Jamie Lauder

9.0

2023 vintage.
To say this is entry level Soave would do it no justice.
Garanega grapes from 30 year old vines grown in Basaltic volcanic soil. 100 % stainless steel production.
Shiny green gold in colour.
Mineral driven with notes of wild yellow flowers, golden apples, marzipan and almonds.
Crisp acidity on the finish.
This wine begs for scallops regardless how you prepare them. — 2 months ago

Benjamin Hickey

9.2

Dry but lots of fruit. 1988 — 2 months ago

Abbas Zand

9.0

Dark red color with a copper tinge. Aromas of dark red fruit. Medium body. Entry has a hint of sweetness. Dry with dark cherry, tobacco, little coffee notes. Very bright acidity for such an old wine brings it to a perfect balance. Tannins are there, but well balanced. Excellent wine.
$25 — 3 months ago

Chris MacLean

9.1

2022 on par — 4 months ago

with Sarah

Kathy Berardi

9.0

Saw this wine At Ricardo’s — 5 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. — 6 months ago

Glenn Fiddich

9.2

tanines and a soft sweet brilliant after taste — 2 months ago

Jeff Clement

9.3

Had for 35th anniversary 2008 — 2 months ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

This was one of the treats of the festival. It was in perfect shape and somewhere around its precipice.

The comment made by the women representing it was, she stopped pouring it to many as they simply didn’t appreciate and or understood what they were just poured. If you understand how this is made and the extra process to make good examples, you develop #respect

Not a wine for everyone, but amazing with this kind of age and older.

@Pebble Beach Food and Wine, From The Cellar event. — 3 months ago

Keith Richardson

9.0

Magnum, vertical tasting. Deep red fruits, vanilla, leather and delicious — 4 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

Henry Fuseler

9.0

1/2025. A good wine. Bold and full bodied. Good fruit and nice finish. Enjoyed. — 6 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

Sam Rubin

10

Excellent. Fruity explosion at BOKA in Chicago — 2 months ago

Kapyrick Wine

9.2

v15. Delicious! Dried herb and crushed blackberry grape nose. Fresh, rich, blackberry, soft plum and slightly tar fruit. Smooth dried herb, earthy, chocolate finish. — 2 months ago

Sébastien F

8.9

Une belle douceur, fruits confiturés, note de chocolat, de thym, pin. — 3 months ago

Mark Eastom

8.9

2021. Cherry, orange peel, fruit roll up, iodine, dried herbs, slight tar and nice acid. — 4 months 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

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. — 6 months ago