Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple of hours. In a year of low yields, a 2017 “Riserva” was not made however, we were fortunate enough to get this “Gran Selezione” and, spoiler alert: it’s not a mere consolation prize. The wine pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core. Medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears. No signs of sediment. On the nose, the wine is intense and developing, with complex aromatics consisting of Montmorency cherry, orange pith, fresh sage, eraser head, cedar box, Pu’er tea, gravelly earth, and some subtle spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long with its tart, funky cherry character. A head turner and really, at this point, no-one should really be at all that surprised; it’s Casa Emma we’re talking about. Drinking generously now but has the stuffing to deliver the goods for another 10+ with ease. — a year ago

Richard Portes

9.7

19. Couldn’t resist returning to this as a consolation, now that we have been locked down again. Nose amazingly complex, dominated by toffee. Silken and so rich. Infinitely long. — 4 years ago

donat agosti

9.0

Cépages  

Grenache Gris 40%, Carignan Gris 60% - Rendement 22 hl/ha

Terroir local en Roussillon

Argilo-calcaire ( Banyuls-sur-Mer )

Vendanges

Manuelles — 5 years ago

romo

9.1

Consolation prize for the sold out Oloroso. — 2 years ago

romo

9.0

Consolation prize after a decanter cracked and the remaining Alessandria fell to the floor. — 3 years ago

Roman Ochocki

9.0

Very sweet nose. It's mild: a honey, a peach, the honey, an apple, honey. And did I mention honey? It's like an old chardonnay. And it's another consolation wine: damn you, the virus, I should be in Hajfa, drinking their daily wines. :) — 4 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.5

Awesome...but only a small consolation after MSU lost to Wisconsin 64-63.😡 — 5 years ago

with Phil

Paul K

9.4

Flight delayed and stuck in DTW. This was a very nice consolation. So good. @Ron R you’re the man. — 3 years ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.3

So I realize that we’re suppose to have canceled this producer, but in our defense we were offered this wine as consolation when the Bandol we requested was OOS and there were no complaints.

Damn was this wine an epiphany — intensely fragrant with rose petals and geranium on the nose and palate. Ripe nectarines and blood orange with some nebulous savory herbal quality too. A really special wine to pair with a really fabulous birthday girl @Maura Passanisi

*not to gloss over the fact that Fulvio Bressan said some unforgivable, ignorant and hateful racist things and should be held accountable personally and professionally. — 3 years ago

with Kristie, Nicole and 1 other

Jim Chen

8.9

Yummy — every day Tuesday wine that can age! My last bottle of ‘14. Still tasty! Slight consolation for LIV. — 5 years ago