Jay Kline

8.9

Set upright weeks before to get sediment to settle, the little stubby cork (pretty normal in Italy back in those days) was pulled with a Durand. The wine was sound, if not smelling a little old so I poured into a wide bottom decanter about 7 hours prior. This bottle of the 1964 poured a pale orangish red color. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of tar, truffle, dried roses, desiccated red fruits and earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with the structure barely holding on at this point. Confirming the notes from the nose; the fruits showing their desiccated character with a slightly sweeter attack. It’s obvious what power this wine once had has now greatly diminished; a bottle near the end of life. Assuming well stored examples still exist, and the original cork is intact, I would drink now with patience and an open mind. This old soul has lived a full life. — 21 days ago

AHF

9.3

Smooth, dark fruits, earthy. Very balanced. Fully mature. Nov 2021. — 3 years ago

Chris Van de Velde

9.2

Vintage 2008. — 8 years ago

Christine T

9.0

Can't wait to see how this develops and compare with Cerreto prapo
Tasted at Vite Turchese — 2 months ago

Mike Lev

9.2

Dried cherries. Maybe fennel or dried herbs. Wet stones. Med+ tannins. Gorgeous. — 6 months ago

Kenneth Emerson

8.9

Rich cherry little nose $16 — 6 years ago

Mike Lundberg

9.0

Let it breath for almost an hour and it really opened up nicely. — 10 years ago

with Sylvia

Tom Casagrande

9.0

Decanted 4 hours. Intense nose has unconventional scents of macerated cherry and prune brandy, camphor, almond liqueur, and spice. More traditional-tasting in the mouth. Intense dried cherry and leather, very full-bodied (15% alcohol) and quite long. Acids are a little on the low side, and there is a significant tannic presence, but not so much that it detracts. If this were lower in alcohol and higher in acids, I’d say age it a few more years, but as is, I think this is for near-term drinking. — 4 months ago

Daisuke Murakami

9.1

少し枯れた香りに、軽やかで華やかな味わい。後味に軽いタンニン — 5 years ago

Leopoldo Mello

9.0

Vintage 1983 — 9 years ago

with Bruno, Daniel and 3 others