Andy Stabile

8.8

Love truffles on pastas. Not so much in my wine.

In fairness, a big musty interesting wine. Couldn’t shake the strong truffle flavor. — 2 days ago

Andy Stabile

8.9

Liked this. Salt and pepper.
Fruit a bit milder than most Chianti’s.
— a month ago

Andy Stabile

9.6

Damn good bottle of wine..

Edit… came back as I couldn’t stop thinking about this bottle all night.

California wines were my ‘gateway drug’. I moved away from these wines as I learned about and tried the many many varietals around the world. Ultimately, I fell in love with the quality and, frankly, accessibility of Italian wines. Over the last 5 or 10 years i’ve tried many Italians, travelled to and gotten to know the regions reasonably well. Italy vino is my thing.

But French wine… it eludes me. I know there are great wines — maybe the best. But the country is so large, the regions and varieties so diverse, the price, sometimes too discouraging, that I simply haven’t learned enough about the wines to know my way around the offerings or how to find the wines I love.

But… I know they are there. I’ve had my share. And just how “every now and then a squirrel finds a nut”, so to do I, from time to time find my way to a great French bottle to remind me I’ve leveled up.

This bottle, for me, was one of those reminders. I actually opened it by accident. While bummed it had no age, I was so happy to drink it. I’ll probably buy a few more to cellar… and, yeah, will probably now spend a little more time and money brushing up on my French…

— 2 months ago

Andy Stabile

9.4

Arrives with a big punch of mineraly apple flavors.

Just loved

Bilacus, Bellagio, IT. — 3 days ago

Andy Stabile

8.9

Enjoyable… earthy salty.
I think Barsha — a month ago

Andy Stabile

9.0

Like buttah…

A half breed of big Chianti and velvety Barolo!
@Radici with tara — a month ago

Andy Stabile

9.2

Yum.. someone said “minerals raspberry”. That’s it out of the bottle. As it opens the dryness, the currant, the earthy hit in waves.
Fruit stays big and tart.
Loved this. — 2 months ago

Andy Stabile

8.8

Apple, plum, cran, bit of mint.
Lingering tannis
Good but something I didn’t love. — 8 days ago

Andy Stabile

8.9

Enjoyable lemonade mineral but like so many Italian Weitz a touch sweet for me — 13 days ago

Andy Stabile

9.1

Dry lemon. Some acid. Hint of lemon. Liked this a lot.
Barsha — 2 months ago