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 — 21 days ago

Mary H

9.1

Fun, funky and natty! Candied ginger, fermented bamboo shoot, kumquats. — 4 months ago

Tim Mead

9.3

Good Italian option from Upper Falls — 8 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.2

Adolfo orlando jaime lalo diego — 2 months ago

Conrad Green

9.3

light and bright and quite tart. Intense fruit. Good — 3 months ago

with BOT, Matt and 1 other

David D

9.0

Light for a Pelaverga! Mineral and delicious. 11/22/24. — 8 months ago

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9.4

The 2020 Barolo del Comune di Monforte d’Alba is a very serious wine. Deeply pitched notes of balsamic, menthol, licorice, spice, chocolate and blackberry soar out of the glass. A wine of depth and textural drive, the 2020 captures tons of Monforte character. Soft tannins (for a young Barolo) make the 2020 surprisingly—I should say shockingly—accessible. What a wine! (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, September 2024)
— 10 months ago

Martijn

9.5

I have always been a fan of the wines from this domain. Now at age 15/16 this wine stands firm! Everything comes together with a nose of red fruit, licorice, leathersoap. The mouthfeeling is silky, cherries you know these big black ones, subtle acidity making you want to drink more but no need as the finish takes you over the minute. Fantastic wine! — 3 months ago

Chris MacLean

9.2

Love this wine — 6 months ago

with Sarah

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9.5

The 2020 Barolo Le Coste di Monforte is redolent of iron, game, incense, scorched earth, blood orange, dark fruit and tobacco. A potent, strapping Barolo, the 2020 is certainly not for the timid. It offers tons of Monforte power, brawn and muscle. A few years in the cellar is an absolute must. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, September 2024)
— 10 months ago