Matti Jokelainen

9.0

Brilliant light ruby color. Upon opening very shy nose, pronounced acidity, sandy/powdery tannins and bright red currant/red cherry/granberry taste. After 2h the wine starts to open and the nose picks up the Nebbiolo typical wonderfull mix of flowers complemented by cherry, cool tones bit like menthol and red currant. Palate remains tight but full of promise. As good as this is, it still falls behind thw excellwnt 2016 torre in sheer depth and fruit intensity. I take this will reach prime drinking in 2-3 years so nice cellar defender when waiting the 2016 — 4 years ago

Romain Stamm

9.0

Pinot noir tasting: great drop! Pungent fruit, strawberry, raspberry, blueberries. Earthiness and vanilla in the palate. Great length. Genial — 6 years ago

with Cecile, Adrien and 2 others

Mike

9.4

In honor of the maise and blue today. Big fruit. Enjoyable drop. #SKOL — 7 years ago

Rich Janson

9.7

Loved every 750ml drop. What a great finish to the evening. Bottle 9/9 of the evening. — 8 years ago

with Roger and Ralph

Chris England

9.1

This Rôtie is delivering on nasal nookie @ £37 but needs time for palate pleasure 👍 still a great drop 😎

🍇 100% Syrah from 13 parcels

🍷 Vibrant ruby

👃 Smokey cherry & raspberry cola w/ earthy blackberry, dark red potpourri, herby bacon, sweaty leather, frying fat spit & bit of piggy 💩

👄 Med body of earthy herby blackberry w/ green hints yet no drying tannin

🎯 Med earthy blackberry cherry cola, black olive w/ green stalks - needs 3-5yrs 👍 — 8 years ago

Deborah Parker Wong

10

Quality for value in every drop. Drinking perfectly! — 9 years ago

Anthony Biagi

Winemaker Hourglass, Owner Patria

9.4

Wow In a flight of chateau montelena and caymus 85s this drop kicked them out of the room. Hints of Brett but adds to the complexity of black olive, camphor, Dried fruits and herbs. Patrick Campbell made so many great wines and does not get enough credit this wine sings, bravo. — 9 years ago

Fredrik Finn

9.3

Revisiting my dear friend 2016 Petruccino from Podere Forte and she’s drop dead gorgeous as always.
Very inviting at first with perfectly ripe round edged fruit profile but with plenty of energy, red and black cherries, licorice, opening up with dried spice, tobacco and its Tuscan gravelyness with time in the glass. Long act on the palate, driven by its fresh acidity and almost powdery tannins that walks the intense fruit profile across the palate. Remarkable integration of the 14.5% alcohol. So convincing already yet with structure for further — 5 years ago

Shay A

9.6

A few wines from last week’s 4th Friday event!

The sheer opulence of this is astounding. Obviously young, this was actually my first Realm BTK courtesy of @Keith Fisher . When thinking back to the last stunning 2016 BTK I had (MacDonald), where the MacDonald is more dusty, slightly more herbal and full of tightly coiled BTK power, this was an embarrassment of rich dark fruits, baking spices and sporting a creme de cassis like profile. Classic To Kalon power, with so much to unpack. Thank you, Keith! — 6 years ago

Bobby Gilbane

9.8

I'll fly a starship
Across the Universe divide
And when I reach the other side
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
But I will remain
And I'll be back again, and again and again and again and again... — 7 years ago

Gray Newman

9.3

Beautiful round and sweet/meaty in the nose. Drop dead gorgeous nose. — 8 years ago

Jorg Blankenstein

9.8

Full body Chenin - toasted almonds, exotic fruits - marvelous drop ! — 9 years ago

Cian Riordan

10

Sort of a 'mic drop' kinda wine. Incredible life left in this. Tons of fruit, not stewed like you'd think, but very bright. Peppery nose. Really a treat. — 9 years ago

Rob Dyer

9.4

Wow what a drop. If you have this drink it now. Insane and ready to go. — 5 years ago

Nick Jaffer

9.2

Last bottle of six, and is as brilliant today as it was six years ago. Must check out out a recent vintage. — 5 years ago

Dr. Owen Bargreen

9.5

The 2016 Long Shadows 'Saggi' is a thrilling blend of Sangiovese (Boushey and Candy Mountain Vineyards) with 29% Cabernet Sauvignon (Weinbau Vineyard) and the remainder Syrah (Den Hoed Dutchman and Bacchus Vineyards). The nose is drop-dead gorgeous with bacon fat, black olive tapenade, mocha and fennel. The stunning range of aromas bring you back to the glass for more. Revealing a silky texture and a wonderfully ripe mouthfeel, this slowly unveils smoked meat, black tea, milk chocolate covered cherry and roasted fig flavors. Decadent, layered and downright delicious, this beautiful wine will enjoy an exceedingly long life in the cellar. Drink 20-9-2033- 95 — 7 years ago

Conrad Green

9.8

A treat. Dark in color, slightly cloudy. A powerful nose with dark, very mouton fruit. Incredibly aromatic, blackcurrant, mint,graphite, dried herbs, eucalyptus. The palate is extraordinary. So dense and powerful for a wine of almost 70 years. Dark fruit with a savory undertow- leather, thyme, sour cherry, dark chocolate. Really precise flavors and long. After an hour or two in glass there’s notes of coconut and soft wood. Extraordinary. Clearly there’s a lot of age on this but the sheer quality makes for a really dynamic wine. An exceptional bottle, and a teal treat. — 7 years ago

with Howard, Tony and 1 other

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.2

After a long time I got hold of this bottle. I like it, I wish all the aligoté were like this.
Little grassy, floral, honeydew and pear. Good balance, lovely drop 👍 — 9 years ago

Christine Mamuad

10

Made me go, "Wow!" — 9 years ago

John Behrens

8.9

Really interesting French blend done by California. Huge spicy leathery ripe fruit on the nose, clear brick red, really high alcohol. Smooth and juicy on the palate--plum, ripe red stewed strawberries, black cherries, really strong body and milky tannins and finish. A touch of RS (this would go over well with non-wine-people), but the sheer deliciousness of the fruit and the entrancing earthy green peppery spicy leather on the nose utterly win me over. — 9 years ago