Marc Melser

9.2

We had the 2010 Vintage on 5/26-27/25. An excellent Brunello with tastes and scents of red cherry, leather, herbs and spice. Tannins all smoothed out. Medium bodied, Old World and well balanced. This got better with time. — 7 months ago

Chris MacLean

9.1

Not super expressive just yet but still plenty to like. — 4 years ago

with Sarah

Kamall

9.2

Muscular and powerful, but quite approachable. Will gain more complexity, I’m sure, but delicious anyway. — 5 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

Tasted blind. Dark red and opaque. Notes of tart cherries, earth, molasses, some wood, and a hint of VA that blew off. Rich fruit in the mouth. Monolithic though, and very quiet compared to the diva 64 Giacosa that is singing next to it. Perhaps it was the less air time that this had. What a treat to taste two great 64 Barolos side by side, brought brown-bagged by two different people. — 6 years ago

Moya

9.5

Recovering from a horrendous cold that I’m pretty sure I got from walking the streets of Paris last week, I decided to venture out for a “treat yourself” Monday night dinner back in Chicago.

You know that song lyric that goes, “whatever Lola wants, Lola gets”? Well, not in my case. I did want a French wine solely based on nostalgia, but settled on an Italian in a French restaurant.

With one nostril passage opened, I was able to get a very overpowering bouquet of tar (which by the way has been on my bucket list of aromatics to smell- so happy I can cross that off), earth floor, mushrooms, cedar and a bit of menthol.

Tannins are very much soft and nonexistent in this bottle- full bodied with high acidity. Medium garnet color, which was surprising based on the age. I didn’t find this as complex as some Barolos I’ve had in the past, but still found it very enjoyable. On the palate, a very surprising sweet ripeness of red plum that doesn’t linger long on the tongue. Overall- not bad for a Monday. — 7 years ago

Lucas Wittmann

9.4

Wonderful. Complete. Bloody, earthy, lingers on. — 8 years ago

Jenica Flippo

9.6

Outstanding, elegant expression of brunello — 10 years ago

Nick Fingleton

9.7

Made me think of the baron and baroness and wishing them a happy Christmas and a great 2016! @David Monaghan @Baroness Catherine Monaghan — 10 years ago

with Baroness and David

Dirk Pitt.

9.1

A great little Rosso. One oft favorite producers. — 11 years ago

with Winehouse

Michelle Wong

9.7

Very unusual. Fruit forward. Medium body. Very surprising. — 13 years ago

C.C. Fridlin

9.5

Excellent zin. Brought back after we visited. One of my favorite California Zins. — 8 months ago

Tom Casagrande

9.1

With some of the entry-level Brunelli like this one, it’s a tough call when to open them. In my experience many try to play in the big leagues by overextracting. This one’s always been on the tannic, somewhat astringent side, so you want to wait to allow the tannins to drop and for it to settle down, but you don’t want to wait so long that the fruit dries up. I think this is about as good as it’s going to get. The fruit is still there, and the astringency is abating a bit. Still tannic. Good acids. Should go well with a simple pasta with tomato and sausage sauce.

UPDATE: After 24 hours under a vacuum seal, it was so astringent as to be nearly undrinkable, to my taste. — a year ago

Raj Harb

9.4

06 & 08 side by side. 08 took a lot of air to come alive. Still quite stern. 06 more open. Sensed some va initially. It eventually straightened out and overtook the 08 — 6 years ago

Weijie Shi (Jay)

9.2

Slight green on the nose but the overall texture was top notch — 6 years ago

Ming L

9.0

Expressive nose of sweet and sour cherries, blue berries, incense, and dried flower. Round and bright palate with medium to high acidity and soft bittersweet tannins. From a tiny 2/3 of a hectare family holding of the Santo Stefano di Perno vineyard, aged for 18 months in used Slovakia oak barrel, this Barbera shows exceptional freshness and purity of the fruits at this young age, but also has depth and structure to age further. — 7 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.5

It's a 9.5 kind of night. Oh my Dorthy, how I wish we were eating pizza with this. The pasta with fava beans, mushrooms, and prosciutto did us well though. Have to get another bottle of this for future use. — 8 years ago

John T

9.2

Fantastic! — 10 years ago

Jimmy Hayes

Estate Director Mayacamas Vineyard

9.5

Savory, pungent, explosive aromas. Mushrooms cooking down in red wine. Umami. More umami. So good. Maybe not aging for much longer, so go get it. At its best in the glass, it had moments of brilliant lusciousness. Happy to have experienced it. — 10 years ago

Ryan Mullins

9.4

Prerealse tasting but lots of potential — 12 years ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.5

Very hot and dry weather. A lot is structure. Plum, tar, confit cherries. Very balanced almost a desert in a glace — 10 months ago

Randy Fillingim

9.0

Do not drink a lot of Barbaresco. however this came across very well with fruits and tannins still doing their job. think it has a few more years left in it — 4 years ago

Andy@andyberke.com

9.3

Really good. Subtlety with plenty of flavor. A pleasure with red sauce — 5 years ago

John Osgood

9.3

Always great — 5 years ago

Jodi Suguitan

9.5

@ Quintarelli tasting — 6 years ago

Halina Yarr Alexejun

9.0

Lovely, medium bodied wine. — 7 years ago

Patricia Schnitzer

9.2

March 4, 2017. Dinner w/ Doc Jim. Wonderful, deep, rich, Amarone. — 8 years ago

Matt Waring

9.2

Wonderful acidity, well balanced fruit, a firm finish. This is top shelf Barbera and a real delight. Bravo. — 9 years ago

with Christine

Mike Holzer

9.9

One of last bottles I bought in 2004 in Italy at winery. Absolutely gorgeous nose. Cherry, floral, Coca Cola. Still has lots of fruit smooth tannins and great length. Drinking window by professional stated through 2015. Has at least 5 years in my mind. — 10 years ago

with Sean-Patrick

Karen Wetzel

9.0

Really enjoy this wine, it went great with the meatballs with pasta fresco as well as the chicken marsala — 11 years ago

Chris Baggetta

Sommelier/Wine Director Quince Restaurant

9.6

I am convinced Quintarelli was a God. All of his wines are heavenly. — 12 years ago