WC Fields

9.2

Continues to be one of my favorite Italian reds. Extremely food friendly. — 11 days ago

romo

9.1

Still too hot, but manageable. — 3 months ago

Jay Kline

9.6

Paolo Bea dinner at Semo. All wines were prepared by opening and slow-ox, prior to service. Abbreviated notes due to the setting. The wines of Paolo and Giampiero Bea are very special to me and I am grateful to have enjoyed so many of them, over the years. However, the Passito is extremely rare and this is my first encounter. The 2011 pours a garnet color with a most interesting and attractive nose of Castelvetrano olives, dark cherry, salmiakki, and palo santo. I would categorize this as off-dry; certainly not sweet. There’s excellent structure too so that may play a role in my perception of sugar. Perhaps the profile varies from vintage to vintage however, if this is representative, I could see myself going well out of my way to drink this. Brilliant. Drink now through 2036. Bottle No. 1716/3699 — 4 months ago

Joe Fischer

9.5

After hearing of Arnaldo’s passing today, we decided to have a bottle of the 25th anniversary bottle. This is really a great wine for such a difficult grape…a masterpiece. Dark ruby red with aromas of dark cherry, blueberry, plum, tobacco, and stew fruits. On the bud, it luscious and smooth. The tannins are present, but just right. The finish is long. Cherry, licorice, and stewed fruit flavor. — 5 months ago

Sara Urquidez

9.2

Deep red color with a hint of purple. Medium legs, medium body and very balanced without any sediment. First nose of cherry with a hint of violet and spice. Easy drinking with cherry, raspberry, red fruits with a bit of earthiness and a hint of vanilla. Polished and finishes beautifully.

Purchased at Bocale winery — 6 months ago

Jeffrey Woo

9.2

Deep ruby hue. Notes of blackberry, olives, pepper, and tar. Full tannins and high acidity. Superb with meats. — 3 years ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.5

Love this wine. Medium body, spicy, cinnamon, salty. — 25 days ago

RobertoS

9.1

Perfetto con filetto! — 24 days ago

Stuart Pollack

9.4

Lovely Sagrantino. Gets much better after one-hour decant. So much flavor. Powerful and strong, with pepper and bright red fruit. Tannins are all smooth already. — 3 months ago

Jay Kline

9.5

Paolo Bea dinner at Semo. All wines were prepared by opening and slow-ox, prior to service. Abbreviated notes due to the setting. The 2019 Cerrete is a veritable abyss: deep, dark, dense and mysterious. Dark cherry, licorice, blood and sneaky high tannin. So young. I thought this worked well with the venison. Almost impossible to believe this is 15.5%; everything is so balanced. Drink now through 2049. Bottle No. 161/9639 — 4 months ago

Marcel Van Duinen

9.2

Ook enkele uren na opening en decanteren een mondvol tannines. Een 8,9. Na 2 dagen begon de wijn uit deze magnum toch wel erg goed te smaken (9,2) en op dag 3 dacht ik: top druif die Sagrantino, goed voor 9,5 punten! — 5 months ago

Severn G

9.3

2015 | Sagrantino
Fattoria Calcabrina; Foglio 11
Umbria, Italy
(92-94; Drink 2025-30+) — 10 months ago

Stuart Peisner

9.1

Deep color, great structure and tannins. A very good red wine not well known but one of my favorites. — 3 years ago

Jason Sliwa

9.0

Still constrained. Overall fairly balanced but fruit should be more… — a month ago

with Vicki

Aleksei Snitsarenko

9.5

Очень вкусное вино! Чуть пригарчивает, чуть рябины, чуть фруктов. Очень понравилось — 3 months ago

romo

9.0

Over the top heaviness, if that’s your thing. — 3 months ago

Jay Kline

9.5

Poured into a decanter about an hour prior to service; enjoyed over the course of dinner. The 2009 pours a deep garnet color with an opaque core and a burnished rim; medium+ viscosity with significant staining of the tears and plenty of sediment. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of ripe black fruits: black plum, salmiakki, mixed flowers, some nail polish, blood, wild herbs, a mix of organic and inorganic earth and exotic spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with high tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose, the finish is long. It’s been several years since my last 2009 Pagliaro and it certainly hasn’t lost any of its potency. A special wine from a special vineyard cared for by a special producer. Drink now with a decant through 2039-ish. Bottle No. 3815/9570 — 5 months ago

Theo Shu

9.2

Mushrooms, funk, pepper, medium acidity. I would drink all the time. — 5 months ago

with Dominique

Matt Perlman

9.5

Sangiovese / sagrantino / montepulciano blend from hilltop vineyard, several years of tank and cask ageing but no new wood. Huge wine but somehow manages to be lively and dimensional. Dark, fleshy red and black fruits with lots of savory, herbal and floral elements — 2 years ago

Praveer Sharma

9.1

We asked for a bold red and we got it! — 4 years ago