Winston Wolf

9.2

Frank Scali recommendation — 5 years ago

Jun Yamazaki

8.9

@PRISMA, Tokyo — 7 years ago

David Castricone

9.5

BG barbaresco leads the pack. Round, rich, earthy, and full bodied. Great balance for the grape. Black cherry, cedar, and dried fruit. While not a top vintage, a benchmark that’s in its drinking window. St. Stephen will remain... — 8 years ago

with Kiley

Maxwell Burns

Hospitality Kenwood Vineyards, Winemaker GARA

9.2

Pencil lead and cranberry, some warm spice, med+ tannin, med + acid — 8 years ago

Bret Barker

9.8

My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives. -Hedley Lamarr Blazing Saddles My mind was a whirl after drinking this wine.
This is easily one of the best Italian wines I have ever had. The color was taking on that brownish hue and the nose was gorgeous. Red fruit, minerals with silky tannins. It just kept getting better as time went by. The finish was literally a minute long. Amazing! — 8 years ago

G

9.4

Super soft for some reason. Lots of vanilla almost like it was really Napa Valley Oaked up which seems unlikely given large boti? — 9 years ago

Paul Shapazian

9.3

A powerhouse, great wine but it needs another 10 years, going to buy more to sit on for a while — 9 years ago

Ki Punwar

Owner, California Wine Republic

9.4

Still so young — 11 years ago

Paulette Menniti

9.0

Light and lovely — 12 years ago

Flavio Menezes

9.1

Started young and tight after one hour in the decanter, tarry, with great acidity. Opened into a rose orchard after a couple hours. — 12 years ago

Martin Bergo

9.0

QvP high. — 6 years ago

Martin Sher

9.3

Paired beautifully with a dish covered with truffles. By itself a bit one note. Seemed youthful. — 7 years ago

Karoline Elgesem

9.2

Veldig god — 7 years ago

Pooneet K

8.9

Way too much new oak and feels overextracted. Can’t get past the oak on the nose and hides the fruit on the palate at this point. — 8 years ago

with Michael, Allison and 1 other

Ron Siegel

9.4

Beautiful drinking Giacosa that was floral & elegant showing red cherry, leather, sweet tobacco, licorice spice & rose petal. Fully mature that should drink well for many years — 8 years ago

Holly Orchard

Certified Sommelier, President of Savvy Cellar Wines Inc.

8.9

Pleasantly surprised, but it definitely needed the right food. It was great with a gnocchi in Parmesan and Gorgonzola sauce. The bright acid cut through the rich cream sauce. Some roasted lamb brought out the herbaceous notes, and once again the lighter body and acid helped to balance the rich dish. It was strange that it paired horribly with a carbonara dish- something about the prosciutto made it musty tasting. I think the key to the enjoyment of this wine is the food pairing, so pair wisely! — 9 years ago

Riccardo L.

9.2

Delicious. 😋 — 9 years ago

Conrad Green

9.5

Still surprisingly youthful. Deep and intense. Lovely, balanced wine with a more muted palate than the others- details of the wine, softer and more resolved. Very good Interesting label. One of the very few of these before the red& white kicked off — 10 years ago

with Howard, Walker and 3 others

Elliott Holt

Winemaker/Owner Kelley Fox Wines

9.6

Elliott had this 12 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.4

One of my favorite everyday wines — 13 years ago

Conrad Green

9.5

Translucent cherry red. A spectacular nose. Black cherry, dried herbs and leather with a whiff of tobacco. Beautiful balance on the palate. Savory and bright. Quite lifted with a great, light intensity. Amazing. — 6 years ago

with Aaron, Walker and 1 other

Stanislav Lobanov

8.9

16/20 (89/100) Аромат кожи, чёрных ягод, лакрицы и шоколада, при этом фруктовая составляющая выглядит приглушенно. В развитии проявляются ноты табака. Тельное с высокой кислотностью и интенсивными, замшевыми по текстуре танинами. Строгое во вкусе. — 7 years ago

Tony Bartos

9.3

Notes of menthol, leather and strawberry with some tartness. This seemed to improve slightly over two days. Great wine. Double decanted over 6 hours in bottle. — 8 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

8.9

Wofty. Cheese board wine. #freundfest2018 — 8 years ago

with Rob and Mark

Daniel Moritz

10

Tonight it’s a 10 out of 10. RIP Bruno — 8 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.5

Elegant, rich, ripe & elegant style. Red cherry, truffle, balsamic, mint, tar & rose petal. — 9 years ago

Conrad Green

9.3

Very pretty cherry and red fruit with a hint of tobacco, leather. Delicious and light. Not intense but very soft and tasty. From mag- in a good place now — 9 years ago

Emily Kresie-Harrington

9.0

2013 vintage. Strawberry, tart cherry, cranberry, pomegranate, little bit of bubblegum, red flowers, rocks, sage. 50-50 Gamay-Pinot Noir blend from Tuscany. Good finish and fine-grained tannins. — 10 years ago

Davis Smith

Sommelier Acquerello

9.4

1978 Collina Rionda Barolo Riserva. Just spectacular — 12 years ago

Jennifer Wolffert

9.1

Feeling bad we left Barolo out. Only natural...really good. Nice fruit. Def drinkable. But wants to go back to bed a little longer. — 12 years ago