Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.2

Friday night pasta wine — 8 months ago

Garen Staglin

9.8

Everything you would expect. Power and finesse. Drank over three days. Better each day. — 9 months ago

Renny Cabreros

9.6

Fantastic Barolo - medium bodied but light and silky on the palate. Blackberries, leather, smoked currants, tobacco, with wonderful complexity and balance — 9 years ago

Nico J. Snyman

9.6

Totally on point, has the classic intensity of the vintage, but showing some undergrowth complexity indicative of the age. Really needs some food, but loving the richness to it. — 10 years ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple of hours. The 2021 Classico pours a bright garnet color with a transparent core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose the wine is developing with beautiful notes of ripe Morello cherry, raspberry, tart forest strawberry’s, a whole bouquet of roses, hibiscus, saltwater taffy, tar, assorted green herbs, old wood and dry dusty earth. After about an hour or so, pomegranate enters the chat. On the palate, the wine is bone dry with high tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. These are early days but I’m really excited to track how these evolve with time. Drink now through 2051. — 8 months ago

John Malcolm

9.2

Very tannic and acidic even after a couple of hours of decanting. It needs several hours (about eight) in the decanter to calm down and open up. Earthy and smokey. Dried dark cherries, pomegranate, tar, cedar, leather, and spices. Powerful and dense. — 5 years ago

Mike Mentesana

9.9

One of the best vintage I've ever had, mushroom and great fruit. — 11 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.2

In good shape. Pretty on the nose, very muscular on the palate. Iron, blood, and roses. Lots of structure. Almost full-bodied. — 9 months ago

Adam Baker

9.2

Very good with Christmas Eve buffet. — 9 months ago

with Elissa

Lev Lavrichtchev

9.2

11/05/2018 — 9 years ago