Warm nose with chocolate notes, clove, nutmeg, and coffee. Hazelnut brownie; earthy mushroom. Tart raspberry surprise inside, with licorice, cedar, bitter arabica and sharp tobacco notes, rosemary, tart bing and rich, ripe black cherry. Oak adding cinnamon and a ghost of vanilla. Peppercorn.
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#scottpalazzo #palazzo #napa #napavalley #napared #oakville #redwine #rosso #rouge — 4 years ago
Fragrant floral and bread nose. Pineapple and stone on the palate. Herbal notes. Nice complexity. — 5 years ago
34% Sangiovese, 33% Merlot 33% Syrah. Very nice drinking. — 6 years ago
A good wine but not excellent. The texture is just too soft. Needs a stronger acid backbone. Otherwise, the fruit flavors are nicely accented with cut flowers on the nose, and slightly spiced on the palate. — 7 years ago
Great food wine, live Sicilian wines — 7 years ago
Raisiny and grape-y nose offers tart and powdered candy notes, white mushroom, schist, light pepper and tea. Dry open of grape-y tartness, bing cherry and lavender petal. Mouth-coating with cranberry-blackberry and black currant, bitters and dates. Great priced ripasso.
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#palazzomontanari #valpolicella #valpolicellaripasso #DOC #valpolicellaclassico — 5 years ago
Serious cab franc. Very smooth. Very full. — 6 years ago
medium body, with nice warmth. would like it a little heartier, but it's good. pairs well with steak, becomes ruby red in flavor — 7 years ago
Lunch with Larry at Roscioli — 7 years ago
Ruby coloration with some transparency. On the nose, cherry, balsamic, vanilla, leather, crushed rock and earth. On the palate, medium to full body, cherry, currants, anise, espresso bean, leather, balsamic, vanilla and chocolate; a nicely layered palate with a medium to long finish. Tannins are still quite present but balanced. — 4 years ago
Major decant needed. Nose is closed on open.
As it opens some lovely herbal notes.
Palate is clean. Tight. Closed.
As it opens tight cherry. Gorgeous.
Much better on day 2. delicious licorice. Fresh cherry fruit. Nose is blasting. Hand crushed mid season cherries. Spice. Roses. Some chocolate on the finish.
Either wait 5 years or decant 5 hours.
Bought from fass selections. — 5 years ago
Baccalà - Bermondsey street - skin contact, dry honey — 6 years ago
Vibrant clear brick red with notes of red and black cherry and leather up front softening to warm elegantly balanced burnished red fruit and slight hint of wood.for lovely roundness. — 7 years ago
Full bodied, warm feelings, smooth. Excellent, unassuming wine. — 7 years ago
Delicious and Fruity — 8 years ago
Mark Davis
2020 vintage. Super balanced. Lots of cherries. — a year ago