Ira Schwartz

9.4

A much darker color than I would have expected from a 52 year old wine. Powerful, youthful and complex aromas of plums and tobacco. At this point your mind is racing , can the palate equal or exceed the nose because you know if it can you are in for a treat. A very alive , acid driven palate of plums, cherries and tea. Had an old vine creaminess component. After approximately 2 hours the wine started to take on a less open personality. — 7 years ago

Ming L

9.0

Expressive nose of sweet and sour cherries, blue berries, incense, and dried flower. Round and bright palate with medium to high acidity and soft bittersweet tannins. From a tiny 2/3 of a hectare family holding of the Santo Stefano di Perno vineyard, aged for 18 months in used Slovakia oak barrel, this Barbera shows exceptional freshness and purity of the fruits at this young age, but also has depth and structure to age further. — 8 years ago

Conrad Green

9.1

Slightly cloudy, light in color. Decent fruit and very pretty with sour cherry notes. Finish a little abrupt. — 9 years ago

with Walker and David

Jamie Prettitore

9.5

Incredibly youthful and vibrant in color and aroma. Wonderful — 9 years ago

Robert Cunningham

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

8.9

Very nice. Classic of its style. — 9 years ago

NatalieLynn Miller

9.8

Oh my yum! — 10 years ago

Brad Hemmer

9.0

Dried cherry, strawberry, fresh herbs, cedar, damp forest floor. — 10 years ago

with Jenny

Pascaline Lepeltier, MS

Master Sommelier, Wine Director Rouge Tomate New York

8.9

Always a pleasure to taste this wine, but you always wonder what can be the little trick that helps — 11 years ago

Nicklas Landgren

9.9

Badabing badaBOOM! — 11 years ago

Moya

9.5

Recovering from a horrendous cold that I’m pretty sure I got from walking the streets of Paris last week, I decided to venture out for a “treat yourself” Monday night dinner back in Chicago.

You know that song lyric that goes, “whatever Lola wants, Lola gets”? Well, not in my case. I did want a French wine solely based on nostalgia, but settled on an Italian in a French restaurant.

With one nostril passage opened, I was able to get a very overpowering bouquet of tar (which by the way has been on my bucket list of aromatics to smell- so happy I can cross that off), earth floor, mushrooms, cedar and a bit of menthol.

Tannins are very much soft and nonexistent in this bottle- full bodied with high acidity. Medium garnet color, which was surprising based on the age. I didn’t find this as complex as some Barolos I’ve had in the past, but still found it very enjoyable. On the palate, a very surprising sweet ripeness of red plum that doesn’t linger long on the tongue. Overall- not bad for a Monday. — 7 years ago

K J

9.7

Bestia Los Angeles. Complex. Deep for a barbera — 8 years ago

David D

9.2

Lots of tar and good acidity, soft tannins. Tobacco, dried roses, a little black pepper. Good chilled and opened up nicely during dinner. — 8 years ago

Evan Bienstock

9.3

This wine was awesome. Still soft and elegant and barely tertiary. 53 years later and still delivering. @Jason Stein we need to have this together #italianwines — 8 years ago

Matt Waring

9.2

Wonderful acidity, well balanced fruit, a firm finish. This is top shelf Barbera and a real delight. Bravo. — 9 years ago

with Christine

Anna Savino

9.3

In honor of the start of #dolcetto #harvest here in #langhe amazing for being 2010.. so young, smooth but structured.. this is his current release haha a legend! — 10 years ago

Ian Fenwick - Hourglass Wine Co

9.4

1961 vintage — 10 years ago

Amy Pelletier Beck

9.4

Cherry, tar heaven — 11 years ago

with Stephen

Arvid Rosengren

ASI Best Sommelier in Europe 2013

9.4

1996. Dry, perfumed, long. Very pretty. — 11 years ago

Christopher Johnson

10

There was so much life still in this bottle. Incredibly fresh for a nearly 60 year old wine! — 12 years ago

with Skurnik

jason carey DipWSET

9.2

Wowza, as good as the 14 was, the 15 is frickin amazing, its great now, filled with blood orange flavor, minerals and fresh acidity. It will also age for a long time and be better. What a great buy — 7 years ago

Pooneet K

8.9

Would have been better 5 years ago for sure. Very tawny in the glass and port like on the nose. Still some fruit and depth to it but a bit on the lighter side at this point. With a bit more time it does improve. — 8 years ago

Halina Yarr Alexejun

9.0

Lovely, medium bodied wine. — 8 years ago

Patrice Conxicoeur

9.2

Magic. And while slightly over the hill, still outstanding, with lots of aromas to offer. — 8 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.5

It's a 9.5 kind of night. Oh my Dorthy, how I wish we were eating pizza with this. The pasta with fava beans, mushrooms, and prosciutto did us well though. Have to get another bottle of this for future use. — 9 years ago

Jim Yonkus

8.9

#keifeandco — 9 years ago

Marlos Silva

9.0

Hoje eu precisava de tanino ! — 10 years ago

Marlos Silva

9.1

Delectable não consegue achar o vinhedo correto — 10 years ago

Jimmy Hayes

Estate Director Mayacamas Vineyard

9.5

Savory, pungent, explosive aromas. Mushrooms cooking down in red wine. Umami. More umami. So good. Maybe not aging for much longer, so go get it. At its best in the glass, it had moments of brilliant lusciousness. Happy to have experienced it. — 11 years ago

Eric Hastings

Beverage and Bar Coordinator Jean-Georges NYC

9.2

Old Nebbiolo...always amazing — 11 years ago

George Tita

10

A delectable bottle of '64 opened by my friends for me at Barolo Nights in La Morra! — 12 years ago