Traci wine. Notes of apple sweet and crisp. — 8 months ago
2 hr decant, then drank over 2 hours. Complex aromas of dense dark red fruits and menthol and tobacco that mingled evolved over 2-3 hours then started to evolve into overripe plum, candied black licorice and cedar. Palette is bold. In the early hours it was intensely Oakes but over time it opens up into more stewed overripe old sweet fruits umm like tasty fermented fruit? Some cacao and leather. Menthol on the finish. Still modestly tannic in a gravely way but it’s in balance, but does work better with food. — 10 months ago
Delicious! — 2 years ago
Lemon and mineral, sea foam, searing acid. — 7 months ago
Old style wine
I love the detailed description attached to the neck of the bottle telling you all about the site, the winemaking and how to deal with the wine
This is a Barbacarlo's brother, not minor though
It starts quite fruit orientated, but it does unfold over many hours in the decanter
At first you can mistake it for a robust sparkling shiraz(given that it has a fizz when opened).
Day 2 the blue mineral it's all over and it is smoother and more enjoyable too( the tannin is more digestible too)
Very long and to review again in many years
Ps after a battle in Marengo(Italy) Napoleon stopped by in the area and sipped on this delicious nectar; from there the vineyard hill is also called Napoleon's hill(as well as Montebuono hill). — 9 months ago
Surprise, surprise - It’s not that wine Iyou usually drink. Kind of a mix of amarone, nebbiolo and lambrusco. The best of all them. — 5 months ago
Notes of peach and apple with a very light carbonation. Sweet but tasty and most importantly affordable — 8 months ago
5 cent BevMo buy, John thinks. Had 04/21/22. Yummy. Balanced. — 3 years ago
Dry and round seems to be the tone. — 4 years ago
James Everhart
Like a rich Chardonnay. 2021 vintage for $25. Wish I could find more of it. — 16 days ago