Travis Coleman

10

Semi sweet, smooth finish. — 7 years ago

M. Christopher Roebuck

9.2

Very very good. Just enough age on this to enjoy (2019). Rim is leaning golden brown. Earthy light pine, licorice, dried flowers. Palate is silky, drying to a medium tannic finish. This punches a bit above its price point in my opinion. A definite rebuy for me. A case discount would make this a staple "table" wine but obviously much better than that label would imply.

92 points — 7 years ago

Brett Eggleston

9.5

For Isabella — 7 years ago

Jen Buck

9.4

Absolutely wonderful amd incredibly smooth — 8 years ago

with Jeff and Lucretia

Michael Hildebrand

9.4

Love this. Grape soda for grown ups. Buy some!! — 9 years ago

Karine Sully

9.7

Smooth cherries. Truccone Barbera di Asti DOCG. — 10 years ago

with Dan

Danny Kim

8.9

Aromatic and complex. Love it — 10 years ago

Stephen Long

8.9

Deep garnet. Nose: flowers, beef jerky. Tastes of black cherries. — 7 years ago

Matt Konopka

9.0

Enjoyable, great drinker — 7 years ago

Rufus King

9.1

Nice dry sparkling white blend (Chardonnay, Pinot Noir) served at Gala at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston — 7 years ago

Carsten Rathsack

9.8

Dark toffee in colour, incredibly viscous and concentrated. Notes of honey, toffee, lovely sweetness — 8 years ago

Tetsu Nakazawa

9.0

Molto buono e molto mercato. (Sette dollari a Empire Wine) sembra che e venduto a Target all’presso circo. E picante come i veni da Rhone ma dopo rorbido abbastanza. Non mi piace milto Spagnolo ma questo sarebbe consigliato. — 8 years ago

Karine Sully

9.4

Great Chardonnay. Not heavy on the oak. Complex flavors. — 10 years ago

with Dan

Antoinette

9.4

Enjoyed during lunch with wonderful ladies! — 10 years ago

with Arlene

Connor Smith

9.3

The first European grapes were planted in what is now the U.S. in the 1600s, where Spanish missionaries in New Mexico needed sacramental wine. But Phylloxera was ever-present near the eastern population centers, so the earliest American wine industries were built on hybrid grapes. Cincinnati's sparkling Catawba was America's first cult wine, followed by cultivars like Norton, Isabella, and Concord in Missouri and Virginia. The sleeping giant began to awaken in the 1850s, when Agoston Haraszthy began importing high-quality vine material to California.

It all came crashing down with Prohibition in 1920. Not only were vineyards ripped up and knowledge lost, but the American palate became soft and sweet. Low-quality fortified wine from whatever grapes were available became the standard of the American wine industry.

Things began to shift in the 1960s. Robert Mondavi brought dry table wine, varietally labeled, back to the forefront. Boutique producers like Ridge began to creep toward European quality standards. The 1976 Judgement of Paris blind tasting, a sweeping victory for the Americans, proved that the New World wine was here to stay.

(This is adapted from notes for Le Dû's Wines 'History of Wine 1453AD-Present' seminar, where this wine was poured) — 7 years ago

Vanessa Diaz Winborn

10

Hope they continue to make this. By far my favorite white from them. — 7 years ago

Angus Powles

9.7

Leo and Isabella blessings — 8 years ago

Michael Hugh Dawson

10

Strawberry champagne on ice. Lucky for you that's what I like. — 9 years ago

Allie Hersch

8.9

@Isabella Wolf one of our faves — 10 years ago

with Isabella

Karine Sully

9.3

Isabella Bric Stupui, Barbera d'Asti. Prodotto alll origine da Azienda Agricola Isabella Di Gabrielle Calvo. So smooth and elegant — 10 years ago

with Dan