Keith Richardson

9.0

Magnum, vertical tasting. Deep red fruits, vanilla, leather and delicious — 3 months ago

Joe Rego

9.0

A lovely complement to spaghetti and meatballs with Fra Diavolo sauce. Soft mouth feel and dark ruby color. After decanting and breathing for an hour the dark cherry and chocolate really pop. — 4 months ago

Tom Casagrande

9.0

Another big boi from this producer. Obviously uses at least a significant proportion of partially dried grapes. Fairly saturated color. Nose is rather subdued, reluctantly giving up scents of leather, underbrush, crushed rock, and dark cherry underneath all of that non-fruit stuff. In the mouth, it’s big, with initial slightly bitter, extracted notes. Tannic. Dissimilar from straight Valpos in its size and austerity. Dissimilar from Ripasso-style Valpos in that the fruit is not especially ripe or sweetish. It will go well with our stuffed shells in red sauce, but is a little challenging on its own. It occurs to me that this might fit in well in a tasting of 2017s from the left bank in Bordeaux. In other words, very atypical for a Valpo. Still, it’s pretty good, as long as you don’t harbor any expectations of typicity.

UPDATE: two nights later (using a vacuum closure), this has actually improved. Kind of amazing for a Valpo of this age. The fruit has moved closer to front-and-center, and it seem a bit more Calpo-like, though it’s still pretty large-framed. Upping score from 8.8 to 9.0. — 5 months ago

Henry Fuseler

9.3

11/2024. Oh lord!! — 7 months ago

Jennifer Dennis

9.5

Yummm....trader joess — 8 months ago

Kate Parkerson

9.4

Very nice, slightly dry but smooth. Great with meatloaf. — a year ago

Danielle Weiss

10

LOVED it. Excellent wine, excellent price. — 5 years ago

with Jeffrey

Pooneet K

9.0

Great amarone, and actually not overpowering or overpowered. Had with steak at Chicago cut. — 9 years ago

Michael Meagher MS

Chairman/Founder Boston Sommelier Society, Beverage Director Cafe Escadrille

9.3

Really nice example of a high alcohol wine being completely balanced by fruit, acid and earth. 17% abv, lots of raisinated plum, quinine, balsamic, and savory herb. Quite delicious, almost a shame it's not colder outside. — 10 years ago

Paul Edmunds

9.6

Great with a roast dinner — 13 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.1

2022 on par — 3 months ago

with Sarah

Stuart Pollack

9.6

Licorice and chocolate nose, bitter fruit flavor and smooth finish. Excellent Amarone. — 5 months ago

Bettina Read

9.7

Lovely. Soft and drinkable. Almost finished the bottle in one sitting. — 5 months ago

Samuel Tyndall

9.2

Think it’s a little young?? Idk, very good. Think it could enrich in time. Coal, oak, smoky, but a little too red fruity on after taste. However after a glass that acidity is very nice. Maybe it just needed to open up. — 7 months ago

Taft Morgan

9.3

Blew me away, perfectly balanced with notes of dark fruit, underlying tones of some floral notes.  — 8 months ago

with Ginette

Nancy Bernstein

9.0

Perfect with our steak — 10 months ago

with Megan

Brooks Derrick

9.1

Really love this one. Second bottle. A little earthy on the nose and pretty silky in the mouth with some berries and soft tannins that linger. — 4 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.4

Outstanding Italian White. Remarkable balance of minerality, acidity and fruit. Very pure. Apples and pears. Wine is bright and fully open right out of the bottle. Best white of the year so far. Nice!! — 6 years ago

with John

Erin Potter

9.3

Bold. Nice bold and so smooth. — 9 years ago

Selim Tlili

9.4

Smooth with notes of raisins. Wonderful bottle! — 10 years ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.5

Very hot and dry weather. A lot is structure. Plum, tar, confit cherries. Very balanced almost a desert in a glace — 4 months ago

Kathy Berardi

9.0

Saw this wine At Ricardo’s — 5 months ago

Henry Fuseler

9.0

1/2025. A good wine. Bold and full bodied. Good fruit and nice finish. Enjoyed. — 5 months ago

Jody Wycech

9.7

So tasty!!!! Boldly aromatic with lots of fruit like cherry, plum, loads or chocolate and tobacco. Full bodied with strong tannins balanced by a cleansing fruity acidity. Love this wine but getting to taste an older vintage is special. — 6 months ago

with Ethan, Peter and 1 other

romo

8.9

Called Amarone or Aussie Shiraz. Volatility blew off still high alc. — 8 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.3

Very dense and black in colour. These wines always remind me of Fruit and Nut milk chocolate. The colour makes you think full bodied but it’s actually light to medium bodied. A luscious mouth filling palate with the savoury milk chocolate together with notes of raisin and date. Supple yet persistent tannins. Reminiscent of a Priorat Garnacha in some respects. — 9 months ago

Mike Laba

9.2

Coming back to this wine a year and a half after I first rated it...still love it. Nice hints of fruit and exceptionally drinkable. Will continue to stock it as a house red — 6 years ago

Kenny Louks

9.5

Excellent!!! — 8 years ago

Austin Yursik

9.0

Bye, bye Zonin. — 10 years ago

Peter L

9.1

Jammy. Great with a Antipasti. — 11 years ago