Ray Vanderhoff

9.4

Medium ruby color with a slight brick rim. Plentiful aromas of purple flowers, asphalt, must, menthol and dried dark fruit. Pallet is more dried red fruit driven along with notes of tobacco and black licorice. Quite acidic and a tannin structure that has mellowed with time. Intense but in great balance. Wonderful and interesting wine. Thank you for sharing, John B! — 2 years ago

Jody Wycech

9.3

Enjoyed this somewhat exotic wine. Recommended by a sommelier at a wine shop. Apparently the grape was assumed extinct for 400 years until it was discovered growing on someone’s property in the 1980s. Taste is akin to a Nebbiolo. Blueberry and blackberry on the nose. Bright berries with balanced acidity and dryness. Would love to have again. — 4 years ago

with Ethan, Peter and 1 other

Riccardo L.

8.9

Here’s a cool one: Picotener is a sub-varietal of Nebbiolo that actually performs better than the average in more extreme conditions. This is an experimental wine and it’s a home run in my eyes. You can taste the youth on the vines, but when it picks up, I can totally see this being a new age version of my favourite grape for the future. Has a lot of the flavour characteristics that I love about Nebbiolo (roses, cigar box, cherry), but a more youthful fruitiness. Im a fan. Hope it catches on. — 5 years ago

Barny

9.1

Enorm tief — 6 years ago

Nancy Hinman

9.4

From Eataly tasting. 2018. Very nice red. Really liked it. SP1523 on side of label. — 7 years ago

Andy Tam

9.5

Omg wine 🤯 — 8 years ago

Marco Rino

9.0

Intenso e profumatissimo, cambia ad ogni sorso, ben bilanciato — 3 years ago

David Kwon

9.2

Wine is deep garnet. Smells like violet, decomposed bramble and slate. Immense aroma. Overwhelming. On the palate violet, cherry and strawberry. Elegant hermes leather and a touch of wet slate. Quite delicious. It wants to be a refined Sangiovese but it's more than that. Quite nice. — 4 years ago

Paul A

9.0

In magnum. — 5 years ago

with Cassie

Katie Schindall

9.6

Liked this one — 6 years ago

Jaimie Vaillancourt

9.0

Found in a local wine shop. Perfect evening white. — 7 years ago

Maureen Williams

9.5

Interesting nose but excellent palate - Black pepper, cherry, woody, blackberry and very easy to drink - goes well with our Italian meal. — 8 years ago

Lea Fortkamp

9.0

Drinkable red Meritage with good flavor. Perfect anynight wine. DFWF ‘17. — 8 years ago

Scott E. Becker

9.0

[Tasted on February 17, 2023 at Home]

Black cherry and raspberry fruit with earth, forest floor, licorice, mineral and iron. — 3 years ago

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.5

Fresh cherry juice. Floral perfume. Full mouth. Yum — 4 years ago

Tj Adams

9.0

Dan Kratzer light but full body — 4 years ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.2

This is some decadent sh!t: lemon curd, fresh pineapple, vanilla, lemon danish, angel food cake with lemon curd layers and buttercream frosting. Not sweet per se (saten is brut by definition) but ripe — 5 years ago

Michelle Berryman

9.0

Dry and delicious — 6 years ago

Eric Burtner-Abt

9.1

Spice, leather, blackberry, vanilla nose. Lush blackberry, tobacco and, mineral, hint of raisin in the finish. — 7 years ago

Doug Adams

9.3

Very small bubbles that last throughout. Nice nose, clean and crisp. Light strawberry taste with the finish. — 8 years ago