Roberto Carli

8.9

Perhaps something is off with my palate today, but tasting one of the world‘s great rieslings was a massive disappointment. Can’t get past the extraction and the insanely high alcohol that dwarfs the moderate acidity and faint minerality. Highly extracted phenolics. Least disappointing of the lineup, but worst once you factor in price — 5 days ago

Roberto Carli

9.2

Serious mountain Pinot. Serious and restrained, leads with dark spices (clove), semi-dry dark cherries, tree bark, pine needles. Palate has tightly wound but not grippy tannins, good acidity, restrained alcohol. — 9 days ago

Roberto Carli

9.5

last of the 8 bottles. Wonderful peak. Olive tapenade, balance and depth — a month ago

Roberto Carli

9.1

More like a young barbaresco or alto Piemonte Nebbiolo. Perfumed with a little bit of mountain character, but very firm tannins that have yet to soften.  — a month ago

Roberto Carli

7.5

Big big big, falls totally flat on acidity and lands with vodka finish. Tasted blind I would have guessed a really cooked Central Valley plonked — 5 days ago

Roberto Carli

9.1

The pieces are in place, from the brambly opening to the ripe dusty cherry with citrus peel and silky tannins. It just drops towards the end, really asking for a bright finish, but not quite delivering on acidity. This is a very subjective view though, though, my take on the varietal more than the execution — 6 days ago

Roberto Carli

9.3

So easy to forget how good a simple class can be. I’ve tasted this so many times, but almost always in horizontal lineups together with its more prestigious siblings and instead I just opened a bottle and a weekday and really thoroughly enjoyed it. Lees, mouthfeel and acid balance. It delivers so much by showing off so little.  — 22 days ago

Roberto Carli

9.3

This wine has character. Leads with ginger, marzipan, bitter citrus (Valencia orange, kumquat) a touch of red fruit, all framed by clear stony minerality. On the vinous palate the texture is on the rougher side of fine, palate is broad, confirms the nose and adds a hazelnut skin bitterness and non grippy but tasty phenolics — 5 days ago

Roberto Carli

9.3

Great bang for the buck. Yeasty savory bread, macerated peach, overripe/candied pineapple, and a long creamy mouthfeel with fine perlage. An expressive ripe style that is very well executed for the price point  — 8 days ago

Roberto Carli

9.1

Fresh and perfumed but with a very piemontese tannic bite. Less soft than I’d expect from the grape, drinks closer to Barbera — 25 days ago