Matthew Cohen

9.3

Nose has a bit of poop. Not awful. Crazy blackberry flower.

Plate is silky blackberries. Integrated Tintilia spice. Rich. So delicious. That spice flitting above the blackberry fruit is just killer. — 4 years ago

Peter Sultan

8.9

Yup, that’s a ‘16 wine throwing off serious sediment. From Molise, & the Tintilla varietal. Black fruited, Funky, Delicious, very dry, give it some air (& decant, duh). Steep Hill importer- give’em some skin. 12.5%. — 6 years ago

Marcus Törnell

9.4

Jättegott rosé! — 7 years ago

John Mascarenhas

9.1

Just fucking great with duck — 7 years ago

Neal Gracey

8.9

Very light berry on the nose but smooth as silk on the tongue. Cool melted vanilla spice. Lovely. — 9 years ago

Roberto Minotti

9.2

To the memory of another pioneer woman in Italian restaurant business who has now passed away, but greeted us at the door of her new restaurant 30 years ago! Ciao, ciao! — 9 years ago

with Jann

Dongming Yin

9.4

Excellent scent of fragrance. Muscular. Hard, and firm. — 10 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.0

Nose is stewy.

Too bad. Palate is great. Big Tintilia spice. Killer blackberries. Fresh as heck. A bit bitter. — 4 years ago

Vitaly Domnenko

9.0

Bm. Tm. Am. Fm. — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.6

@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. — 7 years ago

M

9.5

Old historic grape revived. Sweet but still dry. Really good. — 8 years ago

Jake Perez

9.1

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. — 9 years ago

Vito Polosa

9.1

Richer and thick almost as blood, some funk — 10 years ago

Lance E. Farman

9.4

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. — 5 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.1

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 — 6 years ago

with Sarah

Stanley Lipkin

8.9

Lots of ripe red berry fruit, cacao, coffee. 13% is low for such a big fruit. — 7 years ago

Mark Surman

9.1

Tasty afternoon orange. — 8 years ago

Pekka Holma

8.9

Easy drinking, something one could expect from ripasso. Full body, fruit forward and enough acidity to make the wine feel fresh. — 9 years ago

with Nina

Paulyne Celeste

9.0

Lovely. Just lovely. Having it with some veal rib at Alabaster in Madrid. — 10 years ago

Spinning_spins

9.4

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. — 10 years ago