Lyn Farmer

9.4

Very much a contemporary style of Amarone this is an elegant wine with finesse without sacrificing it punch. 15.5%abv, just 3.6 g/L residual sugar. Deep Ruby and loaded with fruit - black cherry, plum and prunes, blackberry, cassis, chocolate and seductive hints of Chinese Five Spice, including star anise and cinnamon. Elegantly poised, this feels light on the palate despite its full body. Very long finish, excellent with hearty food (I had it with boeuf Bourguignone). — 3 years ago

Nishith Jobanputra

9.0

Winestone. — 6 years ago

Jonathon

8.9

Full bodied red, absolutely fantastic. — 7 years ago

O Podadera

9.8

Excellent. — 7 years ago

HODL

9.1

Soft like Chileans like it but with noticeable structure and bright red fruits. We'll made wine! — 8 years ago

Joella Melville

9.4

Absolutely delicious - with lots of fruit and violet — 8 years ago

with Ross

Dmitri

9.2

Sunny bitter grasses — 8 years ago

Brent Clayton

8.9

Threw a few of these in the cellar just to see what would happen. Finally coming into its own in Hour 2. Dark blue black fruits, nice acidity, balanced. Really nice. Great for Sunday pasta and red sauce. — 3 years ago

Gil Castro

9.0

I really liked this. Crisp and refreshing!!! Good to start the New Year. — 4 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Our favorite Spring day is when we get plant the yard. Especially, during Covid-19 lockdown. Never more enjoyable.

Flowers by Sofia. Garden is me.

A great weather day and worthwhile doing a cheers with of one of our favorite N/V Rosé Champagne’s.

With the lockdown, I am running dangerously low on Rosé Champange. I might have to Soda Stream some Rosé wine soon.

All my many, many notes still apply.

Cheers all and Happy Easter if you celebrate it. 🍾🥂🍷 🐣 🐰 — 6 years ago

Gary Palmer

9.0

Delicious, substantial, with balanced acids. Spice and dark fruits. — 8 years ago

Michael Seely

9.5

36 years of marriage today. Always a Brunelleschi — 8 years ago

with Joe

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Celebrating a 10 year anniversary only happens once. Tonight is all about trying to recreate as much of our wedding day as possible. I cooked two pasta dishes the restaurant in Cortona made for us family style. While good, there’s no substitution for truly well done Italian cooking from the old world. What the restaurant did for our reception was truly amazing and done with wonderful Italian hospitality. Those of you that know my wine habits, I’m the guy who brings Bordeaux to an Italian wedding reception and that’s what I did. After all, It was our/my wedding. I brought an 1986 Haut Bages Liberal magnum with me from the U.S.. So in remembrance of our wedding reception, we are enjoying another magnum on our 10th anniversary tonight. I was concerned about finding another magnum in good drinking condition. However, this bottle 10 years further removed is better than the one we enjoyed at our wedding. In magnum and larger formats, I think it has another 5-10 years left of good drinking ahead...properly stored of course. On the nose; dark cassis, blackberries, dark cherries, poached strawberries, cherries, dry cranberries, a touch of pyrazine, black rich earth, stones, old tobacco leaf, cedar, saddle-wood, baking spices and dark fresh floral bouquet. The body is somewhere between medium to full. The tannins are nicely resolved. Fruits are ripe, fresh and juicy 31 years down the road. Blackberries, dark cherries, poached strawberries, cherries, dry cranberries & pomegranate extract. Black licorice, a touch of pyrazine, black rich earth, wet stones, dry top soil, old tobacco leaf, light expresso roast, softly understated asian spice, mint, cedar, saddle-wood, baking spices (vanilla, cinnamon, light clove & a hint of nutmeg), violets and dark fresh floral bouquet. The acidity is round and like a waterfall over the palate. The finish is rich, ripe, balanced, well textured, elegant and lasts well over a minute. The quality of this magnum wildly exceeded our expectations. One would think this bottle was stored at a Chateau it’s entire life prior to my purchase. The alcohol comes in at 12.5%; which is one of the reasons I love the good years of 80’s Bordeaux and prior. Too bad alcohol levels are negatively impacted higher now and going forward due to climate change. Additionally in some cases, because of producer marketing decisions largely based on consumers who crave higher alcohol levels! Sofia, I am lucky to have found you to walk through life together. I love you now and forever. What a 10th celebration tonight and a celebration of our life together. All under a nearly full moon. Oooow, I ❤️ you! Photos from our 5th anniversary trip back to Cortona; the building we were married inside & out and one of the vistas surrounding (Cathedral) this beautiful hilltop town. — 8 years ago

Keimu

9.1

Stephanie had at crush pad - lovely! Intesersting — 4 years ago

Anthony De Blasi

9.4

Fantastic Puglia Salento wine with mainly Negroamaro grapes. Will still improve with further cellaring — 4 years ago

Kayla Krammes

9.5

a wonderful white wine that we had in italy. will probably never find it again sadly — 6 years ago

Monique Cataford

9.0

À Chianti that I like! Yummy! — 7 years ago

Andrew York

9.0

Tastes peppery and old-world-ish, but really good. — 8 years ago

Jørn Weiby

9.4

Vin nr 2 på første vinkveld i Akutt nytelse. Meget god til ost — 8 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

Happy Birthday Sofia. Love you! — 8 years ago