Jack Petras

9.1

Also had this at Boston’s Bubble Bath along with other well selected wines. Unlike any other Barbera ever tasted. From Emilia Romagna. Herbal snd chalky, with intense aromas reminiscent of Fernet Branca?! Concentrated but cooling red fruits. Unique, intriguing, one of rose oh my god wines keep surprising me moments. Great with a Bolognese from around the corner. — 2 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2019 vintage. High, airy/perfumed nose of dill and white sage with a dollop of tar and charcuterie board. Medium-heavy body. Delicious riptide of bramble fruit and leather flavors that carry on and a balsamic/Fernet Branca note along with a lavender finish. Big-*ss tannins for a Côtes-du Rhône. Black olive lording over the proceedings Sauron-style from the moment the cork was pulled. White pepper wants to emerge on the tip of the tongue but not just yet. Soon…soon. Silly to find myself giving a "simple" Côtes-du Rhône a 9.3 but found it compelling enuff to seriously consider a 9.4. Didn't think it possible. — 5 years ago

Corey Critchfield

9.0

Fernet, vegetal, tannic.
80% Tempranillo, 15% Graciano and 5% Viura. — 8 years ago

Lauren Johnson

9.3

For Alex. Like fernet but less astringent n herbaceous — 8 years ago

SV

9.0

In the glass, it’s hard to resist judgment; it’s just so light. Looks are deceiving. In the nose: rose hips, hibiscus, cherry liqueur. Flavors of pomegranate and rhubarb come first, followed by a heady, herbal bitterness that reads like fernet. I really like this style of Oregon Pinot. — 8 years ago

Chris Grimm

9.2

Mint, herbs, fresh pine. #tastesofNOLA17 — 9 years ago

Camille Puglia

9.2

Trying to describe Amaro in words is hard. This is something between a Nonino and a Fernet Branca. — 9 years ago

with Jim

Brandon Boesch

9.3

Way better on day two after opening. A lot of earth and herbs. Plums, cherry, good amount of tannin. I feel like if this was distilled it would be fernet. There’s a lot of herbs and forest greenery, but it still manages to stay light and fruity enough to make it really enjoyable. Looking forward to trying more Sicilian wines. — 2 years ago

Oskar Brauer

9.2

The best digestive I've ever tried, it helps upset stomachs — 5 years ago

Jeremiah Allen

9.3

82 Nardi ⚔️
Hue is dark, modest concentration and vibrancy. Oddly, little sediment in Silvio Nardi (74 also little sediment, possibly reconditioned at some time)
Aromas were dark 🌚 This was Tar and Black licorice. Fernet like, even menthol and bitter agent, like Quinine. It was wild on the nose, not sure if heavy decanted would have produced a more interesting tasting, happy to have a clean bottle showing Brunellos structure in fulll force. Tannins were dry, definite bitter beer face present. This was one that needed food, holding down against charcuterie board. — 7 years ago

John Clinton

9.0

Unique fernet expressions—heavily minted/eucalyptus powered which was a fun experience. — 8 years ago

Michael Malpiedi

9.3

Intenso! Echoes of fernet branca, herbal inky huge. Sweet smoke and dark distant fruit. Yow — 8 years ago

Limor Finkel

9.4

A true delight. Farmed organically in a vineyard surrounded by warehouses and industry. Leather, anis, violets, and a touch of Fernet. — 9 years ago

Brian Callaway

9.0

Big black and red fruit tempered by a ton of herbs. Sage, rosemary, eucalyptus, and mint. Bing cherries and fernet? Wonderfully complex wine for a small price tag!! — 9 years ago

Bonnie Chu

8.9

So many tastes and fernet and more tastes later — 4 years ago

David Kwon

9.0

On nose menthol and oak like fernet. On the palate black currants, blackberries, butter, oak, fernet branca, with a medicinal black tea finish. First time having a Cabernet Syrah blend and it's blowing my mind. I'm not sure I quite like it but it's the most interesting wine I've had in a while. — 4 years ago

David Kline

8.9

Smoky caramel-mocha nose shows broom straw and bamboo, vanilla bean, graphite, tea biscuit, cardamom, cinnamon-apple, attic nutmeg and cilantro. Rich and chocolate-y mouthfeel with warm cinnamon heat is exemplary. First taste puts the dully oaken nose to shame for insufficient suggestion. This thing brings a support beam of heavy oak in abundance. Cedar, pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, allspice, tobacco; the gangs all here. Coffee is the magnet in the middle; two sugars, black, a millisecond before the heavy cream and drizzled caramel. Buckwheat, buckthorn, and dried pineapple are the lightning in this dark storm. Add ginger and dried lime and a drop of Fernet Branca and you’ve nailed it. Don Quixote used to nip this for breakfast. #brandy #cardinalmendoza #spanishbrandy #brandydejerez #soleragranreserva #jerez #sanchezromatehermanos #sanchezromate #grapespirit — 6 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

9.1

From the northern banks of the Awatere Valley, Villa Maria crafts a fabulous Pinot Noir from the Taylors Pass Vineyard. An intensely herbaceous, medicinal expression of Marlborough Pinot - it almost reminds me of Fernet, with its pleasant amaro-like flavors - sage, quinine, mint, hibiscus, black sesame, smoke, and damp bark. Captivating and lengthy. — 8 years ago

Anna Vocaturo

9.6

WAy better than fernet — 9 years ago

Matthew Beckman

9.1

Sooooo much going on here with the herbs, flowers and bitterness...17.5%...drying beyond belief...fernet-like — 9 years ago