Conrad Green

9.4

Tangy red fruit. Cherry and floral notes. P lush. Excellent — 2 months ago

with Matt and David

Steven Heydemann

9.3

In a beautiful place right now. — 3 months ago

Louis Martin

9.1

Cherry and smoky aroma, medium body, dry, semi-bitter finish. Paired nicely with rib eye steak. — 6 months ago

Crossman

9.7

Awesome. Leather, mineral. — 6 months ago

Brad Merschman

9.5

See: dark red
Smell: pepper, cherry
Sip: earthy, pepper, black cherry
Tannins: high
Acidity: med. — 9 months ago

Deborah M

9.3

2017 Castello di Ama L’Apparita was the wine that I pulled for the evening. Italian Merlot. Ama is an old, fortified village situated near Radda and Gaiole in the heart of the Chianti Classico region. On the nose, intense dark berries. A full bodied wine with layers of beautiful ripe fruit. Perfect balance. Stellar finish. Stunning. — 2 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.1

This up-front, fleshy Chianti is drinking really nicely right now. Pretty extroverted nose shows dark, macerated cherry, iodiney minerality, and a little loamy soil. In the mouth it’s pretty full, with a big whack of fruit initially, some tertiary notes developing and becoming apparent in the back half of the palate. Decent acids and still some soft tannin providing some scaffolding. I’d like a bit more linearity and persistence in the finish but for a ‘18 it’s darn nice. — 2 months ago

edward Simpson

9.1

Long day in Tralee working, feels so good to have this cracking Chianti Classico with the Black Cockerell, plums, berries, tobacco, great way to revive... — 3 months ago

David Peritz

9.2

A nice neat Chianti Classico that is light and yet has a robust taste that has a nice finish.
— 6 months ago

Boris Mathiszik

9.2

Classic Napa cab. Constrained fruit, mellow tannins, good structure. Beautiful cassis notes. This bottle was a gift. After looking up the prices I was pretty shocked. Totally not worth North of $150. — 6 months ago

Big Wave Dave

9.0

Closed at present. Needs alot of time — 8 months ago

Randy Fillingim

9.0

Still drinking, wonderfully after 12 years. A fine example of this variety from Italy. — 2 years ago

John Davidson

8.9

A bit young — 3 years 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... — 3 months ago

Mo

9.1

Concur with the WS review below, although I dropped my score one point and would add that the wine presently requires hours of natural aeration—no less than four in the bottle! We tested the use of a Vinturi, which produced unsatisfactory results. Perhaps decanting would take less time. Paired with pistachio crusted rack of lamb.

WS: 92. A fragrant and elegant red, delivering tuberose, strawberry, cherry and grassy aromas and flavors. Taut and balanced, with bright floral and red fruit notes gracing the lingering finish. Best from 2024 through 2038. 375 cases made, 150 cases imported. — 5 months ago

Andrea Watt

9.1

This one is so smooth. Cherry, smoke, and raspberry. — 6 months ago

Jennifer Pletcher

9.0

Very nice. Garnet color, slight preserved fruit nose. Bright, soft. Tannins and acids balanced but present, definitely possible for aging. — 7 months ago

Ashish Pant

9.6

Go for it! You will not regret it. — a year ago

Jody Wycech

9.2

A delicious primitivo. Paired well with some Italian food (pasta, wine, can’t remember). Is good, would have ‘gan — 3 years ago

with Ethan, Peter and 1 other

Lauren Atkins

9.1

Excellent full-er body Chianti. — 3 years ago