Daniel Ciolek

9.0

Very nice. Strawberries on the nose. Crisp with juicy acidity. Soft fruits and mineral on the palate - more dry than sweet. Clean finish. — 5 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.7

Needs 90 minutes. Before then it’s really weird. Goes from a 7.0 to a 9.7 in 2 hours. Yes. It’s true.

Nose graphite explosion. Blackberry flower. Cherry flower.

Palate is silky blackberry. Man. That Forte elegance. Gorgeous shimmering mountain stream infused with blackberries.

As this opens more nose is gorgeous blackberry flower. Palate is Pete t blackberry flower. Hint of graphite.

Wow. So close to melo and anfiteatro.

This needs to be glass decanted. You get new weirdness from the beginning with each pour.

Internal@aromatics are wow! Blackberry liquor. Lilacs. Expansive. Delicious. Liquid silk made from flowers.

Finish is the most gorgeous elegant blackberry liquor. Hint of savoriness. Wow wow wow. Wine.

With more air intense lilacs and violets.

Fass selections. — 2 years ago

Sam Friedland

9.0

A nice complex wine with a dominant Vermentino grape, — 3 years ago

Chris

9.1

Surprisingly Italian (I would have sworn it was Northern Californian). Much more complex, some blackberry and firm oak tannins. Very nice — 10 months ago

Byron Hewett

9.2

Beautiful earthy red. At Grapes and Bites in Lisbon. — 2 years ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.2

One of the smoothest, juiciest and downright delicious #mencia I’ve ever had. It has less of an Atlantic feel and more of a Mediterranean feel. Still moderate alcohol at 13.5 and it was fluid and highly drinkable. — 2 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.0

2023 summer. Simple, lovable country wine that went over wonderfully at table — a year ago

Wayne Jaffe

9.2

13.5% albariño blend, with taste of chardonnay. Bought in local wine shop but drinking opposite Bodega Donostiarra! — a year ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.1

Very solid. 18 yet again fails to be as bad as critics want it to be. Had to order this because of a corked 2017 Podere Forte Melo which stung but is all in the game. — 2 years ago

President Obama

9.2

$21 @ Macarthur. — 3 years ago