Nils Bernstein

9.5

Serious Sangiovese that needs time but holy moly. Tobacco and weird teas, earth, and some tart berries/cherries. Cellar forever and pop it when you're high on medical marijuana. — 10 years ago

Alex Mcmahon

10

One of my favourite wines out of Italy period — 10 years ago

with Stephen and Samuel

Frank Soldano

8.9

Castello do Bossi. Nice mellow Chianti. A little on the sweet side. The 2007 is smooth and fruit forward. A very lite nose. Perhaps a little past it's prime. — 10 years ago

Gae Saccoccio - NdC

9.5

Giovanna Morganti: Podere Le Boncie. She's a fine and set apart winemaker in San Felice/Castelnuovo Berardenga. Her house is the cellar, her mystic garden the vineyard where she does home-grown her own sangiovese grapes and few others local vine variety (mammolo foglia-tonda colorino canaiolo) allowed in the Chianti Classico Appellation, with such a filial piety and discipline as they were kids in a kindergarden. "Le Trame" is the name of her A rated eldest child, a magnificent utterance of Tuscany through the wine. Here's instead, her declassified sangiovese under the IGT umbrella (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) called simply, 5 - with a touch of self-irony - which in terms of grades at the School would be C or D. I do adore this "slacker" and strapping "5" for the harshness sour inborn at the wine, a spontaneous expression of a very acidic and stoney soil too! — 10 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.3

Illo, a Magnum charity bottling from Felsina. According to the label, a selection of the best barrels of Rancia, Fontalloro, and Maestro Raro. Based on the dates it looks like it was aged for about 40 months before release. — 10 years ago

Scott Newman

8.9

Castelnuovo Berardenga goodness — 12 years ago