Vanessa

9.4

This is the 2013 Ar.Pe.Pe Valtellina Superiore Sassella Riserva ‘Nuova Regina’. It’s 100% Chiavennasca and aged 39 months in cask.

It is PALE ruby in color with pronounced aromas and flavors of red and black cherry, bright raspberry, mulberry, pomegranate, purple fig, stewed strawberry rhubarb, rose, potpourri, black licorice, black tea, anise seed, fennel, tri-colored peppercorns, peat, vanilla, cardamom, nutmeg, forest floor, and mushroom.

On the palate, this wine is dry, w/ medium (+) acidity, a medium body, medium alcohol (13% ABV), & medium (+) tannins that are smooth and velveteen; it has a lingering finish.

It’s an outstanding wine, incredibly fresh now with runway to age & gain complexity in the bottle. — 4 months ago

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Laura Vaughn Arellano

9.1

Had this one at Capo’s in LV. Went down well with the meal. — 8 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.3

Very dense and black in colour. These wines always remind me of Fruit and Nut milk chocolate. The colour makes you think full bodied but it’s actually light to medium bodied. A luscious mouth filling palate with the savoury milk chocolate together with notes of raisin and date. Supple yet persistent tannins. Reminiscent of a Priorat Garnacha in some respects. — 9 months ago

Bonnie Chu

8.9

Slow wine tasting — 3 years ago

vin vin

9.3

Great ripasso — 4 years ago

Sahil Parikh

9.3

Best chianti, favorite so far. Had with local pizza in poconos but tastes good with any tomato base. — 4 years ago

Mike Laba

9.2

Coming back to this wine a year and a half after I first rated it...still love it. Nice hints of fruit and exceptionally drinkable. Will continue to stock it as a house red — 6 years ago

hugo lemos

8.9

soft, just a bit acidic, refreshing and so pleasant — 7 years ago

Olivia Lam

9.0

A nice full bodied wine ! — 8 years ago

Nick Duckwiler

8.9

Nebbiolo blended with Merlot. This 2009 is just starting to mature...pubescent wine? Very bright red fruits followed by something smoky and interesting Happy #valentines — 10 years ago

with Julie

Henry Fuseler

9.0

2/2025. Bold and flavorful. Good finish. Paired well with the Prime Rib at Hall’s Chophouse. — 4 months ago

Tom Casagrande

9.0

Another big boi from this producer. Obviously uses at least a significant proportion of partially dried grapes. Fairly saturated color. Nose is rather subdued, reluctantly giving up scents of leather, underbrush, crushed rock, and dark cherry underneath all of that non-fruit stuff. In the mouth, it’s big, with initial slightly bitter, extracted notes. Tannic. Dissimilar from straight Valpos in its size and austerity. Dissimilar from Ripasso-style Valpos in that the fruit is not especially ripe or sweetish. It will go well with our stuffed shells in red sauce, but is a little challenging on its own. It occurs to me that this might fit in well in a tasting of 2017s from the left bank in Bordeaux. In other words, very atypical for a Valpo. Still, it’s pretty good, as long as you don’t harbor any expectations of typicity.

UPDATE: two nights later (using a vacuum closure), this has actually improved. Kind of amazing for a Valpo of this age. The fruit has moved closer to front-and-center, and it seem a bit more Calpo-like, though it’s still pretty large-framed. Upping score from 8.8 to 9.0. — 5 months ago

Amy Mercovich

9.0

2015 vintage, big and jammy — a year ago

Amier

9.0

Drank w/ Francis and family — 3 years ago

Michael Greene

8.9

Past peak but still nice, light-style nebbiolo. — 4 years ago

Meghan German

9.1

Dry fruit, peppery, purchased at Astor- we both like — 4 years ago

with Ryan

Eric Amsler

9.2

Great, big wine...at Filomena's in DC...with great company! — 6 years ago

Silla Aaltonen

9.1

Renen joulu ja uv — 6 years ago

Matt Waring

9.2

Wonderful acidity, well balanced fruit, a firm finish. This is top shelf Barbera and a real delight. Bravo. — 8 years ago

with Christine

Nena Madonia

9.3

I'm surprised by pro rating because I really enjoyed the wine after waiting it breathe. Great price too — 10 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Deep Ruby with aromas of sweet dried berry fruits and pepper spice. On the palate ripe blackberry, currants and sweet black cherry with complex spice. Well balanced with acidity and alcohol, full-body with soft tannins on long finish. — 5 months ago

David Dranit

9.0

Nice tannins. Medium body. — 7 months ago

Anna Filipovich

9.0

Great example of Dolcetto. Aged for 2 years is large wooden vats and 5 years in a bottle. Black cherry, cassis, licorice, bitter chocolate, leather savory. Medium acidic and smooth tannins — 8 months ago

Valeria Agosti

9.1

22/12/23 terr’antica baronissi — 2 years ago

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Scott Soren

9.5

Serious Super Tuscan expression. Massive nose. Black Cherry and boysenberry seem to meld together. Hints of vanilla and lavender too with Italian spice. . A complete mouthful. Medium acidity and tannins falling into place. An absolute joy to consume. — 4 years ago

Peter Wassam

9.3

Rutabaga and charcoal and hen of the woods and cherry garcia. Yeah there is a little VA but it’s not intrusive. Maybe more wild than some of their other stuff but still that mountain freshness — 4 years ago

Danielle Weiss

10

LOVED it. Excellent wine, excellent price. — 5 years ago

with Jeffrey

Jennifer Lamb

9.5

Fruitier than most dry Proseccos with hints of bergamot & other florals. — 6 years ago

with Alan

Lev Lavrichtchev

9.1

Fruit bomb, weak aftertaste — 8 years ago

Logan Hooper

9.5

A robust dash of fruit notes with a dry toasty oak finish. Amazing — 10 years ago