scott

9.5

JDP picked it, amazing. — 6 months ago

Laueen Anronino

9.7

had it at corso wine dinner. balanced. easy to drink. medium body. had it with polenta with cured egg yolk. mushroom and veal@bolognese — 7 months ago

Nancy Bernstein

9.0

Perfect with our steak — 8 months ago

with Megan

Danielle Weiss

10

LOVED it. Excellent wine, excellent price. — 4 years ago

with Jeffrey

Oh Li

9.5

Top note is spicy, but has a sweet after taste. Medium bodied. With Darryl at Da Luca — 6 years ago

Richard Portes

9.0

17.5+. 2002. V consistent: big, rich, long. No other Valpo in this class. — 9 years ago

Michael Meagher MS

Chairman/Founder Boston Sommelier Society, Beverage Director Cafe Escadrille

9.3

Really nice example of a high alcohol wine being completely balanced by fruit, acid and earth. 17% abv, lots of raisinated plum, quinine, balsamic, and savory herb. Quite delicious, almost a shame it's not colder outside. — 9 years ago