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Antonio Madeira

Antonio Vallana e Figlio

Spanna Colline Novaresi Nebbiolo 2019

Dave
9.4

Wow, this is spectacular! Plenty of life ahead of it, too. The wine is a very pale brick color. It is fresh and vibrant, but beautifully complex. Red sour cherries, juicy and acidic, leather, mint, a little dust on the rose petals. Medium plus on the tannins. I would love to have this with a lot more age. Should be a great wine for a charcuterie spread, and at $19 I feel like a highway robber.
Listening to Benjamin Gibbard and Jay Farrar — 9 days ago

Paul, Scott@Mister and 18 others liked this
Doug Powers

Doug Powers

@Dave, I knew zippo about this producer until maybe 16-18 years ago. There was an importer/retailer east of California where I purchased bottles of 1996/2000/2003 Vallana wines, I have a few left, but they seem somewhat immortal (I guess Nebbiolo is the key). I also purchased four vintages of the early 2000s Wynns Black Label Cabs from the same source (all sub-US$15), which I thoroughly enjoyed — @Bob McDonald could fill in on what a bargain those wines always are!!!
Dave

Dave

@Doug Powers , your stories never disappoint, and I don't know how you can remember so many wines with such clarity. I can barely remember what I've had this year without looking at my notes.
Bob McDonald

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@Doug Powers You are right Doug. Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world’s great wine bargains. Can’t remember exactly but now with a heritage of over 50 vintages.

Antonio Vallana e Figlio

Cuvée Bernardo Vallana Spanna Nebbiolo

Nate Wall
9.0

Excellent cooler-climate styled Nebbiolo. Great acidity, texture and length. Nice herbal / black tea undertones with cherry fruit on top. Yum. — 6 months ago

D'Oliveiras

Vintage Madeira Sercial 1937

Konrad Ziegler
9.7

At Madeira Park in Atlanta — a month ago

Antonio Barbadillo

Castillo de San Diego Palomino Fina 2021

ESF
8.9

ask the wine guy for something unusual, something off the beaten path and he recommends this delicious dry 100% Palomino w/some bottle age: definitely a food wine, light greenish straw color w/fairly austere nose full of minerals, lanolin, herbaceous musk, white flowers (jasmine), ginger & some spices. on palate it is rigid & angular, zesty acidity, some citrus but mostly minerals & herbs, quinine, screams for briny foods - we had this w/deli section fare & salad. — 2 months ago

Tom, Doug and 6 others liked this

Jose Antonio Garcia

Unculín Bierzo Mencia 2019

Kristen Grimes
9.5

Ripe blackberry and black cherry, powerful without being heavy on the palate, tart black cherry, a little black pepper bite, and lingering gravelly tannins.
#underthecellar — 4 months ago

Laura liked this

Broadbent

Rainwater Medium Dry Madeira

Jai Calhoun
8.9

Notes of caramel and butterscotch pairs well with figs and maple syrup — 7 months ago

Bodegas Antonio Candela Winery

Parcelica Chica Yecla Monastrell Syrah

Gary Wilson
9.0

Great wine, really enjoyed this one. 85% monastrell and 15% Syrah blend. Very unique — 17 days ago

Anthony and Dave liked this

Tenuta Sant'Antonio

Selezione Antonio Castagnedi Amarone della Valpolicella Corvina Blend 2019

Joe Fischer
9.1

Dark ruby with aromas of blackberry, stewed red fruits, cedar/oak, and a bit of smoke. On the bud, it’s rich and full bodied with nice acidity. It has a slight tanginess with more red fruits. Of course, great with our pasta! — a month ago

Serge liked this

V. Sattui Winery

California Madeira Red Blend

Al Chew
10

One of my all-time favourites. — 2 months ago

D'Oliveiras

Vintage Madeira Malvazia 1991

Benjamin Hickey
9.4

Acid! Keeps building. — 7 months ago