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I Frati Lugana Turbiana 2020

Bright golden color. Fragrant aromas of ripe peaches, rose petals and fresh herbs. Grapefruit, peach, basil and dill fill a very generous palate. Very bright acidity and extremely savory finish. Clean, tangy and crisp. Bright and energetic. Excellent freshness! — 11 days ago

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Cellers de Scala Dei

Cartoixa Priorat Red Blend 2017

Blend of mostly Garnatxa and Carinena, aged in American oak, deep Ruby with aromas of ripe berry fruits, spice and oak. On the palate flavors of blackberry, currants and raspberry with vanilla, smoky cedar and licorice. Fine chewy tannins, medium+ finish ending with fruit, oak, sweet spice and earthy mineral character. Nice! — 2 months ago

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Rovellotti

Chioso Dei Pomi Ghemme Nebbiolo 2011

Had this one with Mario and Kacey at bar Milano — 3 months ago

Azienda Agricola Bucci

Riserva Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi 2018

Medium straw with green reflexes . Pear , quince , melon , with a sage and white pepper twist. On the palate a bit rounder than the nose would suggest , though with high balanced acidity. The palate shows pear, melon and fresh herbal notes with a touch of white pepper, blanched almond , lemon pith on the finish. Ok length with balanced alcohol . Drink now and over the next 5-8 years — a month ago

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Cantina dei Produttori Carema

Carema Nebbiolo 2016

My last bottle from ‘16. Almost at peak perfection but what do I know- other than one of my favorite Nebbiolos. Always a bit shy but the bottle age & air brings all those rose, hibiscus & cranberry notes to a fuller pitch. Such great aromatics too. — 2 months ago

Severn, Bob and 9 others liked this

Cantina dei Produttori Carema

Riserva Carema Nebbiolo 2016

Almost opaque, light brickish scarlet. Smokey, dried savory cherry notes…. Gorgeous balance between acid and fruit. Hard to keep from crushing the entire glass. The finish goes on for 90 seconds and makes me smile. Marcella Hazan’s Bolognese is near perfection and works so well with the mountain-grown Nebbiolo. — 2 months ago

Tom, Ira and 6 others liked this

Fattoria dei Barbi (Colombini)

Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 2012

Quite brown already. Barky nose. Tons of tannins left. Seems overoaked and styled to me. I am glad i opened this up. Minty like a California Cab. More notes after this gets some air. Out of the gate not that impressive. Seems too old. — 2 months ago

Tom liked this

Umani Ronchi

Casal di Serra Vecchie Vigne Classico Superiore Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi

Delicious! Gentle creaminess, acidic at first then melts down. — a month ago

Castello dei Rampolla

Sammarco Toscana SuperTuscan Blend 1996

Quite deep ruby centre with quite thin garnet rim . Pretty young looking appearance . On the nose there are some cassis , raspberry , with touches of vanilla, dry spices , cedar and mint. On the palate some sweet cassis , raspberry , cherry , grafite , ground coffee, with the vanilla and spice notes of the nose . Balanced acidity with slightly drying tannins. Ok length with a tobacco and coffee tinged finish. Needed a little time to come together and food certainly helped also . This is probably at peak now so I would drink from now over the next 5 -8 years or so . — 2 months ago

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Severn Goodwin

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Hawksmoor! Fantastic steakhouse.