David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

I bought this as Sofia & I visited the property in September of 2015 when this was being birthed. I meant to enjoy it on her birthday a while back but ended up in the ER from food poisoning I had at a restaurant. Ugly for a week.

Franciacorta is the Champagne but sparkling area in Italy. It is very near to the Italian summer hot spot, Lake Garda.

The body on this is beautiful, rich, almost fluffy with micro bubbles. Starts with lemon chiffons, green apple, grapefruit, yellow melons, some lime notes, white cream, dry herbs, white spice, slight moist, powdery to crushed chalkiness, saline, yellow & white flower, perfect acidity and a well made, knitted, beautiful balm w & tensioned, elegant finished that lasts two-minute and falls on minerality.

It is a blend of; 82% Chardonnay, 15% Pinot Nero & 3% Pinot Bianco. 6 months is small oak casks, 63 mg of sulfur dioxide per L. Zero dosage and 13% alcohol.

Happy belated birthday honey! — 3 hours ago

Emanuel Reitano

9.1

I don’t typically like sweeter entries but this one worked. — a month ago

Fabio Franchella

9.2

Fruited driivenw with lots of strawberries, present silky tannins, 14 years old and ready for other 5 years — 3 months ago

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9.4

The 2021 Barbaresco is impressive. Intensely aromatic and explosive, the straight Barbaresco shows why 2021 is such a pedigreed vintage. Spice, lavender, sage and mint meld into a core of blue/purplish fruit. A gorgeous, overachieving wine, the 2021 just needs time in bottle. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, October 2024)
— 18 days ago

Daniel Carroll

9.1

Super smooth — 6 days ago

Gabriele Rotti

9.5

Deg. 2020, amazing 😱😱 — 2 months ago

Inseon Hwang

9.1

Always drinks well. Tough to follow Poggio di Sotto though. Darker, cherries, figs, organic bark. — 3 months ago

Rufus King

9.0

Crisp Italian sparkling white, served with Norumbega oysters at the Caring Community Cuisine Café (fka Musette), Cape Arundel, ME — 14 days ago

Justin Bothur

8.9

Very much alive and in it’s prime - cherry leather, pipe tobacco, dried herbs. A little fig and fennel. Silky smooth tannins; better the next day! — 23 days ago

Bob Eisenbach

9.4

Amazing red and black fruits with silky tannins. — 2 months ago