B Williams

8.9

Very nice Pinot. Winemaker's Dad made moonshine in Tennessee. Only makes small lots of his wine. — 8 years ago

Conrad Kenley

9.2

Pair with slow cooked pork shoulder — 8 years ago

Chiara Mondavi

10

Beautiful unraveling. Blooms after air. And stoically holds her head high the second day in the bottle with a vision of the future. Jeanne d'Arc style. She wore armor made of iron protecting a heart that roared like a lion deep inside. Minerality that leaves you nostalgic. This will age beautifully. — 8 years ago

Justin Hansohn

9.5

Wow! Hard to believe this is a California wine. Major win for terroir here. Juice obviously coming from old vines that are respected completely in farming practice and transparent winemaking hands. Minerals are beautiful in this with a nice complexity and very well balanced fruit. Reminds me of cru Beaujolais and light terroir driven CdR blended. I feel privileged to have a few bottles and privileged to have this vision happening here in California! 👍🏼 — 9 years ago

laura brewer

9.3

Lovin' Alegria Vineyards and their vision-driven blends. This cab franc is delish -- super approachable, drinkable, and lush. — 10 years ago

Perry Riddle

8.9

Fascinating blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Gris. Sharp acidity and nice citrus and floral notes. Good summer wine or a great match with shellfish. — 10 years ago

Caitlin Jakubowski

9.7

Want to try — 11 years ago

Gae Saccoccio - NdC

9.6

Really complicated on these so suspect days, expose themselves with concepts such as: tradition, terroir, identity without falling into the most sinister rhetoric if not sounds just trite and hypocritical as the counterfeit currency with which even large-scale industries - supported by marketing - pays back its inattentive mass audience riding the wave of the country of origin or protected typicality. A diabolical mechanism this one for which even the most noble ideas probably the right practices and good experiences completed in the scale of centuries to human measure and not on massive industrial scale, are trivialized by sleazy slogan, emptied of meaning to be more or less surreptitious thanks to barbaric persuasion techniques and brain-washing propaganda.
Yet with the Valentini's Trebbiano you may not groped to summarize in words if not by drawing on terms so appropriate to express it. Now concerning this iconic label we've got behind it a local grape variety, a real family and a great wine that collect in a bottle the past and present story of a side of Abruzzo who claims to defeats victories and sacrifices to dominate the abuses (on and of) nature, miseries and splendours of agricultural seasons. Places, people, vision, wines such as Valentini are here to remind us how each bottle stay so proudly standing as non-reproducible beauty and fermented goodness expressing all its artisanal uniqueness and authenticity which are just that suspect to industrial wine production in manufacturing chains on standardized quantities; wines that are all equal to themselves even though wine itself is not much left at the end of the day/cycle. Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Valentini 1998 is what we have to rate right now: rusticity with class; style, purity and glory of a local grape recognized by many admirers from all over the world: act local think global this is another slogan-cliché which in this specific Valentini's wine exemple could sounds a little less false and more effective. — 8 years ago

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Nestor Gonzalez

9.2

This wine proves the Pisoni's vision — 9 years ago

Jimmy Angelidis

9.0

2002. Leather aromas, black fruits. Well balanced tanines and very vivid for its age. — 9 years ago

Christine Tyrrell

9.1

Royal Caribbean Cruise line, Vision. Then again in Palm Coast Florida with Liz. — 10 years ago

J Gwen Berry

Wine Writer Palm Beach Post

9.2

Lagrezette white - 100% Viognier from Cahors. Super juicy peach, lychee, floral notes. Fresh, ripe fruit. Delicious! — 10 years ago

Daoud Sangwa

Sommelier Whole Foods Market

8.9

Very good with smokey jack burger and chipotle aioli mayonnaise. — 11 years ago

Tom Johnson

9.7

This is my first exposure to this wine, but definitely won't be the last.....ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!! Rich dark fruit, very lush and complex. From back label, "Along the western slopes of Napa Valley in Calistoga, lie 125 acres of premium vineyard. Dr. Kenefick, retired neurosurgeon has farmed these red rock filled soils for over three decades. Kenefick Ranch wines speak of the place, the man, and his vision. 100% estate grown and sustainably farmed. Aged 18 months in French barrique."

The nose was so wonderful, I had to taste before letting it breathe....it was marvelous. It continued to improve in complexity for three hours before it made the best compliment to braised lamb chops. — 8 years ago

Marc On

Writer Originalverkorkt, Lobenbergs Gute Weine

9.1

As I said before. This guy has a vision and does what he thinks is best for the wines. — 8 years ago

Gae Saccoccio - NdC

10

What is happening over here is an odd experiment that put together two fairly different elements, two opposit vision of life: the out-of-date Marsala "fortified Mistella" wine, aged in old cask which outcome of a pre-industrial and artisan era; therefore a plastic coffee cup synthesized from petroleum process, sad expression of our too-chemical contemporary age we're be subjected to in nowadays world.. I'm certainly on the Marsala De Bartoli side of the road weaving together my hands in the shape of a bowl to drink it like I was a cave man, till the end of time! http://www.marcodebartoli.com/en/ — 9 years ago

Amanda Rehn

9.3

"I had a vision" And in my dream I lay in the sand, sun warm on my face and .... What?- it's empty.....? — 9 years ago

Matt Garrard

9.2

Mmm berries — 10 years ago

Spencer Vultaggio

9.3

Light red and enjoyable with red and white meat. — 11 years ago

Peter Park

9.4

Lovely smell — 11 years ago