David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

This wine is a play on Rhone Hermitage style wines, named Le Barrettage. If you had this blind, you wouldn’t necessarily call Syrah and certainly not Rhone.

This is a very ripe, lush, rounded wine that is pure elegance. Dark fruits, strawberries with blueberries over the top, rich, moist dark earth, used leather, lightly savory meats, black pepper, underbrush, great round acidity with bight; dark, red, purple and blue florals. Good young and will age easily 10 years.

All of the La Sircena wines are small production. Hundreds of cases. 2500 cases of total production.

Good to see our friend Dave Schulze formerly of Joseph Phelps & Brand again. — 4 years ago

Jeff Orlowski

9.5

Nothing has changed since I last opened one of these beauties. Filtered, aerated with Venturi, and decanted for an hour or so. Spectacular! — 4 years ago

with Michael and Joe

Candice vansickle

9.4

Red wine from Neive, Italy. Of course make sure it breathes by decanting it, or pouring thru a Venturi style tube, or by pouring from 14 inches above your wine glass and letting it breathe for awhile. I poured it in a Bordeaux-shaped wine glass. This wine can take on the hearty flavors of a garlicky lasagne, or of a rosemary/mint herbed fatty rack of lamb. A hint of a peppery finish. — 4 years ago

Liz O'Neal

9.5

Dry farmed by the Venturi family, which intensified the complexity of the fruit. Pairs perfectly with olive oil from the farm 😍😍 — 5 years ago

with Kate, Hannah and 2 others

Mark Hicken

9.2

11 years old and drinking really well. Tons of darker fruit. Nice wine! — 7 years ago

Shawn R

9.2

Fully matured at this point. True classic Oakville Cab. Ran through Venturi and really opened up, decant is a must. Quintessential Napa/Oakville aged nose of Luxurdo Cherries, black olives, blackberry and plowed field. Tannins are nearly undetectable yet still balanced acidity and fruit on the palate. Mouth of sweet pipe tobacco, cassis and cedar. Soft finish that comes than goes. Cellared since release. Drink em if you got em. — 7 years ago

John Riddick

9.2

Beautifully balanced. Great experience. Drank over 2 days. — 4 years ago

with Lauren

Matt Kubiak

9.0

One of our favorite pizza wines. Better chilled. — 4 years ago

Jim Weaver

9.0

Heavy bodied red, raspberry cherry, oak. Slight sweetness on the pallet. Paired with a Venturi pizza. — 4 years ago

Bita Motesharrei

9.4

Beautiful light red semi dry with a little spice and lots of blackberry and smell of ocean and thyme and pepper. Needs to be chilled. — 5 years ago

Addy R

9.6

Good wine for price point. Opened up perfectly did not need to Venturi or air. Will buy again — 6 years ago

Dan Tiedeman

9.4

Blackberry with hints of raspberry and and black cherry. Very nice ... should have decanted rather than Venturi. Would benefit from opening up a bit more. Finesse, mineral complexity balanced acidity and serious length. Andrew Will wines are fabulous!! — 7 years ago

Shawn R

9.4

Deep black-purple hues in the glass. Intense highly concentrated nose flashing peet moss, black fruit jam jar and a cedar edge. Ran through a Venturi sipped 15min later. Tannins are chewy and big. Wine builds slow, front of the palate hints coco dusted chocolates and dried plum. Back of the palate is the show, cigar box, singed wood accents and leather. Mouth dry finish that rolls and tickles presenting fruit, minerals and herbaceous aftertaste. Fun young, but will do better with some time in the bottle. I couldn't help myself... — 8 years ago

Matt Kubiak

9.5

One of my favorite wines. Like a perfect German retailing with some little floral notes to it.
Love to have it by itself — 4 years ago

Jeff Orlowski

9.0

Decanted, filtered, and ran magnum through Venturi. Three of us drank over two hours. Earth and tobacco nose, full, dry, notable acidity. Blackberries, blueberries, and cranberries. — 4 years ago

with Michael and Joe

Jake Hajer

9.2

Very pale rose. Pale salmon in color. Pretty. White peach, grapefruit, lime. Slate. — 4 years ago

Kyle Harvey

9.0

Dark cherry. Garrigue. Acidity. BioD Balance. — 5 years ago

Marianne

10

Perfect on scoop of French Vanilla ice cream — 6 years ago

Dave Wiebking

8.9

Decanted with a venturi. Very good but agree it is a bit fruit forward. 2013 in Dec 2016 — 7 years ago

Shawn R

9.3

Took @Paul T advice and laid this lay down for about a month, ran through Venturi. Some what light on the nose-traces elements of black fruits and alcohol. Jammy profile of that same black fruits on the palate. Slightly one dimensional with the tannins and acidity in great harmony. Soft finish that goes...despite its simplicity this is so good! — 7 years ago