Daniel Ciolek

9.0

Interesting nose of tulips licorice cherry. Light to medium body with mouthwatering acidity and an edge of front of mouth tannins. Multiple layers of dark berries anise tar and currant. Mild oak spice and granite. Finish clean and long. This was pop and pour. Pleasant old world charm. — 5 days ago

Daniel Ciolek

9.1

Every year the pop and pour drinkability of this blend gets better! This year the blend is 60% Mourvedere 25% Grenache and 15% Syrah. My appreciation for the less common primary grape varietals has escalated by Monte de Oro’s wise blending and aging techniques. The nose is slightly shy. The palate is a pleasantly unique balanced combination of fruit and earthy components - with a touch of lingering spice. A near perfect balance of juicy acidity and soft tannins that makes this approachable for most. — 21 days ago

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. — a month ago

Daniel Ciolek

9.2

Nose of leather and dark cherries. Prominent tannins on opening. Most blew off after a couple hours of slow ox. By day 2 was singing with perforce balanced smoothness. Layers of flavor from dark cherry, anise, tobacco, clove, tobacco, mineral. Long subtle finish. Not inexpensive but flavor competes with wines at double the price. — 14 days ago

Daniel Ciolek

9.0

Very fruit forward blend of 90% Syrah and 10% petite Syrah. Slightly sweeter than my usual preference but quite enjoyable. Dense bodied but not jammy. Low in tannins. — 22 days ago

Daniel Ciolek

9.3

Delightful old world earthiness, elegance and complexity - approachable and well balanced. — a month ago

Daniel Ciolek

8.9

Daniel had this 16 days ago

Daniel Ciolek

8.8

Wild berry nose. Slightly tart with prominent tannins on opening that remained prominent after an hour. Palate. Of tart wild berries such as current, gooseberries, underripe cherries with some softening tones of cocoa and clove for a spicy linger. A little unbalanced but would work best as a dinner rather than a sipping wine — 19 days ago

Daniel Ciolek

9.1

Lovely soft nose of dried leaves and rose petals. Well balanced mouthwatering acidity and soft lingering tannins. Earthy on the palate with dark cherries chocolate dried leaves clove. Blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. — 24 days 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. — 2 months ago