Beautiful poise and intensity. A little drying on the finish. — 6 years ago
Amazing nose, ripe and sunny. Lovely subtle tannis — 9 years ago
Deep and bright — 11 years ago
Debizeness — 12 years ago
Not a 1er Cru, but it should be! Lovely Vosne. Velvet, sappy cherry fruit with Vosne spice. Hints of vanilla and stones. A whiff of oak char on the nose, but less so on the palate. Decanted for 2 hours prior to consumption. — 5 years ago
Lots of strawberry — 5 years ago
17•+ remarkably young colour. Good nose, though not v complex. Same on palate - v good fruit, elegant but not as interesting as I’d expected. Maybe decant next bottle. — 6 years ago
Magic in a bottle. — 7 years ago
An excellent medium bodied Cabernet, this wine is rich in creamy tannins but not so much as to be “liquid bread “. It has very pleasant, yet restrained, Bing cherry and red currant flavors. The oak is also applied with a subtle hand. Overall, this is an impressive offering, which should evolve nicely over a couple of years’ lying down. — 8 years ago
At Cuvée Como, 04/10/17 festa Laurea — 9 years ago
Medium bodied, well balanced, dry finish — 11 years ago
One of my favorite producers!! Love and happiness ya'll! At the Barrel Room SF. — 12 years ago
A fruit bomb, silky and textured on the palate, drinking amazing — 3 years ago
20 years old, and still wonderful. A very well-made wine. — 5 years ago
Nice looking bottle, TS fill. Brought to Grasings in Carmel, opened/decanted 4 hrs before. Reddish tawny, doesn’t look it’s age. Wow nose. Exotic, attention grabbing. Notes of tea, rose petals, black fruit, some licorice and a little menthol. Ethereal in the mouth. Needed 5+ hrs to show its stuff. Had the staff standing in line for some shared pours. Great showing. At peak but bottles like this one are going to deliver pleasure for another 10 years easily. — 7 years ago
What a bottle. It evolved over the 2-3 hours it lasted and if I had my way it would have lasted 30 minutes! Opened with more leather tones then a more nutty flavor with light fruit throughout. Very silky but hard to go wrong with giacosa. Easily last another 10-15 years. Great bottle! — 9 years ago
Dryyyyy and bubbly — 11 years ago
Day 2 of Santo Stefano...still plenty of tannin, but coming around so nicely! Santo Stefano is incredible... — 13 years ago
Suneal Vishnupad
Good but not the best version of this bottle. — 8 months ago