Gary Vorsanger

9.7

2012 Buccella Merlot. Simply amazing. Big wine, fills the mouth with blackberry; mid palate has lots of slate. Tannins well balanced. A Merlot that drinks like a Cab Sauv. . — 11 years ago

Rob Shore

9.3

Always a favorite from Venge. Big round mouth feel. Soft edges. — 11 years ago

Dock Hooks

9.7

Big bacon nose with floral honey front mouth affect quickly going mineral for a clean but lingering finish of flowers & white grapes. Enjoying this fine yet affordable wine with manchego and niçoise-coquillo olives, at PromiseLand Market, in Morehead City, NC... — 11 years ago

Drew Damskey

9.3

Medium plus intensity in the color. Very elegant! Great acid, fruit balance. Red currant, blueberry, dried strawberry, anise, violet, sandal shop, gripping mouth and big — 12 years ago

Kyle Groombridge

9.1

Big boy haut medoc. At the outset it's dark, inky, and has a ton of oaky tannin. Give it time though and she'll sing. Within a couple hours, violets and purple fruits hum from the glass, with sweet black cherry and a now-resolved tannin rounding out the mouth. Oak still present but just accenting the purple plummy fruits. This'll last for days. Well made. — 11 years ago

David Rosen

9.0

Though it's called Petite Petit, there's nothing little about this wine. It's big, it's bold, and it's bursting out of the bottle. Both the nose and the mouth are dense with dark berries and vanilla with just the faintest hint of graphite. Very good, but not for the timid. — 11 years ago

Andrew Nash

9.3

$50 at Wine Room. Very smooth yet big mouth feel — 12 years ago

Robert Love

9.3

Dark inky purple. Black currant, fresh earth, and baking spice on the nose. A rich & powerful style. Tannins are nice and integrated in the mouth, leading to a medium-long finish redolent of dark fruit and mocha. This seems big and overripe on the nose but could be mistaken for top-growth Pauillac in the mouth. Not my style yet I love this wine. Decanted. #Napa #Cabernet — 11 years ago

John Riddick

9.8

Love this wine! Great aromatic characteristics, big body, sweet tannins that coat your entire mouth on the finish! Giampaolo Tabarrini is an amazing winemaker. — 11 years ago

Travis Stansbury

10

Big, bold, very spicy, a naughty party in your mouth — 11 years ago

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