Deep ruby in color; black cherries, blackberries, and cigar box on the nose; high acidity; high tannins; tastes like black currant, crushed gravel, and a little eucalyptus with a long finish. It needs to decant a bit longer. Very structured, but delicious. After a hyperdecant, and sitting for an hour, the tannins mellowed a little and everything tastes more integrated. I'm taking off 1 point because the eucalyptus is too strong for me, but I still love this wine! Nellie says it's ok. — 4 days ago
Piacevole e pronto presto. Fresco e semplice — 13 days ago
La finesse. Et puis, la puissance. 96-97+ — 13 days ago
Pure and expressive. Very nicely integrated and balanced. 93-94 — 13 days ago
rounded fresh fruits, deeply tannic still. aniseed, pepper, like a cured sausage taste. light oak on the nose and on palate. clove. slightly mineralic, granite and graphite, fresh olive, orange rind. — a month ago
Nice orange peel touch. Lacking a bit on the mid palate. Then wafting back on the aftertaste — 12 days ago
Nicely open. Fruity and lean. Fresh and classy. — 12 days ago
Pure and précise. Time will reward. — 13 days ago
2020 vintage. Big, darkly-fruited nose that rolls over to the flavors. Medium body. Great complexity for initial and mid-palates, Finish is where things drop off a cliff. Solid banger for the price. If only some of that impressive, frontal assault could be transferred to the back end, we'd be in clover. Nice, first-time BDX to get the palate rolling/draw people in tho. 3.15.24. — 2 months ago
Wonderful Bordeaux blend from Saint-Julien. Super dry dark blue fruit seamlessly integrated with aged wood notes of dark chocolate, raw tobacco and leather (remember chewing on this as a kid 😁) and smooth rounded tannins. A great wine to just sip, reminisce and… wondering where the oldest vineyard in the world might be? You want to know? Check out our latest story on https://spokenwines.com/spoken-wines/ or jump directly to https://youtu.be/7qURFipuKBI?si=S1sjSbvfu_LLMWik Please comment and subscribe to help our wine story telling mission 🙏🙏 — 21 days ago
Color concentration. Slight black currant focused. Good concentration. Elegant. Gentle
2018 @10230, AD, 202429 — 6 days ago
Thick and layered. Power machine with a subtle feminine touch of the aromatics. Finish very long and charming aftertaste. — 12 days ago
Piacevole artigianalita. Naturally expressive. Quite untouched fruit. Finish a bit harsh. May improve. — 13 days ago
Can’t tell if not in a great spot or maybe some slight heat damage—but leaning to the latter. Tasty, but not as good as it should have been — 2 months ago
Intense. Closing a bit “technical” for my taste. Will improve. 95+ — 13 days ago
Fruit opens up after a while — 2 months ago
Alessandro Dalle Carbonare
Fine wine. Round and soft, seemingly watery on the kid palate but it’s not. Good and intense finish. — 13 days ago