@delectable this is called “gran maestro.” Wow. Amazing wine. Nose is lilacs. Almost volnay. Maybe crossed with really good old school napanir Bordeaux. Sweet blackberries. Gorgeous. Very deep. Amplitude is 10/10. Huge nostril filler. Like an atomizers inside your nostrils. A $200 nose.
Palate is wonderful. A cross between a perfect blueberry and a perfect wild just picked blackberry. Fresh. Some spice. Some licorice. Insane texture. But it’s all about the balance. Just coats the palate and sticks there. Lingering finish. Juicy. Blackberry licorice. 30 seconds at least.
Needs 30 minutes to integrate.
Buy it all. — 6 years ago
Just fucking great with duck — 7 years ago
Very light berry on the nose but smooth as silk on the tongue. Cool melted vanilla spice. Lovely. — 8 years ago
Excellent scent of fragrance. Muscular. Hard, and firm. — 9 years ago
Bm. Tm. Am. Fm. — 4 years ago
Funky fresh — 6 years ago
Tasty afternoon orange. — 7 years ago
Easy drinking, something one could expect from ripasso. Full body, fruit forward and enough acidity to make the wine feel fresh. — 8 years ago
Lovely. Just lovely. Having it with some veal rib at Alabaster in Madrid. — 9 years ago
Pronounced black cherry and plum nose, with anise, pepper and crushed stone notes. Ample, brambly blueberry and black raspberry on the palate, with good acidity. Bursting with juicy goodness, some--but not too much--grip, and a 40+ second finish with spice and mineral. A real beauty. My one wish, if any, would be for just a bit less residual sugar. — 9 years ago
Excellent for 10 euros! The fruit is dark, ripe and warm but it’s well balanced by savory ashy and earthy notes. Good length and complexity. The 15% alcohol made its presence known. No call for a digestive...
@Delectable Wine this is a red, not Sauvignon — 5 years ago
Jättegott rosé! — 6 years ago
Lots of ripe red berry fruit, cacao, coffee. 13% is low for such a big fruit. — 6 years ago
Old historic grape revived. Sweet but still dry. Really good. — 7 years ago
Blown away by these Canary Island wines. Quality and affordability in such young wines...if only they were distributed more widely. A bit more texture than the Vina Zanata Listan Negro but every bit as powerful. A no brainer for a full table of tapas. — 8 years ago
Richer and thick almost as blood, some funk — 9 years ago
A wine we purchased in 2008 at Le Volpe e L'uva in Firenza, this wine is Italy. I think this is the only producer that makes a bottling of pure tintilia del molise, this is a really interesting wine reminiscent of a rosso di montalcino with the power of a montepulciano d'abruzzo. Remakrkable power after 10 years, this is drinking surprisingly well. A terrific wine that is Italy in a glass. Fantastic! — 9 years ago
Lance E. Farman
Finessed tension. Bright brambly black fruits dance delightfully. Happy aromas that waft out of the glass. This is the type of bottle that disappears. Underated. — 4 years ago