Jay Kline

9.2

It’s been a few years since my last experience with the 2019 “Vigna Santa Lucia” and I had a hankering soooo, I pulled the cork. I enjoyed this bottle over the course of several days. Looking back on my notes, I feel as though there’s been a shift in fruit profile.

I enjoyed this bottle over the course of four days. It was tightly wound the first two days and, to my palate, I thought it was best on Day 3 and 4. The fruit was dark and tart: Montmorency cherry and black plum, purple flowers and earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium- tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose, the finish is medium and the texture is soft. It started off as merely good Barbera d’Alba and it ended up becoming an emotional wine; bringing me back to the glass again and again. Drink now through 2034. 4840 bottles produced. — 7 days ago

Robert Swart

8.9

Ruby core, garnet rim. Sour cherry, red plum, dried herbs, a touch of clove. Medium-bodied, bright acidity, fine tannin, restrained oak, clean finish. Workhorse Italian red — pasta, pizza, roast chicken. -Arlecchino Ristorante — 2 months ago

"Odedi"

9.2

Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.

Soft nose and medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing cherries, currants, blueberries, light oak, licorice, chocolates, tobacco leaf, herbs, peppercorn, earth and spices.

Long finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.

This Single Vineyard Barolo is starting to drink beautifully now, but still very young. Elegant, tangy and nicely balanced. Complex and entertaining.

Needs a couple of hours to open up properly. Soft and smooth, once it opens up.

Will continue to age nicely in the next 15 years. Would be nice to revisit it in 7 years and see how it evolves.

A great sipping wine that I really enjoyed with food too.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$200. — 3 months ago

Brian S

9.2

Rich wine, salinity, texture great Italian Chardonnay. — 8 months ago

Jay Kline

9.2

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of several hours. The 2023 “San Bartolomeo” pours a deep ruby color with a transparent core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. This really needed air and showed better after an hour+ of being open. What unfurled was an elegant and quite beautiful expression of Dolcetto showing notes of fresh black berries, blueberries, purple flowers with the stems, a mix of dried herbs and warm spices with dry gravelly earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannin and medium acid. Confirming the notes from the nose, the finish is medium+ and slightly savory. A precise and technically brilliant Dolcetto. Drink now through 2030. Thanks for the assist @Lyle Fass — 10 months ago

Andrew Meyer

9.7

Tasting fabulous right now. — 2 years ago

Conrad

9.1

Bright. Earthy. Floral. Tannic. It’s everything I love. An astringency from its youth comes through but it’s still awesome. — 11 days ago

Adam Baker

9.1

Drank at Summit with Cyan. Started young, but opened up very well. Drank with red snapper. — 2 months ago

Angelo Casagrande

8.9

Soft, lots of cherry/ prune. Little sour too. I’ve had this with tomato based dishes and it’s nice. This time I made orriechieti, raab, and chickpeas. ( and a few cherry tomatoes). Went well with it. Enjoyable — 3 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Blend of White Grenache 50% and Roussanne 50%, aged for 1 year in new oak, bright lemon color with aromas of citrus, stone fruits and toasty mineral notes. On the palate flavors of apple, peach and lemon citrus with toasty notes and spice, slightly creamy. Medium+ finish, vivid acidity, nice balance ending with lemon citrus and fresh mineral character. — 5 months ago

Jay Kline

9.4

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a few hours. The 2021 “Del Comune de La Morra” pours a brilliant garnet color with a transparent core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing and redolent with bright, fresh red fruits: framboise, Morello cherry, freshly paved asphalt, trampled rose petals, a kiss of VA, and dry gravelly earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with high tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. A wine you just want to smell for an eternity. Brilliant. This enjoys a lot of air and I expect will have a very long life. Drink now with patience through 2061. Thanks @Lyle Fass for the assist! — 8 months ago

Mark S.

9.0

With violet Black berry cherry dry plum beefgarky conamon nutmeg
Fruitiness M+ Sweetness M+ Acidity M Tannin M Soft 15% French oak large Luigi Righetti Amarone della Valpilicella 21 @4950, Mont, 251120 — 10 months ago

Karolina Arkell

10

Great with cheese and crackers. — 2 years ago

J Choi

9.4

Cesare. Rome. Rose. Fragrant. Chilled. — 14 days ago

"Odedi"

9.0

Reddish in color with medium plus intensity.

Pretty nose of wild flowers, red cherries, currants, light wood, tobacco, chocolates and coffee.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with black currants, plums, cooked cherries, spices, oak, licorice, earth, tobacco, herbs, peppercorn, dark chocolates, coffee and light tar.

Long finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.

This is a tasty Barbaresco. Elegant and nicely balanced with a nice mouthfeel.

Still very young, and needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly. Needed a few hours to open up, so be patient. Tannins show up after 2 hours of airtime, and bring structure to the wine.

Will continue to age nicely in the next 15 years, and showing good potential to become a 93+ point wine.

This Single Vineyard Nebbiolo is very complex, engaging and a good food wine.

100% Nebbiolo grapes were aged in French and Hungarian oak barrels for 24 months. A limited production of less than 8,000 bottles.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$150. — 2 months ago

Charles Treister

9.2

Nice balance between fruit and soft tannins. Perfect with pastas. — 5 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

8.9

2024 vintage. Pretty, sunny and bright. Spring is sprung. 3.11.26. — 6 months ago

Jeremiah Diaz

9.6

Sparkling, clear pale lemon; on the nose, it's clean with pronounced primary and tertiary aromas of bruised yellow apples, honeysuckle, and orange blossom; on the palate, it's sweet with medium acidity, low alcohol, medium body, and pronounced primary and tertiary flavors of overripe pear, tangerine, and caramel with a long finish. This wine is complex, intense, and balanced. Overall, I rate this wine as outstanding. Nellie likes it with too. It paired well with spicy Popeyes chicken. — 9 months ago

with Nellie

Pooneet K

9.0

Beautiful dark berry fruit nose. Palate doesn’t quite carry the same depth or intensity. Hits hard at the front but fades more quickly than expected. Still, nice food pairing wine with the low tannins and medium plus acid. 14.5%. — 10 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

Clay Davis wine. Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyettttttttttt! — 3 years ago