Pinotman /// Andreas

9.2

Very good! No formal notes. I found it quite sauvignon blanc driven. — 4 months ago

Freek Welter

9.4

If this is the ‘pretaste’ of what the baroli 2013 will be……👏🏻👏🏻 — 5 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.5

Piazza Duomo acker — 6 months ago

Lev Lavrichtchev

9.4

Aug 2025: aeration in open bottle for 2 hours while sipping. Great representation of Nebbiolo, traditional style, Barolo-like. Very deep and powerful, superb. Still potential for further aging — 9 years 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

John Osgood

9.3

Always great — 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

Brian S

9.5

I love this producer whatever they make. So alive, fresh and beautiful. Could drink this all night! — 4 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.4

Quite deep garnet , just a hint of ruby and a wide garnet , terracotta rim. Touches of chestnut , dark fruits , earthy liquorice , dry spice and black tea . On the palate this is very classically styled , with dark liquorice tinged blackberry, raspberry , spiced black tea and menthol tinged good long length finish . Balanced acaidity and quite high , grippy tannins. With time this is beginning to show quite well , but will not doubt improve over the next 5 perhaps 10 years and last well a further 10 . Really quite classic and imposing in style , but detailed and complex. — 6 months ago

Timothy Eustis

Wine Director, Red Lion Inn

9.5

Pretty. Bright red fruit. Impossibly long finish. 2008 — 7 months ago

Rob N

9.8

Herbal red fruit, menthol — 9 months ago

Chris MacLean

9.1

Not super expressive just yet but still plenty to like. — 5 years ago

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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

Carter White

9.4

Dark fruit, tobacco, smooth and deep. Great value! — 5 months ago

Brian S

9.3

This bottle was fing delicious, just beautiful. — 5 months ago

Joe DAscoli

9.6

Acker birthday auction. An experience. Super concentrated. — 6 months ago

Brendan Baker

9.1

Juicy black fruits, dusty leather and herbs, delicious 😋 — 8 months ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

Along with the majestic 2010 one of my favorite Stella vintages. So giving right off the bat, never any heat, just so fresh and clean. Amazing expression of Sangiovese. — 3 years ago

Chris Grimm

9.1

Floral, strawberry, cherry, leather, searing acid, screaming tannins. I see where Nebbiolo gets it from. A beautiful wine, but definitely needs time. — 6 years ago

Jodi Suguitan

9.5

@ Quintarelli tasting — 7 years ago