Steven Gullo

9.3

Still a baby and showing bright red cherry, rose petals and slight tar nuance. After an hour decant, more aroma starts to show through - Fennel frond, anise, mushroom. An elegant and traditional style. Give it another 10+ years. — 3 years ago

Gladys Xiques

9.2

Exquisite. Balanced. Floral notes and balanced with white and pale yellow fruits. Enjoy alone or with food. Just so elegant. — 4 years ago

Yuki Watanabe

9.2

Light and happy, good value for the quality — 5 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Classic La Mission that is fully mature showing red & black fruits with notes of smoky tar, leather, cedar, forest floor & cigar box. — 5 years ago

Shay A

9.2

My experience with Italian wines is very small, but I do know that this definitely came across as young (not unexpected). Potpourri, tar and tobacco on the nose with rose petal and a lot of underripe cherry. Tannic. — 6 years ago

with Dan and Mark

Chris Harvey

9.1

Delicious grower champagne. Great recommendation from @Sarah O'Kelley — 7 years ago

Matt Ryan

9.0

Roses and cedar with a bit of cranberry. Love Vietti! — 8 years ago

Phil Kessling

9.1

2005 Renato Ratti Marcenasco Barolo. In a good place. Rose, tar, blackfruit, brambles, leather, Rosemary. Still a little tannic but paired so well with a ribeye. One bottle left. — 9 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.1

2001 vintage. Medium garnet. Quite fresh fruit forward raspberry and red plums. Roses and heavy oil fumes. Touches of smoke and woody notes. On the palate, very smooth, silky. Medium bodied. Medium plus acidity, high tannins - very integrated and mouth puckering. Finish is edging to long - fruit forward and cherry liqueur notes. Very decent and drinking well. Would personally keep for another 5+ years before opening as this is still evolving nicely. Still lacks soul - a little too manufactured for my palate. — 10 years ago

Richard Betts

Master Sommelier/Winemaker/Mezcalero Saint Glinglin, Sombra

9.1

Impressive stuff Mr. Lynch — 12 years ago

Tim Hinck

9.3

Killer BdB. Intense acid, lemon curd, and some awesome sea aromas (not salinity). Would love to revisit in 8 years — 3 years ago

Susan Hanners

9.1

Cranberry/currant on the nose, bizzare color, 1st sip raspberrish second taste apricot yet tart — 4 years ago

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9.5

The 2016 Blanc de Noirs Presle is an explosion of aromas, flavors and textures. A Champagne of tremendous aromatic intensity, the Presle screams with Pinot character, certainly more so than the earlier wines in this range. The Presle emerges from a tiny parcel of measuring 0.25 hectares planted with 10 different Pinot clones over 15 rows. It is beguiling, nuanced and so full of character. I love the energy here. Zero dosage. Disgorged: April, 2020. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, November 2020) — 4 years ago

Daniele Cuzin

9.3

Had the 2009 vintage in July 2019 in Kairon with family for birthday celebration. Excellent. — 6 years ago

Greg Wright

9.4

Still tight and compact good signs for traditionally made Barolo. Notes of raspberry, spice and licorice along with tar show up after several hours in the glass. Just needs a bit more age.
— 7 years ago

George Chen

9.3

Bottle variance! Last one was bit maderized but this one was showing much better. Soft mature ripe fruit of peaches, compote and bread yeast toast. Enjoyed it. — 8 years ago

Bill Belanger

9.3

Alba's finest at Vito's in Pacific Grove. Tar and roses with sour cherry highlights, complementing pasta and heavy meat sauce. The wine continued to open up during a long meal, and a long finish developed. Loved this wine! — 8 years ago

Jonas Johansson

9.2

Good times in Nashville. — 9 years ago

Riccardo L.

9.0

Amiable. Not as brut as a typical brut. — 10 years ago

Tim O'Rourke

8.9

'06 vintage — 11 years ago

with Matthew and Jeremiah

Ed Lehrman

9.3

Really rockin rose bubbles. — 4 years ago

Jordan Yu

9.5

Third rating for this: started at 10 degrees , and warmed up to around 15-18 in a warm 29 degrees tropical Singapore. Was fresh, crisp, lemon-like at first, followed by zesty mandarin orange flavours that finally matured to mellow honey apricots. Best of all coloured like the upcoming Chinese New Year - perfect gold. — 4 years ago

Jay Ivison

9.6

One of the smoothest, most flavorful whiskies I have tried. — 5 years ago

Hickoryburger

9.9

Better than burgundy? Tannins have softened into the ether and the color lightly glows like a spooky zombie rosé. There is a sweet singing brightness and an unreal nose of soy, anise and roses. — 6 years ago

Conrad Green

9.5

Soft, expansive and open. Pretty red fruit and roses, leather notes, tobacco, iron and black tea. Lovely stuff and drinking really well now — 6 years ago

with Howard, Matt and 1 other

Antonio Galloni

Founder, Vinous

9.5

A great bottle of one of my absolute favorites. Delicate, exquisitely perfumed and striking in every way. My last bottle... — 8 years ago

LM Segal

9.5

Nose of the night and nicest surprise. Tar and roses led dark red, still fresh juicy fruit. Refined, nicely layered secondary stuff going on. Just beautiful and has at least 5-10 years to go. — 8 years ago

with Mark, Joe and 1 other

Bill Belanger

9.2

Wonderful! Tar and roses for real. — 10 years ago

Ki Punwar

Owner, California Wine Republic

9.5

Rose petals, tar =Barolo. Where are the truffles at? #sandrone — 10 years ago

Phoebe Li

9.7

Decanted for 2 hours and it starts to open up. Tar, wood, floral, some sort of sweet aroma undertone, fruity on the palate. still tastes vibrant and young! — 12 years ago