ESF

8.9

Solid effort: BDX blend from ARG, nice fruit profile, smooth integrated tannins, bit one dimensional but pleasant enough — 3 months ago

Todd Scurci

9.0

#cartagena #alma #langhenebbiolo — 3 months ago

Taylor

9.4

Great wine! Bold and flavorful — 4 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Made from Macabeu, Xarel·lo and Parellada grapes, bright pale gold color with a frothy creamy mousse, small rapid bubble flow with a steady stream. Aromas and flavors of apple and citrus with toasty notes, integrated, nice mouthfeel, elegant long finish. Great value as an exceptional alternative to French Champagne. — 5 months ago

James Everhart

9.4

2015 Vintage drinking beautifully in late 2024. Very smooth with expressive red and dark fruit for only $25. — 7 months ago

Samantha I.

10

9/15/2024: Surprisingly sweet. Not sparkling? — 8 months ago

Kate Parkerson

9.4

Very nice, slightly dry but smooth. Great with meatloaf. — a year ago

Frank

9.0

Jason brought for boys golf week. Spainish. 10 yr great. — 6 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

8.9

Light body and very "Pinot Noir" like. Bright red cherry and strawberry flavors. Mild tannins and light oak. Hint of smoke. Refreshing. Chill it a bit below cellar temp. Great story about the winery. A Mt. Etna lava flow just went around them 30 years ago. — 9 years ago

Michael Perry

8.9

Fun, fun in a bottle — 9 years ago

Mindee DeWitt

10

DELICIOUS!!! — 12 years ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple hours. The 2015 pours a deep ruby/purple color with a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity with fairly significant staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of ripe black and red fruits: black cherry, mixed bramble berries, spices, horse blanket, espresso…powerful. On the palate, the wine is dry with high tannins and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and wild. Whoa, the structure is significant. Drink now and through 2040. Bottle No. 07992/14373 — 3 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2021 vintage. Medium-heavy body. Chunky with moments of clarity and moments of chaos. When it rolls in at the resto price waay under $30, compelled to pick up 4 cases. A fave Italian producer and this does nothing to dispel those feelings. 01.15.25. — 4 months ago

Ronald LaMascus

9.0

Very good Rosso di Montalcino! Especially with hard cheese and Italian bread! Would also be great with pasta, grilled meats, etc al. Just okay as a sipping wine but comes alive with food!Cherries, brambley fruits, low tannins, good qpr especially as compared to Brunello! — 5 months ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Beautiful, engaging nose. Full bloom, pink & red roses, cherry hard candy, layered, soft spice, dark cherries, strawberries, raspberries, light herbal notes, hint of bubble gum.

Pretty, ripe, juicy palate. Fruits are light; raspberries, cherries, strawberries and blackberries & black raspberry hues. Wet river stone, dry limestone powder, more pronounced dark, dry tannins, dry herbs, dark spice with some heat, light, dry tobacco notes, barrel dust, bright red & pink roses, magnificent acidity with a very pleasant elegant, polished finish that lands on spice and lasts 90 seconds.

Really good value and one to pick up. — 6 months ago

Roberto Carli

9.7

what an outstanding experience and without question one of the best wines of the year for me. This is a world class business card of what American oak can do at its best. It starts with a powerful yet elegant knows of dusty cherry, old licorice but mostly gives way to inebriating feeling of grandma‘s old spice cabinet. Something in the nose already tells you that fine fine tans are waiting for you, but the palate is overwhelmingly silky smoothness, possibly the highest combination of intense-yet-silky tannins you can find anywhere, with bright acidity and medium to light body that makes the whole thing dance. I decided to check the producer website and they recommend pairing it with cod with sauce. Luck would have it that I randomly was eating pasta filled with salt cod and tomato sauce. The pairing works well as it further rejuvenates the wine, but I would say it shines at its brightest just by itself, letting those tannins tell the story without any need to curb them down. I’m drinking from Coravin meaning I cannot decant the wine, but even the sediment tastes good. Just like those people who brag about buying burgundy in the 70s, I feel like once the ebbs and flows of trends will shift I will be bragging about buying a 26-year-old monte real gran reserva, kept 24 years at the winery, for 60 bucks, which in San Francisco wouldn’t even pay for the cost of storage  — 9 months ago

Greg Kliner

8.9

Very nice; fruity. We had with baked Brie and baked hummus with feta, olives, and tomato on top - December 2016 — 8 years ago

Sam Decker

9.5

Through a veil of transparent berry fruit and delicate dried flowers the secondaries become the primaries: damp earth, mushroom tea, tomato leaves. Fine acidic structure. — 9 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.6

Life affirming,aged etna rosso-wow — 11 years ago

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JKT

9.1

At Moore Brothers tasting of Piemonte with Fung and Mary 1/25/25. Unusual blend with fruit from high up by the foothills of Alps but microclimate warm enough for palm trees. A rather rich and round texture and wouldn’t have guessed Nebbiolo. — 4 months ago

Elmars

9.1

Excellent Chianti, full bodied, well balanced. Soft tannins, pleasant bouqet. — 4 months ago

Vino Joe

9.5

Succulent and bursting. Strong cherry, tar and grounded beautifully. The juice that powered the afternoon Boggle game. — 5 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Boda andrea david javier ceesar fran — 6 months ago

David Coun

9.1

Great nose and personality. Super drinkable — 7 months ago

Ming L

9.1

Early picking for the ‘17 vintage, and it shows with fresh acidity lifting the well extracted black fruits. Still quite primary at year 7.
Very good value for a Gran Reserva. — 7 months ago

Pablo Cetlinski

10

Oily, cherry, herby. Beautifull!!!! — 6 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.1

Barbera & Bonarda blend from an Emilia Romagno maker. I love this style- gave a good 45+ min decant. Imagine the Bonarda offsets the Barbera fruitiness. Keeps a taut line btw vegetal acidity & that earthy fruitiness. Natural maker of some serious orange wines. 13% alcohol. Didn’t hurt that we drank at sunset, on the Hudson River at home. — 6 years ago

Peter Wassam

9.0

Lush fruit integrated with bretty Ness with aplomb. Spicy finish but not too much thought. — 9 years ago

Samuel James

9.1

Just one of the craziest things Ive ever tasted. #sicily #wine #natural — 10 years ago