Daniel Ciolek

8.9

Nice everyday drinking Croatian wine. Fruit and spice forward with dark cherry and fig, leather, tobacco, and a touch of graphite on the finish which lingers on nicely with mouth tingling tannins. — 5 days ago

Daniel Ciolek

9.1

Very nice approachable Rioja purchased at Madrid airport duty free. Great value. Lovely nose, palate is well balanced with many layers of dark fruit, spice, and soft tannins. Very pleasant and sure to be a crowd pleaser. — 16 days ago

Daniel Ciolek

9.0

The 22 is again a very enjoyable medium bodied everyday wine. Elegant. — 2 months ago

Daniel Ciolek

9.1

Consistently very good. Approachable on opening with flavor and complexity similar to prior years but overall smoother this vintage. — 2 months ago

Daniel Ciolek

9.1

This is a really nice pop and pour Chianti Classico. Elegant nose, packed with layers of flavors of earth, fruit and spice and nice balance of juicy acidity and a moderate grip of tannins that linger on the front of the tongue for quite a while. — 12 days ago

Daniel Ciolek

I’m not going to rate this. It may have been a corked bottle. Aroma and taste of stink bug on opening and for several hours eventually blew off but then it just seemed flat for a highly rated Brunello from the outstanding 2019 vintage. Too bad… — a month ago

Daniel Ciolek

9.4

Gift from a friend. Total home run! This was running at full speed on opening with room filling strawberry raspberry and cherry aroma with a touch of spice. Full bodied and well balanced on the palate with layers of complexity without being overpowering. Finish was a long experience with no drop off in the complexity. Just as good day two. — 2 months ago

Daniel Ciolek

9.2

Pop and pour WOW. Old world dried flowers on the nose. Elegant on the palate with balance of acidity and soft tannins - that linger on the front and middle of the tongue. More layers of flavors than I can describe with roses, mixed berries, clove, leather, tobacco, etc., and none were dominant. What a pleasant surprise. — 14 days ago

Daniel Ciolek

8.8

Nice pop and pour and two days later. Well made as far as structure and balance. Just seemed unidimensional and boring to me. — a month ago

Daniel Ciolek

8.5

This was OK but tasted more like a second press. Shy on the nose. Light bodied and light on the cherry and anise and heavy in the stems. Was expecting more. — 2 months ago