Joe Gillies

9.5

Aging beautifully! No rush to drink. Excellent and highly recommend! — 5 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

After pressing dried grapes from making Amarone, Valpolicella wine is passed over the still warm skins of Amarone for 2nd alcoholic fermentation, increasing the alcoholic content, aromas and color. Blend of 85% Corvina, 10% Rondinella, 5% Oseleta. Deep Ruby with aromas of sweet dried berry fruits and pepper spice. On the palate ripe blackberry, currants and sweet cherry with complex spice. Well balanced with acidity and alcohol, full-body with soft tannins on long finish. Nice value. — 5 months ago

Sam Rubin

9.3

Fruity forward. Soaked mouthfeel. Great wine for great price — 5 months ago

Jerry Dixon

8.9

I had this with Tamara and Mario when I made a rabbit stew in Alexander Valley. — 6 months ago

Kathleen Commo

9.2

Bought at the winery after a tasting. Drank in Florence with family. — 7 months ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.3

Feel like this wine is somewhat underrated here. Fairly small producer but a very pleasing wine. Balance and complexity. Would buy again but feel like it is slightly overpriced... — 8 months ago

Ef Pol

9.5

Heerlijke wijn. Goede wijn behoeft geen krans — a year ago

Angelo Casagrande

9.3

Light, rust colored; some bright fruit, light tannins, and pure cherry fruit. Quite quaffable! Went well with orecchiette, sausage and rapa. I do love Valtellina neb. North meets South with this dinner. — 5 months ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Presented double-blind at Tasting Group. The wine pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears and no obvious signs of sediment. On the nose, the wine is developing with powerful notes of ripe and some dried fruits: bramble berries, slightly stewed black cherry, dried herbs, stony earth, baking spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. The alcohol is high.

Initial conclusions: this could be a Grenache-based blend, Corvina-based blend or Sangiovese-based blend from France or Italy. I felt the combination of slightly stewed cherry and spices ruled out what I would want from a Sangiovese blend. Which, left me to decide between Southern Rhône or Valpolicella. I liked this wine…the oak treatment was interesting. I was getting a French barrique. Hmmm…

So, for my final conclusion: I’m calling this a Grenache-based blend, from France, from Southern Rhône, from Chateauneuf-du-Pape, 2017, from a more modern leaning producer using a good portion of barrique. I’ll be damned! I don’t hate my call but I gotta get better at distinguishing these wines from Southern Rhône. I probably just need to drink more of both, lol. Tasty stuff! Drink now through 2039. — 5 months ago

romo

9.3

A Barolo wearing a paisley tie. Very fresh, medium minus body. Would have guessed five-year old Nebbiolo. — 6 months ago

Joe Fischer

9.0

Very nice! Red cherry, plum, and dried fruit. Deep ruby. Acidity and Tannins are nicely balanced. Excellent spice note. Went great with our duck breast and lingonberry sauce. — 7 months ago

Jennifer Wright

9.0

High alcohol, low tannins, excellent fruit and body, needed decanting, better the next day. — 8 months ago

Mandi Speidel

City Territory Chicago, Maverick Wine Company

8.9

Date Night with my Sneaky Link — 10 months ago

Kelsey Naruse

9.3

Paired at Roscioli 2025 — 5 months ago

Cathy K

8.9

Light, juicy berries, dry finish — 5 months ago

Andrea Watt

9.2

Mineral and citrus with a touch of straw and oak. — 5 months ago

Takuya Namise

9.2

Bacco
Dark chocolate — 5 months ago

Chris MacLean

9.1

A touch past its prime but showing well overall. Stylistically somewhere between Quintarelli and Ca’ La Bionda. I was expecting a little more funk. Medium bodied (perhaps due to the vintage) with a sleek and elegant texture. — 7 months ago

with Sarah

Carter White

8.9

Nice well rounded wine — 7 months ago

Anastassia Laskey

9.0

Slightly effervescent, with dried apricots, honeysuckle.... superbly drinkable and a great accompaniment to watching YouTube videos about influencers. — 9 months ago