Ruud Verhagen

9.2

98+ RP, 96 VINOUS. High scores for this wine. It’s elegant with dark cherry and some soft tannins. Spicy herbs, licorice, leather, black tea, ash/tar and lavender. I found the wine a little shy and not giving enough for such high scores. Maybe it needs more cellartime….
For now 92+ — 3 days ago

Vino Joe

9.5

Powerful wine. Medium weight beautiful color. Slight silt on decant. The cherry is pronounced but the terroir is also evident and balances it nicely with earthy elements and roundness. Slightly puckering but only to give the wine breadth. It complimented the salty veal saltimbocca and I look forward to the next bottle. — 16 days ago

Alex Lallos

Owner No Limit Fine Wines, Private Wine Consultant

9.2

Dusty cherry, fine grained tannins. Fine length and texture. Really nice — 19 days ago

Makoto Someya

8.9

Matured. Oak. Consentrated. Black fruits. Acidity. 2018 @, L’HBitud, 230930 — 2 days ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.5

My favourite italian wine. Cherries and leather with the perfect balance between power and acidity. Already amazing and this is a 2019!!! One to watch over the coming years — 11 hours ago

John Bratincevic

9.3

NOSE: earthy, Italian, rose …

TASTE: pure Italy! Almonds, earth, flowers, rocks … tar, wood ash … lots of acid and tannin … very elegant.

Not my style, but lovely: 93. — 10 hours ago

Jay Kline

9.1

Another vintage, another lovely Chianti Classico Riserva from Castello di Monsanto which continues to be a benchmark for wines from San Donato in Poggio. Popped and poured; enjoyed over two days and consistent over both. The 2019 Monsanto CCR pours a deep ruby color with a translucent core. Medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears and no signs of sediment. On the nose, baked mixed berries, dried green herbs, red carnations, dried gravely earth. On the palate, the wine is dry. Medium+ tannin and Medium+ acid. Confirming the notes on the nose. The finish is medium+. A lovely pairing with almost any red sauce dish. Drinking well now and I expect it will continue to do so through 2034. — 2 days ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.5

Bit of barnyard funk on opening but layers of cherries, tobacco and leather all bound together with harmonious acidity. Top class silky wine. Went extremely well with short rib — a day ago

Vino Joe

9.3

Solid showing but perhaps the bottle was a bit off. The wine had a puckering lingering element. It was still very good. Just not the balanced fruit focused effort I am used to. This vintage is great and other bottles have been better. Here is to the next one! — 11 days ago

Kevin Arndt

Specialist Grand Vin Colorado

9.4

Gerogous right out of the bottle. Fell off significantly after 4 hours of being open.
So pop drink and enjoy! — 8 days ago