Tom Casagrande

9.0

I like the light touch on the extraction here but just a tad too much new oak for my taste. Delicately colored, with a boisterous nose that shows sappy, ripe but tangy red fruit, some nice moist gravel, and a floral note, but a fair amount of coconutty new oak. In the mouth, it’s not overly extracted and shows nice purity of fruit, but the oak flavors seem a tad too prominent, and there is significant oak-derived tannin in the finish. If the oak had been less prominent, this would have been a doozy!

UPDATE: On night 2, the oak is still prominent, so much so that this reminds me very much of an older style (American oak, light extraction) Rioja. Tasty, but not really indicative of Sangiovese. — 2 years ago

Dave Chambers

8.9

Huge nose, restrained mouthfeel, good acidity. 180 cases. Skin contact for 24 hours on 20%. Slight RS in the range of 1/2%. 12.7% ABV — 9 years ago

Eric Tabas

9.1

Lovely dark red color. Complimented with a fragrant nose of cherries, blackberry with black olives all expressed when drinking with a nice mouth feel. Finishes nicely with a lingering dark fruit flavor with that taste of black olives as it finishes. — 3 years ago

TheSkip

9.0

Perfectly reasonable Wednesday wine. Nothing special. A touch acidic. — 4 years ago

Andrew McPherson

9.0

Still showing lots of fruits. Nicely integrated new oak. — 9 years ago

MaJ CappS

8.9

Strawberry candy nose (Hard candy)

Medium bodied - a steady stream of acidity, from start to finish and beyond.
Strawberry, watermelon, the slightest brush stroke Thai basil, that licorice type of mint.

Solid wine, — 4 years ago

Ryan McClellan

9.1

Love this. Great balance. Tart/ripe cherry side of things. Oak comes through very strong but it’s so balanced that it works. Could decant for an hour or so. Glad I have another bottle — 6 years ago

Kyle

9.0

Very light with a sharp finish. Not too sweet or overly fruity. — 10 years ago