Christine Deutscher

9.0

Love this! Oaky and fruity. Delicious. — 8 years ago

Charlotte Hall

9.4

Love it, fruity, fresh gd riesling — 9 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.7

Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia 2013: from Jay. Initial thoughts/impressions from a brief tasting conducted this afternoon. Brilliant ruby hue. The wine is a joy to look at - fantastic colour. Profound nose of freshly cut red cherries dominate followed by forest berries and some crushed vanilla pod. On the palate the wine has incredible energy. It glides across the palate seamlessly. The intense fruit that presents on the nose continues through to the palate. There is so much fruit here and yet not the faintest hint of extraction - the wine remains agile and intense and the tannins are ever so graceful. This is the finest Sassicaia I have had at this stage of its development and I would not be surprised if it is spoken of at a future date with same reverence the 1985 currently enjoys. This is simply fabulous. 97+/100. Drink 2025 to 2050. — 10 years ago

Sarah Heston

10

Tastes like my childhood in the canyons of Southern California. Sage, coyote shit, the end of the world and a refreshing entrance back into it. Truly a mystical, special treat. A lot of reverence for this — 11 years ago

Mike Howdeshell

9.7

Great heavy wine for that thick NY Strip steak. Smooth initial taste with a strong finish. — 9 years ago

Michael Kanbergs

Wine Director Campo Fina

9.2

Truly: fresh as a daisy w/ all the typical pelaverga notes intact plus another layer of crushed leaf and tobacco. If you're drinking gamay, poulsard, and trousseau and you don't treat Castello di Verduno Pelaverga w/ similar reverence, you're cheating yourself. What a pleasure to drink this at the estate. — 10 years ago

Ed Merrison

9.3

Hard to know how to rate this wine but certainly this isn't reverence for age. It has sleek leather and truffle tones with autumn leaves but also such charming fruit - silky plumminess and macerated cherries. Compact, even and flowing on the palate. — 10 years ago

Vinny Eng

9.4

Sangiovese! Monteraponi! Chianti! Such reverence for this beautiful house. — 11 years ago

Scott Rowe

8.9

No. 99
Same fruit as No. 3 but more skin contact for added texture just for fun. — 9 years ago

Brian Wells

9.8

Amazing Bordeaux-style blend with coffee and chocolate notes and very well balanced oak. The fruit is not overwhelming. One if my very favorites. — 9 years ago

Aaron Tan

8.9

Off-dry style — 10 years ago

Shane Grennan

9.2

Ramon Bilbao Mirto 2009

92/100 The top offering from Ramon Bilbao, 2 years in French oak and bottled without filtering. They produce 4M bottles but this Tempranillo has won a Gold medal. Wow freshly opened bottle and the classic Rioja nose was immediately apparent. Aged mature plums, smoked wood, depth with a nod to reverence of Rioja. Soft round palate yet not lacking in power but an example of balance between Tempranillo fruit mellowed by oak aging. Very nice finish. — 11 years ago

Benjamin Hickey

9.1

Fortified Riesling. Complex, sugar but not sweet, candied citrus, petroleum, long finish — 11 years ago