Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

Deep Ruby color with aromas of dark fruits, spice and toasty oak. On the palate flavors of cherry, blackberry and plum with spice, herbs, cacao, tobacco and toasty tones from 18 months of oak aging. Full ripe tannins you can bite into, long finish ending with fruit and an earthy toasty spice character. Nice! Will age! — a day ago

romo

9.1

Clean, if basic. Versatile. — 2 months ago

K. Ross

9.0

Delicious. Still great.Tannins and acidity still there. — 4 months ago

K. Ross

9.0

47% Syrah 29.5% Grenache 23.5% Cinsault. Yummy. — 8 months ago

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9.4

Dreamy is the word that comes to mind as the 2018 Vigna la Miccia Marsala Superiore Oro wafts up with a decadent blend of roasted almonds and hazelnuts, complicated by gingery spice and baked peaches. This opens with a pretty inner sweetness and oily textures that are perfectly offset by notes of spiced citrus, cloves, cedar and a bitter tinge of coffee grounds. It cleans up beautifully, ridiculously long and staining yet still fresh, leaving hints of cocoa and butterscotch to linger on the finish. (Eric Guido, Vinous, June 2024)
— 13 days ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

8.9

Interesting wine. Nutty 25 year old Vermentino. Hazelnut, chanterelle herbs de Provence. Perfect cheese white. — 4 months ago

Daniel Ciolek

8.9

Very nice and drinkable from opening and into day 2. Medium bodied with earthy dark fruits and a hint of holiday spice/clove. Smooth finish. Just seemed to miss some of the ‘pop’ of prior vintages. — 6 months ago

Daniel Ciolek

9.1

Monte De Oro seems to be finally dialing in their Cabernet. The bottle says 80% Cabernet, 10% Petit Verdot and 10% Malbec. Barrel aged 40 months. On opening it was so very drinkable with layers of complex flavors. The tannins were surprisingly smooth and slightly on the sweeter side with spice, raspberry and strawberry with maybe some dark cherry and chocolate - and it was medium to full bodied without being dense. The finish was smooth. Three days later it transformed into a mellow earthy - almost mossy texture of an old world Italian Sangiovese or Nebbiolo.- based wine. Fun bottle. — 2 months ago

Amy

9.1

loved. had at press club wine bar in sf. internet says it’s $18/bottle. tropical, light, acidic — 4 months ago

Neal Ferry

9.1

#1 in our wine club competition — 8 months ago