John Bratincevic

9.0

Pop a pour (can’t be helped).

NOSE: pomegranate, blueberry,

TASTE: nice acidity, dense berry, bitter herbs. Needs age or air, but still good. 90. — 6 months ago

Peter Sultan

9.3

No notes but to emphasize the obvious: boy, this goes Zelig with air. Starts off Beaujolais like, slightly unripe blackberries, crunchy cranberries & shortish finish ( like Dolcetto!) but ends (& would keep going!) as absurdly satisfying, elegant even with a very earthy palate of wild berries & pitch perfect snap. Yum. — a year ago

B

10

2016 La Spinetta Barbera — 3 years ago

Heather Rostker

9.0

Continuing my Italian loves. Arrow wine suggestion. Excellent, easy drinker. — 4 years ago

Jean-Francois Pelletier

9.2

1982 Piero Talenti Brunello di Montalcino. Vibrant garnet color, with barely any bricking. Complex nose of dried red fruit, leather and spice. Soft on the palate, with a great presence through the finish. This bottle is in perfect condition and showed beautifully. — 5 years ago

with Frankie

Paco Suro

9.1

Bright. Tannins. This has some legs. — 6 years ago

Riccardo L.

9.3

Celebrating the arrival of Romeo, the dog. This wine is a beast. Romeo is not. — 7 years ago

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9.3

The 2019 Rosso di Montalcino is dreamy, wafting up with dusty rose, crushed cherries and sage. This flows across the palate with ease, energetic and lifted with a solid core of ripe wild berry fruits that slowly drench the palate in youthful tension. A coating of fine-grained tannins remains offset by a bump of residual acidity, tapering off spicy and long. This is maturing beautifully in bottle. (Eric Guido, Vinous, September 2024)
— 8 months ago

Jay Kline

9.2

This used to be Montevertine’s “second” wine (after Pergole Torte, obviously) but the vineyard was torn out and replanted in 1998. After that, their eponymous bottling was elevated to take its place while “Pian del Ciampolo” eventually became the “third” wine. Truthfully, they are all three different expressions of Radda so don't take my numerical rankings as a hierarchy of quality (though one could certainly make arguments in terms of importance). I digress, “Il Sodaccio” is producing fruit once again however, the singular expression is now history. This bottle represents “Il Sodaccio’s” swan song.

From magnum. Opened about four hours prior to service. The 1997 “Il Sodaccio” pours a garnet color moving to a slightly orange rim. Medium viscosity with light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is vinous but surprisingly spry given it’s a quarter century old. The fruit is more or less a mix of ripe and dried cherries, red plums, curaçao, cacao, porcini, dusty earth and some warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannins that have well integrated but still there. Acid is medium as well. Confirming the notes from the nose. The fruit is round while the finish is long and a touch savory. A lovely expression of Montevertine that extolls the virtues of the 1997 vintage with its abundant fruit and soft, friendly character. I mentioned to our guests that this bottle gave me the feeling of a warm hug from an old friend. Drinking well now and while I don’t expect further positive development, this magnum certainly has the legs for another 10 years. — a year ago

Luis Arguero (@winefromAtoZ)

9.1

Pian Dell’Orino Vigneti del Versante Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2014: Smooth & elegant. Lively acidity. Medium tannins. Nice cherry bouquet. Red fruits. Leather. Herbs. Earth. Powerful long finish. All in all, I love this Brunello! Call me a creature of habit but this is my happy place. Grilled marinated skirt steak and a bottle of Brunello! Great weekend to all! Cheers🍷 — 4 years ago

David D

9.0

Nice medium–light Dolcetto with plenty of tannins. Cranberry, dark cherry, wild berries, flinty and graphite. From Flatiron Wines. — 5 years ago

Mandy Menzer

8.9

I liked it but too sweet for Warren — 6 years ago

Scott C

Founder / Co-director SR Wine imports

8.9

Peach , apricot . Fresh , good acidity . With a long mineral finish . Organic — 7 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.4

Deep Ruby color with berry fruit, fragrant spice and earthy cedar notes. On the palate flavors of ripe cherry, plum, leather and cacao with notes of floral spice. Fine soft tannins, long finish ending with fruit, tobacco and cedar wrapped in an earthy herb mineral spice character. Drinking well. — 9 months ago

Justin Michel

9.4

Met Mickey en Maxime heerlijk maar zwaar — a year ago

Scott Kahn

9.1

Reminiscent of a nice Bordeaux like Clerc Milon. Beautiful cedar notes on the nose and in the glass. Fully integrated tannins with nice complexity. Worth a try from all of you francophones!!! — 3 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.0

Nice pop ‘n pour Aglianico. — 4 years ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.4

Another fine showing from a fine producer. — 4 years ago

Amedeo

9.7

One of the best Chianti I tried despite being relatively cheap. — 5 years ago

Jay Kline

9.2

1.5L bottle served side-by-side to the Pian Del Ciampolo. Splash decanted and returned to the bottle prior to serving. This was obviously the more modern of the two with darker fruit and pronounced baking spices. More round and full than the PdC. Yet, this was divine and a fantastic comparison...so much fun actually. Anyone that might balk at the modernity would be making a serious error. This is an honest wine that is beautifully made. Drink now or over the next ten years. — 6 years ago