Sagee Aran

9.3

Pours a medium, slightly faded garnet rim, opening with an intense and highly expressive nose showing advanced tertiary evolution. On the palate, it exhibits a firm, full-bodied structure driven by ripe, integrated tannins and a distinctly mature, savory depth. The texture remains smooth, carrying through to a finish with harmonious spices—a fully evolved bottle to be consumed in the very near future. — 10 days ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.1

Year in, year out, this is my fav Chianti Classico. To me it captures all what I look for in a good every day Sangiovese - freshness, a bit of tannic edge, juicy flow, a savory sweetness to the fruit. And food friendliness!
Enticing nose with red cherries, a bit of wet undergrowth & turned earth, a bit of tomato leaf, a flowery whiff. Joyful!
Medium bodied on the palate with great energy & flow. The tannins present, a touch rustic, but in a nice way, the acidity juicy & vibrant. Nice depth and long finish.
So drinkable but also has some seriousness to it.
Love Monsanto! — 10 days ago

Rick Phillips

9.6

In 10 years, this will be a 98-100 pt wine. — 25 days ago

Jenn

9.1

A night of wine, laughter, adventure and charity with new friends. Nashville Wine Auction — 16 days ago

Inseon Hwang

9.3

Dark tannins, cherries, fig jam and long minerals # — 19 days ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Eugenio@jason jorge b en sullivans tucson — a month ago

Adam Baker

9.1

Drank at Summit with Cyan. Started young, but opened up very well. Drank with red snapper. — a month ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.3

Medium ruby garnet , with medium thin garnet ruby rim. This is quite closed at first , needs some time in the glass . Quite somber and dark fruited , with anis , dry spice and porcini , black tea. Quite meaty and deep . On the palate this is more generous , with quite rich saline edged dark fruits , currants , black tea and porcini . Quite fresh acidity and quite noticeable grippy tannins . Long and really quite intense on the palate , spiced saline finish . Even though there are lots of tertiary notes, there is great freshness and grip on the palate , it’s long and saline. Certainly improved with time in the glass and overall this shows pretty well at the moment. From now and over the next 5-10 years . — 15 days ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.3

Very succulent, very generous Sangiovese. Obviously too young but drinks very well. — 4 days ago

Jeremiah Diaz

9.2

Clear, medium ruby in color; on the nose, it's clean with pronounced primary and secondary aromas of raspberries, balsamic, and wood smoke; on the palate, it's dry, with high acidity, high tannins, medium body, high alcohol, and pronounced primary and secondary flavors of red currant, cherries, and clay pots with a long finish. This wine is balanced and complex. Overall, I rate this wine as very good. Nellie likes it too. — 10 days ago

with Nellie

Shuhui Ng

9.0

Dark fruits, tobacco, clay leather. Decanted for 2 hours… well integrated tannins, medium acidity — 17 days ago

Benjamin Shirk

10

Incredibly lucky to even taste this, way outside of what I'm familiar with. First thing i noticed is how concentrated the nose is, extremely aromatic, red fruit with a creamy note and oak that is perfectly integrated. Normally I can smell when an ABV is this high but not with this wine. I can't believe how perfectly balanced it is - tannins, fruit, acidity, oak is all the perfect exact amounts so that nothing stands out on its own, but it has such concentrated flavor that everything stands out at the same time — a month ago

Stephen Fitzpatrick

9.1

2021 vintage. Outstanding Nebbiolo. Leather, smoke, and a hint of fruit on the nose; continued to open up nicely over the course of the first hour. Cherry and complex tannins on the palette with a fine finish. Paired exceptionally well with filet mignon. — a month ago

Steven Heydemann

9.3

Opened the 97 Monprivato back in spring and it wasn’t showing that well. This one seems fresher, more balanced. Not just fully mature but beginning a very slow decline. Nonetheless the depth of fruit, richness of the tar, smoke, herb, and sous bois is terrific. — 10 days ago

Conrad Green

9.4

stinky and pure. Deep plum fruit. Sour cherry, . I can’t believe how fresh and intense this is given the age. May have been helped along the way with some rogue grapes back in teh day? Either way, really memorable — 8 days ago

with BOT and Matt

Lynn Graham

9.4

Special evening with friends. Well balanced smooth finish — 4 days ago

Kate

9.0

Smooth. Enjoy — 5 days ago

Tom Jenkins

9.0

Dark, lush fruits. Soft tannins, but a peppery finish. Great with my Veal Milanese. — 24 days ago

Peter Sultan

8.9

Sometimes the old standards really are needed. Still, at 14.5% abv I can feel the varietal straining. — a month ago

Billy L.

9.4

1.5 hr. Decant, lots of dark cherry notes; paired nicely with our bolognese pasta dinner. Cheers 🍇🍷👍🏻 — a month ago