Not nearly as well balanced as the 2011 vintage... This one is more acidic, more sour, but! There's hope first off air this one out for at least 3 hours and it'll already be better. We've got a bottle on reserve which we will open in 5 years (2022) here's hoping*fingers crossed* ~19$ SAQ — 8 years ago
Loved this one! — 9 years ago
Cherry, and Violet's all the way. Paired with a piave - but wish we had some meat action. Even a pepperoni pizza with this would be magic. — 10 years ago
A nice taste in the palate and great to start out our Valentines dinner. — 10 years ago
Full bodied wine , full of flavors and spices, you don't feel the alcohol so much , it goes down very well, the taste of this wine is amazing ! I strongly recommend it ! — 10 years ago
From the Piave river area, this Raboso shows perfection with pasta, due to its intense acidity. Happy for having a box of it here - Da região do Rio Piave, esta uva autóctone italiana faz um belo trabalho como um vinho gastronômico. Sua elevada e deliciosa acidez cai super bem com uma boa massa, uma bela pizza. Que alegria ter uma caixa dele em casa! — 10 years ago
Great wine, highly recommend! — 7 years ago
Piave is right next to Valpolicella, a new DOCG since 2010. Uses some dried grapes and has the alc levels and dark fruit profiles of Valpo ripasso. Like valpolicella, this wine has a strong grape leafy dill thing happening. Like Valpo, it's hard to drink more than one glass. — 8 years ago
I really liked the finish on this. If pretty sweet so great before dinner. — 9 years ago
More mineral clean — 10 years ago
Best wine I have ever had. It is sweet without being too sweet. There's not a super dry alcohol flavor. (Available @ Fresh Market) — 10 years ago
To talk about Raboso is to talk about the Republic of Venice. We go back to the 697 ad. The Raboso grape grown in the area of the river Piave was a wine with deep red color, acidic, alcoholic and strong with tannins. The vivid herbal flavour was impossible to tame. It was perfect for venetians, to make the water (barely) safe to drink, for the hosts to sell, and to make a profit, since they could cut it with water (illegally) with no notice from the customers. Antonio Bonotto with his love for tradition and enormous passion for wine succeded in something unexpected... To make a wine that goes back to the dark ages which was barely drinkable, in todays standards, into a Great wine. Intense and pretty complex. With flavours ranging from spices, black pepper, almonds, nutmeg, leather, chocolate, blackberry, cherry liqueur .... You can feel Marco Polo's distress and the struggle of those harsh times but translated into a modern, concrete and intense wine. Like venetians are. Easy to fall in love and easy to put up a fight...Is this wine perfect? Was Bette Davies beautiful in todays standards? Was a 1968 Ferrari Daytona a reliable car? I guess not. But man... That's bleeding passion.. And I just love it for that. — 10 years ago
Favorite white wine- buy again — 7 years ago
Kinda smoky spicy — 9 years ago
Easy and smooth. — 10 years ago
Very good. Composed, moderate, but also full bodied red. I had it for tapas with many small spicy and salty dishes. That worked fine. — 10 years ago
Love this varietal lots of bottle age on this one make it really drinkable now tannins have integrated well — 10 years ago
Nicola Morvillo
On 20-4-19 — 7 years ago