ESF

8.9

ask the wine guy for something unusual, something off the beaten path and he recommends this delicious dry 100% Palomino w/some bottle age: definitely a food wine, light greenish straw color w/fairly austere nose full of minerals, lanolin, herbaceous musk, white flowers (jasmine), ginger & some spices. on palate it is rigid & angular, zesty acidity, some citrus but mostly minerals & herbs, quinine, screams for briny foods - we had this w/deli section fare & salad. — 3 days ago

Steve Rura

9.1

Very tasty aged Portuguese red. If I had it blind, I would guess Northern Spanish - Ribera del Duero or Rioja. Smooth and slightly musty/earthy from the age (got some cork crumbles). Opens pretty quickly, with concentrated red fruit and some blackberry. Pleasant tannic grip with a soft texture. Bold flavor throughout, big body (14.5% abv), some pepper and dry grass on a savory finish. Nice for a reasonable price. — 5 months ago

Chris MacLean

9.2

Love this wine — 9 months ago

with Sarah

Hadley Lyman

9.1

Just a party in a bottle — a year ago

Jay Kline

9.2

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of two hours. The 2019 pours a garnet color with a transparent core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of ripe and tart red fruits: strawberry, raspberry, Morello cherry, roses, dried green herbs, and gravely earth. On the palate the wine is dry with high tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. From one of the lesser known Conterno’s…but still quite lovely. Drink now through 2039 — 4 months ago

Mary H

9.1

Fun, funky and natty! Candied ginger, fermented bamboo shoot, kumquats. — 7 months ago

Benjamin Hickey

9.2

Single grand cru vineyard. Tasted twice in two days. Grew on me! — a month ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.2

Adolfo orlando jaime lalo diego — 5 months ago

Conrad Green

9.3

light and bright and quite tart. Intense fruit. Good — 6 months ago

with BOT, Matt and 1 other

Paolo Pascolo

9.3

The end of a special dinner with raw meat, truffles and ravioli del plin. This Barolo is perfectly balanced and round. — 3 years ago