Della Flora

Benanti

Serra della Contessa Etna Rosso Nerello Blend 2012

Served blind . Arrogantly said after a quick smell & taste, Burgundy from 2018 , high quality village wine. WRONG! Beautiful flavors of cherry, earth and mineral. Pepper red fruits, herbs and mouthwatering acid attacked my palate. Still has structure to endure for years. — 8 months ago

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Jan de Weerd

Jan de Weerd

Mt Etna is the new Burgundy of the Mediterranean. Check out this story we produce a few months back of Terre Nere, crafting beautiful expressive vibrant yet complex wines from single sites on My Etna using Nerello Mascalese. https://youtu.be/iCKe8UoZ-Jk?si=-6EAUc9EvM-Nl1Uc
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@Jan de Weerd the link does not work can you send me the title and I’ll just look for it
Jan de Weerd

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We have two videos @spokenwines on YouTube: Terre Nere. Expressing Mt Etna with Burgundian Precision. And Al-Cantara- Where Wine, Poetry and Art Reflect The Voice of Mt Etna

Flora Springs

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1985

Shay A
9.1

Christmas Day wine 🎄🎅🏼🍷

Acquired this for two reasons: Flora Springs was my “a-ha” wine 10yrs ago which started my wine journey, and secondly because it’s my sister-in-law’s birth year.

Enjoyed on Christmas Day (with said sister-in-law) and family (the family who introduced me to wine + Flora Springs). Kept the bottle standing for a few days. In the glass, there was bricking but the color was much more vibrant than expected. Aromatically, it showed mushroom and fig, but a good bit of muddled red and black berry fruit, some mint as well. Alive, elegant and bright on the palate with good tannin structure (held strong the two hours it was open). Small hint of tobacco at the finish, but the berry fruit stayed persistent keeping the flavors balanced. Undeniably older Napa (13%) and in great shape.
— 2 years ago

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Merry Christmas, Shay!
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@Bryan Kesting : Merry Christmas!

Bolla

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Corvina Blend 2014

First bottle was aged, second was good. It may have been the cork. — 5 years ago

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Cesari

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Corvina Blend 2012

Raisin and dried cherry aromas with vanilla, earth and baking spice accents. Same dried fruit flavors with hints of cloves, licorice and tobacco. Minerals and dried herbs on the long chewy finish. Lacking some boldness and a little tight, but still solid. — 6 years ago

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Idlewild

The Flower Flora & Fauna Nebbiolo Rosé Blend

Lovely rose with a bit more complexity and less acidic bright fruit than the typical rose. Well-balanced dryness. — 6 years ago

Igino Accordini

Le Bessole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Corvina Blend 2008

Wonderful soft palate with notes of plum and blackberry. Some cherry on the front end with a hint of asphalt. Full mouthful of peach and grapefruit with undertones of almond, tobacco, pine, licorice, cardamom, red velvet, turmeric, oatmeal, cayenne, newspaper, Oreos, bicycle chain, chitlins, camembert, burnt umber, huckleberry, Ripple, plain yogurt, lemongrass, kohlrabe, anise, eggplant, kohlrabi, everything bagel, paczki, aspartame, caramel, coconut, latte, beef carpaccio, pine nuts, Wonder Bread, calamari, watermelon radish Jolly Rancher, aglet, sawdust, gnocchi and red grape. Finish is definitely Bruno Kirby. Pretty complex. — 8 years ago

Giuseppe Quintarelli

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Corvina Blend

Took a while for this wine to open up after decanting. Once it did, chocolate flavors, muted cherry, with slight taste of baking spices. The Acidity helps smooth the hefty 16.5% alcohol content, but this is still a powerful wine. Burnt red color along the rim faded into deep crimson towards the middle of the glass. — 8 years ago

Sartori di Verona

Estate Collection Amarone della Valpolicella Corvina Blend

Smooth with notes of raisins. Wonderful bottle! — 11 years ago

Allegrini

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Corvina Blend 2020

A blend of Corvina Veronese 45%, Corvinone 45%, Rondinella 5% & Oseleta 5%, deep Ruby with aromas of dried dark fruits, spice and herb, about 120 days of appassimento. On the palate flavors of ripe cherry and raspberry with notes of fig, cacao, flint and mineral tones. Soft smooth tannins well balanced with acidity on a long spicy finish. Will continued to get better with age. Sustainable. — 8 months ago

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Bertani

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Corvina Blend 2000

Somm David T
9.5

This was one of the treats of the festival. It was in perfect shape and somewhere around its precipice.

The comment made by the women representing it was, she stopped pouring it to many as they simply didn’t appreciate and or understood what they were just poured. If you understand how this is made and the extra process to make good examples, you develop
#respect

Not a wine for everyone, but amazing with this kind of age and older.

@Pebble Beach Food and Wine, From The Cellar event.
— a year ago

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Idlewild

The Bee Flora & Fauna White Blend 2022

Very floral but full bodied — 3 years ago

Giacomo Montresor

Amarone della Valpolicella Corvina Blend

Year 2017. Lovely fruity taste and beautiful bottle. Perfect gift to friends for Xmas. — 5 years ago

Schramsberg Vineyards

Crémant Demi-Sec Flora Blend 2016

Really crushable - lots of apple and baked apple, citrus and cream — 6 years ago

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Secoli

Amarone della Valpolicella Corvina Blend 2016

Deep Italian red, very sweet and perfect with some red sauce pasta — 6 years ago

Idlewild

Flora & Fauna Barbera Blend

Very smooth. Easy to drink. Yum! — 7 years ago

Tommasi

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Corvina Blend

Full body, rounded flavor full of heavy fruit — 8 years ago

Tedeschi

Amarone della Valpolicella Corvina Blend 2011

Great amarone, and actually not overpowering or overpowered. Had with steak at Chicago cut. — 11 years ago

La Stoppa

Barbera della Stoppa 2007

Lucious, leather, smoke behind bold fruit with an earthy finish — 12 years ago

Zenato

Riserva Sergio Zenato Amarone Classico Della Valpolicella Corvina Blend 2017

Amazing amarone! Rich taste, well-rounded, well balanced, long and rich aftertaste! — 9 months ago

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Farina

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Corvina Blend 2017

At Flour + Water with Dani and the Ghafouri’s — 2 years ago

Ashley Grech
with Ashley

Tommasi

A Vintus Selection Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Corvina Blend

Things that stood out: raisinated stone fruit and leather. 2017 vintage, very much enjoyed with a spaghetti bolognese. — 5 years ago

Zonin

Amarone della Valpolicella Corvina Blend

Nice full body. Deep cherry undertones — 6 years ago

Flora Springs

Trilogy Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2015

Back in CA attacking the cellar...not remembering where I acquired this but really enjoyed! Haven’t followed this winery for awhile but probably should. I don’t think I have any more of this. — 6 years ago

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Tesoro Della Regina

Valdadige Pinot Grigio

Crisp green apples with a touch of white pepper. Smooth refreshing summer drink. — 6 years ago

Tommaso Bussola

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Corvina Blend

Amazing simply amazing. Soft gent fruit forward with a very smooth sweetish finish. Lots of fruit and depth. Amazing with cheese and salumi. — 8 years ago

Conte di Bregonzo

Amarone della Valpolicella Corvina Blend

Rich, sweet, over ripe cherries, jam, light amaretto, low in tannins, berry forward — 8 years ago

Colombera & Garella

Cascina Cottionano Coste della Sesia Rosso Nebbiolo Blend

From even north of Lessona. Cherry, raspberry, blackberry and fresh plum. White pepper, red liquorice, Dried fennel, almond paste and orange rind. Fine, gentle emery board like tannins with perky acidity. Really approachable now. 65% neb, 20% croatina and 15% vespolina. — 10 years ago

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