Mike Holzer

9.1

Waited 2 hours and tasted.tight. 2 more hours opened up but still quite tannic but delicious cherry tobacco. Some tar. Nice. Somewhat complex but felt needed more time but delicious as is. — 4 years ago

with Sean-Patrick and Ania

Chip Hughes

9.3

Lemon meringue and chalk. Complete and satisfying, balancing freshness and savor. Riesling-like energy. Always one of the most sophisticated Chardonnays from anywhere in Italy. #grasso #piemonte #chardonnay #langhe — 6 years ago

Conrad Green

9.1

Broad fresh fruit. A tang of sour cherry with notes of tobacco, black cherry, leather. Dense on the palate and vigorous. Good drinking — 6 years ago

with Matt and David

Rich

9.2

Smooth mouthfeel, cherries, earthy, slightly tart on the finish. Very nice! — 6 years ago

with Lora

Evan Bienstock

9.5

Hand picked grapes from Altare -- uno per uno. Amazingly small production. — 7 years ago

John Goldsmith

9.0

Totally fine but not exciting. Nose after opening quite nice.
— 7 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

Day 1: Captivating nose, wet earth, savory cooking spices, a spice bazaar. Crazy nose. Chestnut as well. Library. So old school smelling but still clean. Very fresh. Elegant and lifting aromas. After a bit red florals start to develop. Initially palate is tannic and elegant. Very spicey, very fine pearly tannins. Big, but well structured and so elegant and fine. I am amazed how elegant and big this wine is. The fruit starts to come out and is detailed and impressive. Amazing fruit after a while. All deep morello cherries. Really impressive stuff. Such power and finesse.

Day 2: Nose is insane today. A spice bazaar, cherry, black cherry fruits, mint with the fruit much more prominent in the nose today. Big, dense and intense but with great purity and freshness but clearly could use 4-8 years in the cellar to mellow out. Silky fruit of wonderful vividness. Long lingering and nicely mineral finish with shades of different cherries.
— 8 years ago

Jennifer Thomas

9.0

Opened a special bottle of vino that was given to us on our wedding day from John Geibel — 8 years ago

Elyse Kort

8.9

Was a lovey complement to a key lime dessert. — 9 years ago

Jay Gaughan

9.6

Wine bistro — 10 years ago

M. Christopher Roebuck

9.3

Garnet to pink rim, clear and bright. Soft fragrant rose petals, baked cherry vanilla biscuit, closing out with a hint of licorice. Some nuttiness on the palate, with persistent alcohol-warmed cherries midway. Tart and grippy tannic finish. More bottle life awaits. Very very enjoyable, bringing back memories of La Morra last summer. Looking forward to our return to Piedmont!

93 points — 4 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Great but needs another 2 years. Spice chocolate. Dark fruits. Dark dark dark. Not hugely fruit though. Almost smoky and very dry. Lovely rose internal aromatics. Wow. Bought from Fass Selections. ... really elegant. Powerful but perfumey. An intense perfume. Still juicy. Great structure. — 6 years ago

with Lyle

Camille Puglia

9.3

Rate this very highly. — 6 years ago

with Jim

Por La Vida

9.3

Tobacco, leather, dark dark cherry, blueberry, wild mushroom on the nose. Medium/strong tannins. Excellent smooth finish. Bright cherry (typical Italian), Coca-Cola, dark chocolate on the palate. Barolo is Barolo. It rarely disappoints and this certainly is a fine example. — 7 years ago

Evan Bienstock

9.3

A bit young but the vintage is so approachable. Very earthy and funky but oh so complex and delicious. Ahhh, Barolo, you keep me guessing. — 7 years ago

M. Christopher Roebuck

8.9

Our table burned through it fast. Solid.

89+ points — 7 years ago

Fabian Kühlhorn

9.2

Djup doft av röda frukter, jord och viol. Stor rund smak av körsbär och plommon. Granit och tanniner. Så jävla gott! — 8 years ago

with Måns, Hampus and 1 other

Rick B

9.4

Awesome Refreshing. Hints of Apricot. — 8 years ago

Marc Piro

9.0

Great at first, extremely complex. Flavors of barbecue sauce, cedar, leather, wood, tobacco and mint. After about an hour the mint flavor became extremely bitter making the wine less enjoyable. — 9 years ago

Jeff Sidwell

Owner Bon! Gourmet

8.9

Chard and moscato — 10 years ago

Fredybeans

9.4

Robe noire
Nez prune sanguin d épicé et de cacao
Bouche extra large pulpeuse avec une Coeur de bouche plein et classe à la fois
Finale longue sur la cerise noire et le cacao
Superbe — 4 years ago

with El

Nick

9.0

Decanted for 1.5 hours first - a little rough at first but opened up - tart cherries, ripe fruit, very round and smooth but tannins have a strong grip. Great with steak! — 5 years ago

LeMel Humes

9.4

This wine need a bit of breathing but it opens up and is perfect with fish or meat. I had a cheese with it and it was very good with both. For the price it’s an excellent bargain. — 6 years ago

John B

9.3

Fresh nose of rose petals, red fruit and wet earth. Bright cherry, licorice and a hint of barnyard. Lovely balance. — 6 years ago

MAH

9.1

Opened up after 15 mins to provide good balance with a bit of minerality and earthiness. Good value at approx $20 — 7 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.2

2004 vintage. Medium ruby hue. Black sour cherry, smokey and slight earthiness. Violet petals. On the palate, medium acidity, medium plus fine tannins, medium plus alcohol. Medium finish. Decent. Drink now until 2022. — 7 years ago

Errol Mclaughlin

9.4

2007 vintage — 8 years ago

with CelebrateLife!

Patrick Rauber

9.3

Fantastic! — 8 years ago

Dario Tolone

9.1

great, tipical barbera! — 9 years ago

Phil Green

9.7

Wrong wine identified? — 10 years ago