Mark Eastom

8.9

2021. Cherry, orange peel, fruit roll up, iodine, dried herbs, slight tar and nice acid. — 2 months ago

Vanessa

9.4

This is the 2013 Ar.Pe.Pe Valtellina Superiore Sassella Riserva ‘Nuova Regina’. It’s 100% Chiavennasca and aged 39 months in cask.

It is PALE ruby in color with pronounced aromas and flavors of red and black cherry, bright raspberry, mulberry, pomegranate, purple fig, stewed strawberry rhubarb, rose, potpourri, black licorice, black tea, anise seed, fennel, tri-colored peppercorns, peat, vanilla, cardamom, nutmeg, forest floor, and mushroom.

On the palate, this wine is dry, w/ medium (+) acidity, a medium body, medium alcohol (13% ABV), & medium (+) tannins that are smooth and velveteen; it has a lingering finish.

It’s an outstanding wine, incredibly fresh now with runway to age & gain complexity in the bottle. — 3 months ago

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AEL

8.9

Shows the benefits of blending. Well balanced, ripe berry and wet bark notes, spicy and full on palate. A bit alcoholic. — 5 months ago

David Dranit

9.0

Nice tannins. Medium body. — 6 months ago

Bhuvana Husain

9.0

Excellent red wine at Katie’s house — 7 months ago

Zach Quintanilla

9.2

Nice Prosecco, balanced not too over top — 8 months ago

Andre

9.3

Very long finish. I woke up in the middle of the night and could still feel the moment. Licorice and much more — 9 months ago

Louis Martin

9.1

Red plum, mocha, and balsamic notes, balanced acidity, long finish with spicy and earthy notes. — 2 months ago

Henry Fuseler

9.0

2/2025. Bold and flavorful. Good finish. Paired well with the Prime Rib at Hall’s Chophouse. — 3 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. — 4 months ago

Michael Skarke

9.3

2 years old and still big and rich — 6 months ago

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Anna Filipovich

9.0

Great example of Dolcetto. Aged for 2 years is large wooden vats and 5 years in a bottle. Black cherry, cassis, licorice, bitter chocolate, leather savory. Medium acidic and smooth tannins — 7 months ago

Joanne Franzel

9.0

Lovely super Tuscan. Juicy with enough acidity and grip to stand up to smoked ribs. And not too expensive. — 9 months ago

Keith Richardson

9.0

Bright juicy fun. For the price point, must buy! — 2 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. — 2 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Deep Ruby with aromas of sweet dried berry fruits and pepper spice. On the palate ripe blackberry, currants and sweet black cherry with complex spice. Well balanced with acidity and alcohol, full-body with soft tannins on long finish. — 4 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Cena com david diego benito y victor c en la cocineroa boda de andrea — 6 months ago

Laura Vaughn Arellano

9.1

Had this one at Capo’s in LV. Went down well with the meal. — 6 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.3

Very dense and black in colour. These wines always remind me of Fruit and Nut milk chocolate. The colour makes you think full bodied but it’s actually light to medium bodied. A luscious mouth filling palate with the savoury milk chocolate together with notes of raisin and date. Supple yet persistent tannins. Reminiscent of a Priorat Garnacha in some respects. — 8 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Pale lemon color with aromas of stone fruits and floral scents. On the palate flavors of apple, peach and blossom citrus notes. Medium finish, lively acidity ending with fruit and citrus character. Nice! Organic! — 9 months ago