Riccardo L.

9.0

Mmmmmmmmmmm so beautiful. How can you possibly do better than this for $15? Full, thick, deep... sounds x-rated. — 8 years ago

Tripp Borstel

9.1

A Loire valley inspired California Chenin Blanc. Spruce and even Pine-Sol like nose with a slightly oily texture. Sounds strange, but I thought it delicious with my lemon caper catfish. — 8 years ago

Christanna Honer

9.7

This may be the best cider I've ever had. Honeyed peach, chamomile, saffron notes- almost sounds like I'm describing botrytis. Heady and intoxicating. — 9 years ago

Jacqueline Reyes

9.0

Would be great with some food. Was suggested to have burgers with it, which sounds real great. — 9 years ago

Gae Saccoccio - NdC

9.6

Really complicated on these so suspect days, expose themselves with concepts such as: tradition, terroir, identity without falling into the most sinister rhetoric if not sounds just trite and hypocritical as the counterfeit currency with which even large-scale industries - supported by marketing - pays back its inattentive mass audience riding the wave of the country of origin or protected typicality. A diabolical mechanism this one for which even the most noble ideas probably the right practices and good experiences completed in the scale of centuries to human measure and not on massive industrial scale, are trivialized by sleazy slogan, emptied of meaning to be more or less surreptitious thanks to barbaric persuasion techniques and brain-washing propaganda.
Yet with the Valentini's Trebbiano you may not groped to summarize in words if not by drawing on terms so appropriate to express it. Now concerning this iconic label we've got behind it a local grape variety, a real family and a great wine that collect in a bottle the past and present story of a side of Abruzzo who claims to defeats victories and sacrifices to dominate the abuses (on and of) nature, miseries and splendours of agricultural seasons. Places, people, vision, wines such as Valentini are here to remind us how each bottle stay so proudly standing as non-reproducible beauty and fermented goodness expressing all its artisanal uniqueness and authenticity which are just that suspect to industrial wine production in manufacturing chains on standardized quantities; wines that are all equal to themselves even though wine itself is not much left at the end of the day/cycle. Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Valentini 1998 is what we have to rate right now: rusticity with class; style, purity and glory of a local grape recognized by many admirers from all over the world: act local think global this is another slogan-cliché which in this specific Valentini's wine exemple could sounds a little less false and more effective. — 9 years ago

with Alberto and Giovanni

Stevie Stacionis

Owner, Bay Grape Wine Shop

9.2

Ferru sounds like ferrous sounds like delicious iron-rich minerality. Super Tuscan tasty. A brand new label for me. — 10 years ago

Robert McCall

9.0

Nose: blackberry compote and pepper
Mouth: blackberry compote and pepper......and spice, a slight prick of heat. Sounds like it might be cough syrupy but it's not really.
It all comes together much better with a couple hrs of air and a few slices of homemade sausage pizza — 10 years ago

Lynn Hargrove

9.9

Limited availability ... I can hook you up! Uh oh, sounds like another deal! — 12 years ago

Chris Fransham

9.6

Had this at Glen & Josh's wedding. Absolutely stunning. Struck match on the nose, not overly oaky and woody, light and delicious. (I only know the struck match note because I was told about it, but it sounds good :P) — 8 years ago

Veronica Castro

9.1

This tastes just like coconut water. A tad more viscose but with that very same taste. Sounds simple, but, good. Went amazingly well with a spicy shrimp and Mexican chorizo stew this evening. Very tasty. Clean finish. — 8 years ago

Manrico A.

9.0

D.E.L.I.C.I.O.U.S. — 8 years ago

Willie Carter

9.1

Refined nose of dark fruits, coffee, and white pepper. Very nicely structured with a good oak balance. Licorice, chocolate, pepper, and fresh tobacco. Sounds great doesn't it! Just the right amount of leather here, too. The finish is long and smooth. — 9 years ago

Tom Wood

8.9

Bitta old world funk. Literally smells like wine once you've spilt it on cordorie couch cushions. Sounds unusual, but it's half fruit, half mustiness. Drinks so clean however. Not enough interest for higher points — 9 years ago

Indra Priede

9.2

Perfect wine, I was surprised finally that recognized and nominated wine really tastes good and price is acceptable. For me it's sounds I'll include it in ma favorite list. Try it! — 9 years ago

Keith Pinault

9.0

Like the rosé, only... Redder. If that sounds like a diss it's not: less lemon, more strawberry. Still the same weird and awesome minerality/salinity. — 9 years ago

Blaine Brown

9.0

Highly floral and mineral, like white rose candy. Except super dry and less grandma-y than that sounds. — 10 years ago

Filippo Calabresi

Winemaker Tenimenti d'Alessandro

9.4

botanical garden: mint, basel, eucalyptus, lavender, cloves. Then some honey, caramel, a slight-to-me-great oxidation. Sounds of applause. — 10 years ago

David Kline

9.1

60/40 Merlot-cab. Dense, dark and heavy, but velvet like the curtain on the Devil's theatre. Licorice, tobacco, black and blue berries, with a tart Kool-aid grapey-ness, that sounds cheap, but this is rib-stickingly tannic fruit sand slide stuff, and really just a symptom of drinking this wine young. I am unapologetic, I like precocious young wines. I drank the Kool-aid, and am now a believer. — 12 years ago

with Courtney

Barb Geisler

9.6

Damn delicious. Balanced--no certain notes stand out (fruit, leather, armpits) which sounds boring but is happy-making and mellow. — 12 years ago

James Forsyth

9.1

Rose, red fruits and mint - sounds like a dessert but it's actually a really delicious, very reasonably priced, elegant Chianti. — 8 years ago

Geoff Troup

Sales Eder Brothers, Cellar Fine Wines

9.2

Current vintage. 2004 sounds old but this tastes so young. So lively, bracing, and uncompromising. Racy, dynamic acidity makes the whole palate a bit inscrutable at first. I cannot overstate how much grip this wine has. Slowly, acid dissipates to reveal some true game and meat overtones. Petroleum, tannin, and tart fruit. Fabulous with Spanish cuisine. Although this was a lot for fun to try now, I'd recommend putting it in a dark part of your cellar for...Let's say 20 years. — 8 years ago

with Matt

Nathan Adams

Consulting Wine/Beverage Director, Snake River Brewing, Persephone, King Sudachi

9.4

Stilton, sounds of the ocean, warm fire. Classy wine. — 9 years ago

with Claire

Claire Shanks

9.4

Lovely drinkable wine. — 9 years ago

with Jessica

Jono Riehlman

9.1

Tasted this beauty of an age released Pinot gris over looking the Marlborough Sounds from a buddies batch, sitting next to two gorgeous French girls and a meat, cheese, and olive platter fit for a Prince. Dunno if this skewed my vote but it could be the best P.G. ever produced. ^^ — 9 years ago

cejohnsonmd

9.3

Just shows that great Burgs can stand up and improve with age. Complexity and finesse sounds gimmicky , but... There it is. — 9 years ago

Nick Mallon

9.2

Barnyard, smoke and funk. Sounds like a band name, I like it. — 10 years ago

Paula Matt

8.9

Smells both herbal and fruity, tastes like a fruity/citrusy sauvignon with the slightest saline after-taste. Maybe that sounds gross but I really like this one. Dry and acidic without being overly so. — 10 years ago

Stephen Moore

9.5

100% Ehrenfelser. This is surprisingly great for a lesser known wine varietal. Sweet, citrus, and peach. Billed as the "Hot Tub Wine" it's as approachable as it sounds :) #yegwine — 10 years ago

Anna Coleshaw-Echols

10

Always learning! This wine has a good story. The dry grown process sounds like smart business because it produces a very full bodied and very tasty vino. Alas this was brought to us from Australia by hand. — 12 years ago

J C

9.7

Wonderful dessert wine! Sounds strange with the chocolate, but it is wonderful! — 12 years ago