Dick Schinkel

10

And then it became quiet at the table……………………
Wow what a wine…..
100 DSP
💯 — 2 months ago

Donald Williams

9.3

Worth waiting for. Nice Malbec. — 5 months ago

with Bonnie

Noah Ross

9.0

Sight: Deep red. Nose: red fruit, tobacco, tart/unripe strawberry or cherry. Mouth: Red fruit forward, full bodied, chest warming. — 6 months ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.5

Amazing. Great acidity. Sagranito rocks. — 6 months ago

John Willison

9.0

Clean, crisp, alpine, a bit of menthol. — 9 months ago

Peter Norman

9.9

Excellent. Perfect red for me — 10 months ago

Defne Oezdursun

9.2

Blackcurrant and blackberry smell and taste, very airy and not that dry — 2 years ago

Rachael

9.5

One of my favorites. Incredibly smooth, minimal tannins and strong fruit forward flavor. — 3 years ago

Eric Urbani

9.2

Drinking well ! Powerful, intense, gorgeous. — 2 months ago

Tom Garland

9.5

Heidi and Bo Barrett wine dinner
Lazy Bear Restaurant

WINE
2024 La Sirena Muscat
2009 Montelena Chard
1994 Paradigm merlot
2019 La Sirena cab/syrah
1985 Montelena cab
2008 Montelena cab
1983 Buehler cab
1990 Dalla Valle cab
2015 Barrett & Barrett cab
20-year Montelena ruby port

FOOD
SF Bay halibut salad
Monterey spot prawns
Liberty duck
Morel au poivre
Coal roasted wagyu A5 ribeye
Dandelion chocolate — 5 months ago

with Brenda

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2018 vintage. Léoville-Poyferré-involved concern. 73% Malbec 18% Cabernet Sauvignon 5% Petit Verdot 3% Syrah 1% Cab Franc. 100% delicious. Medium/medium-heavy body. Nice balance of grip/zip and sleeko suave. Can hold its own in a street fight now or be the scheduled, 12-round, main event in 2040-your choice. $28.85 resto cost on 3 cases. 14.5% ABV. Definite big red blend value contender. 04.13.25. — 6 months ago

Mary H

9.0

Chocolatey, meaty, soft tannins. The pizza of wines - nothing bad about that. — 8 months ago

Mario Zillner

9.7

Classic Barolo via the stellar 2010 vintage (now +15 yrs). Medium / pale garnet and pours to a transparent center. Pop-and-pour to taste, with a much needed 2-hour decant to follow. Bone dry, high tannin and medium+ acidity, just like I like it. Tons of dark red fruit; this is drinking exceptionally well now, but would certainly benefit from 10-15+ more years in the cellar as the nose continues to develop. The finish is long / strong and heavily structured; simply a gorgeous expression of the Rocche dell’Annunziata Riserva! — 9 months ago

Dave Chambers

8.9

A bottle of Malbec to pair with Steak Frites tonight. — 2 years ago

with Heather

Ashish Pant

9.3

Wow! Aged a bit too long, but still a pleasure to drink. Go for it! — 4 months ago

Veronica S

9.1

Faint fuscia and apricot on the nose, fruity on the palate. Medium full body. Delightful. — 5 months ago

Jen Resnick

8.9

Character and earth — 6 months ago

Anthony James Marr

9.4

Extremely impressive showing from this Barolo - fully integrated and clearly at peak plateau of drinking (likely to continue drinking well for another handful of years but wouldn’t wait) - this was very masculine in style presenting a full bodied palate but the tannins were soft and silky. Meaty, truffle, tobacco with dark dark fruits - certainly worth buying — 6 months ago

Stefan Dolhain

8.9

1997(!) vintage. What a nice surprise. Still very much alive, a most pleasurable light Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon. I would have never expected the entry level of Los Vascos to age this well. Abv. 12,5%. — 9 months ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Mention “Monvigliero” around any Barolo nut and there is a better than good chance you might witness the following behavior: waxing poetic in hushed tones, sighing, swooning…possibly fainting. Monvigliero truly is the zeitgeist. For over 40 years, Comm. G.B. Burlotto (and Fratelli Alessandria before them), have quietly been making great single-vineyard Monvigliero and it was only in the last 10-15 years that the world started to catch on to the magic that was happening in Verduno. In the last handful of years alone, there have been a flurry of producers with holdings in Monvigliero that have released their own single-vineyard expression. However, what many may not realize is that Enrico Scavino and his daughters have been producing a “Monvigliero” since 2007, making them one of the first half dozen to do so. I’m only suggesting that the Scavino’s knew there was something special there well before the hype train came to the station.

Popped and poured; enjoyed with dinner and over the course of a couple hours. The 2020 “Monvigliero” pours a deep garnet color with a transparent core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears. The nose is gorgeous; seemingly darker fruited with blackberry, pomegranate, black cherry lozenges, roses and spice box. On the palate, the wine is bone dry with high tannin (though friendly) and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and lithe. An elegant wine and downright delicious. I think Paolo Scavino did a fabulous job of capturing the synergy of what Mother Nature gave in the 2020 vintage and the source of their fruit in the heart of the Monvigliero MGA. These are very early days for this wine but it’s already a joy to drink now but I expect this will continue a lovely evolution through 2038, easy. — a year ago