Devin Bray

9.2

The nose on this one is a stunner, leaping out of the glass like a Cab Franc with potpourri, barnyard, earth, coriander, dried flowers, minerals, limestone, chalk, and pomegranate fruit. The body is medium with copious mineral accents to its modest sour cherry fruit profile complemented by good acidity. Savory tomato leaf on the front of the palate. Dry overall. A fragrant and delicious perfumed Italian with unexpectedly mineral-driven structure. The finish is medium but not terribly exciting - mostly tannic stemminess. Still very tasty overall. — 10 years ago

Marie Keep

Director of Fine Wines Skinner

9.6

Wow. Leaping out of the glass forward. Portuguese sausage and hay. Great fine tannins with a delicate line of acidity. Sweet hay. Dusky summer evening. — 10 years ago

jarred gild

Head Wine Buyer Western Market

9.7

Blend 1 - Bottled 12-01-10 — 11 years ago

Courtney Cochran

Sommelier/Host hiptastes.com

9.4

Let's begin with one word: FRAGRANCE. Just back from Italia, I will posit that this deep-garnet siren is just about the essence of that famed land on ones nostrils. My olfactory is pleased, greets this cuvee: *ciao*. We get right to business, where smelling is concerned: how very red tea of you, Amore. How very cinar-esque you smell today. Is that chanterelle on your breath, cracked black pepper in your hair, gravel crunching warmly under your feet? Thought so, certo. Moving right along, we address that thing essential to all dancers, composers and clothiers: STRUCTURE. Yours is on the delicious knife-edge of acidic to too-acidic, tannic to too-tannic, in both cases falling on the right side of the blade. Your alcohol level is just warm enough, not hot, and your finish is somehow cool and lingering. You are a cool cat, balanced and self assured. But wait: there's more, because we didn't talk abt your other PERFUMES leaping from the glass and traveling lovingly to my olfactory: brown spice, astronaut strawberry, cranberry, purple flower. DOLCE & GABBANA/ we have, at last, your newest fragrance: La Dolce Susumaniello. Carry on! 🇮🇹 — 10 years ago

Todd Tidyman

9.0

Spicy blackberry aroma. Slightly citric taste. Dry with enough tannins that seems like it could still be good in several years. — 10 years ago

Andy Quintana

9.0

Enjoying this Zin with awesome friends! — 12 years ago

Luke Blanch

9.4

A lizard, a horse & horsemen — 10 years ago

with Angie

Peter Wassam

9.6

Superb. This is why I like wine. Like walking into a vegetable garden when you stick ya nose in. Herbaceous and minerally with leaping currant fruit and juicy raspberries. Oak provides an oozing finish. Just a bit of funk but in a tactful manner like Mark Ronson. Acidity gives nice skeleton. — 10 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.2

Pleasant surprise. Still very dark. Fruit leaping out on initial pour. Cigar box notes coming forward after about 30 min. — 11 years ago

Gilles de Chambure

Master Sommelier & Educator

9.7

austria is on a roll a new world revolution in old europe wachau on the danude vineyard specific and ranking like burgundy smaragd the green lizard — 12 years ago