joy horn

9.9

Bought at Pine Orchard 11/25 $70 after tasting at Ridge in 10/25. Less expensive here. The 2023 is rated at 100 pts. Absolutely delicious. Floral aromas, lightly crisp, subtle oak, smooth finish. — 7 months ago

Damian

9.3

Cedar, fruit in the background, coconut?. Mature and delicious — 7 months ago

Hunter Bobel

10

Truly a 10/10. Floral bouquet of flavor and went fantastic with steak. Purchased in Naples. — 9 months ago

FabianG

8.9

#vonsmammoth — 9 months ago

John Knudsen

9.0

Decanted for 2 hours. Still big, no signs of fading. Did not drink enough before it was consumed to review properly, but seemed a touch sweet. — 3 years ago

PC

9.4

Good for red sauce Italian and pizza. Cherry. Medium bodied. — 8 years ago

Karstin Bodell

9.0

Smooth ripe fruit — 9 years ago

Tom Tomislav Migotti

9.4

Guests loved it!
Me too — 10 years ago

Michael Washabaugh

9.1

Paired well with a lamb, eggplant purée, fava beans, piquolo pepper. Would also pair with a medium rare magret duck or other game. — 11 years ago

Polly Caudill

10

Almost as good as the chianti in Paris — 13 years ago

Mike Fiorello

8.9

One of the best wines for the price. — 14 years ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Presented double-blind at Tasting Group. The wine pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears and no obvious signs of sediment. On the nose, the wine is developing with powerful notes of ripe and some dried fruits: bramble berries, slightly stewed black cherry, dried herbs, stony earth, baking spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. The alcohol is high.

Initial conclusions: this could be a Grenache-based blend, Corvina-based blend or Sangiovese-based blend from France or Italy. I felt the combination of slightly stewed cherry and spices ruled out what I would want from a Sangiovese blend. Which, left me to decide between Southern Rhône or Valpolicella. I liked this wine…the oak treatment was interesting. I was getting a French barrique. Hmmm…

So, for my final conclusion: I’m calling this a Grenache-based blend, from France, from Southern Rhône, from Chateauneuf-du-Pape, 2017, from a more modern leaning producer using a good portion of barrique. I’ll be damned! I don’t hate my call but I gotta get better at distinguishing these wines from Southern Rhône. I probably just need to drink more of both, lol. Tasty stuff! Drink now through 2039. — 7 months ago

Anthony De Blasi

9.3

A bit too much cassis flavours for my palate which I do not recall when I had my first bottle about a year ago. Nevertheless a very good wine — 9 months ago

Byron Hewett

9.0

Tasty. Easy drinker. — 2 years ago

Vanessa

10

Fruity, bubbly/fuzzy, sweet. Always have it in hand — 4 years ago

Mike Evans

9.1

Showing younger than I expected and with plenty of life remaining, ripe dark fruit and a little leather, showing quite well. — 8 years ago

with Kevin

Kristie Ficklen

9.0

Not very bubbly for an Asti & jus a tad on the sweeter side but would def buy it again — 9 years ago

Daron Watson

9.0

dark fruits...resting on a leather chair in an old reading room with a cigar box ~ palate starts juicy then goes characteristically dry for the vintage but falls short in length — 11 years ago

Mike

9.1

Quirky but nice — 11 years ago

Monica Prelle

9.7

Bold, lush, notes of blueberry, leather and spice. — 13 years ago

Colleen Tomasello

9.4

Excellent cab! Always great from Ridge, this one is full bodied, nicely aged (still has room to age more, but wonderful right now!, wish i had a couple more) — 7 months ago

Clay Bullwinkel

9.4

Full bodied minerals, saline, citrus — 7 months ago

Ryan Colthorp

9.0

Ruby colored. Fruity but spicy. Some undertones of wood. Just an excellent wine to with Alla Vita. — 9 months ago

Chris Buggy

8.9

Large format, 15 years old…showing a little signs of age, but still spritely enough. A few years ago, this would’ve been in its prime — 9 months ago

with Jennifer

Maddie Fromell

8.9

Listening to fado in Lisbon — 7 years ago

Raun Kupiec

9.0

So smooth and elegant. — 8 years ago

with Barbara

Nico J. Snyman

9.6

Tried the '90 recently, spoke of how amazing a producer of Californian Cabernet it is, but just needed a little more time, this '85 is well & truly on point, everything is in balance, there's fruit intensity yes, but the development/complexity/layers are really shining through, outstanding stuff. — 9 years ago

Phil Kessling

9.1

2001, Madonna delle Grazie Il Marroneto Sangiovese. A Brunello with 14 years of aging, doesn't get much better. Still has primary black fruit but layers of secondary flavors. It continues to open up and get more complex through the evening. — 11 years ago

Napa Valley Wine Academy

9.1

#ilgrigio #granselezione #chianticlassico #tuscany #italianwineprofessional — 11 years ago

Christy Msal

9.9

Drank at Farinas winery & cafe in grapevine TX — 13 years ago