Angelo Casagrande

9.1

Big and rich with a bit of oak. Fruity- plums and blackberry and some pepper. Tannins were smooth and the wine had such a full, round feel. Excellent. — 6 years ago

Rob Worthington-Kirsch

9.5

Very smooth. — 6 years ago

Karoline Elgesem

9.5

Good drinking wine. — 7 years ago

Briana Levine

9.0

Dry, buttery minerals — 7 years ago

Amie Brown

8.9

When in Sicily... drink local #sicilianwine — 8 years ago

Mikey T

9.0

Wow, what a deal at < $20 / bottle
Wine spectator says #69 of top 100 of 2014.
A burly, brambly red, underscored by tarry smoke and underbrush notes, offering flavors of blackberry coulis, herb-marinated black olive, grilled mushroom and ground spice. This shows muscle that recommends it to short-term cellaring, made accessible by integration and balance. Drink now through 2024. Tasted twice, with consistent notes. #69 – 91 points — 8 years ago

Holly Ammon

10

Love it! Bright and fresh — 9 years ago

Normand Boulanger

9.1

Fresh, easy to drink. Need to be carafed. Maybe a bit young. — 9 years ago

Austin Beeman

8.9

Organic. Very dark color. Nose of blackberry, meat, tar. Thick and mouth filling. Crushed black fruits. Tar and spice. Significant density. Almost compressed black rocks. Well made with a few years of improvement ahead. $25 retail. — 10 years ago

Marcel Villaflor

9.3

Great with roast and tomato sauce — 10 years ago

Marian Jancarik

9.4

Brilliant for summer evenings — 10 years ago

Owain Jones

9.1

Very smooth, one of the smoothest we have tasted. Glass tasted at aan de Poel, Amsterdam with beef, cépe and celeriac — 6 years ago

Marcus Caple

9.0

Right up there for me. Lovely soft but dry palate which had a really well rounded flavour and good depth. £11 from a deli — 6 years ago

Mallory

9.3

light summery red – we really enjoyed this — 7 years ago

Riccardo L.

9.1

Inzolia makes me a special kind of happy. Reminiscent of my Sicilian roots, the perfect balance of acidity, sweet, tart, and delicious. So perfect with these oysters. — 7 years ago

Nenad Kesin

8.9

Very pleasent wine, low acid, low tannins, lots of juicy fruits. And rather cheap for what it offers. — 8 years ago

Bill Coffey

9.2

Delicious with the bolognese — 8 years ago

with Ariana

Kevin Ortzman

9.0

Grass and citrus on the nose with strong pineapple on the palate. Crisp, refreshing and a great palate cleanser. — 9 years ago

with Rick, Russell and 2 others

Ursula Amrhein

10

Delocious summer wine for seafood! — 9 years ago

Kyle Harvey

9.0

Can't believe this mellowed out Syrah came from the island. — 10 years ago

Alessandro Ghizzardi

8.9

AJ 89/100 - 100% Negroamaro con appassimento e passaggio in botte. Colore rosso granata intenso, naso complesso con note di macchia mediterranea, spezie, sottofondo di terra bagnata, in bocca ottimo corpo e pienezza, caldo, con ottimo finale lungo. — 10 years ago

Alice Graulty

9.0

Mostly smooth, some sweet but also dry. Slight tannin finish, but not much. Good with cheese. — 6 years ago

with Corinne

Jennifer Lerner

8.9

Strong blackberry notes. Smoothe finish — 7 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.3

Apparently Tasting Note Tuesday
is now a thing (thanks for the heads up @Greg Ballington). That said, I’m still an advocate of everyday of the week, but I’ll participate nonetheless.

A wine such as this requires serious research. Fortunately Ian D’Agata’s notes in Vinous are indispensable: “Feudo Montoni’s greatest wine is the Nero d’Avola Vrucara, a single vineyard wine made from roughly 80-100 year-old vines that grow at 500 meters above sea level. Most of the vines are of pre-phylloxera origin, and are therefore ungrafted. The vineyard’s name derives from the Sicilian word vruca, a local herb that grows in the vineyards and exudes aromas of menthol and incense. The Vrucara vineyard is especially beautiful, a field of gnarly, very thick trunked and low-lying bush vines hugging the dark mainly clay soils (with a little loam and sand). Vinification is... very traditional... At its best, Vrucara is a benchmark Nero d’Avola, eschewing the vanilla notes of more modern interpretations of Nero d’Avolas, while offering multilayered violet, blueberry, macerated red cherries in alcohol, tar and spicy aromas and flavors, with a characteristic hint of eucalyptus and incense.”

The 2012 doesn’t veer off course. Benefits from an hour open, but a few would be ideal. A mashup of spiced cherry and blackberry is hard to miss, but the floral, earthen, and leather entanglement is the attraction here and clearly terroir driven. There’s a noticeable clay pot and smoked meat component which beautifully emphasizes how old world this wine really is. The oak treatment is evident, but the wine is also able to withstand a fair amount and still proudly carry its old world card. — 7 years ago

Nate Wall

Winemaker at Troon Vineyard

9.0

Honeydew melon, apricot, mandarin orange, pear, hay, subtle white flowers. Having never tasted Petite Arvine, this was fuller, richer and lower acid than I was anticipating for an “alpine white”. Almost caramel apple like on the palate. I see some similar characteristics with Savoie Altesse. Interesting. — 8 years ago

David D

8.9

Super dark. Mineral, cherry, leather, lots of bright acid. From Seventh Avenue Liquors. — 8 years ago

Anthony Kluska

9.2

This is an amazing wine and it is one of my favorite ones to bring to dinners. It is robust tannic fairly big and opens very quickly. As a cousin to the zinfandel it shows as it is extremely drinkable despite it's large tannic quality. Elements of black fruit and pepper remind me of both the zinfandel and the Shiraz. Anyone familiar Shirah from the Rhone Valley should definitely give this one a try. The only thing I will say is that I enjoy it with friends and less you can finish the bottle by yourself. It dies fairly quickly. — 9 years ago

Elisabetta Tosi

Wine Blogger Vinopigro

9.0

Awarded in the last Vinitaly, it's an elegant, well made blend. Fruity and drinkable, smooth, well balanced in everything, long and persistent — 9 years ago

Deborah Heath

9.1

Alpine #fieldblend from #valledaoste. Peppery, brambles, juicy. — 10 years ago

Elisabetta Tosi

Wine Blogger Vinopigro

8.9

2014. Good acidity, vibrant and fresh, citrus and tropical. Long and clean. — 10 years ago