Flavio Roddolo

Barolo Nebbiolo 2013

9.5

Old school barstool showing what nebiolo can do. Very refined tannins, a bit port like burn. Excellent. Too bad Flavio is not well and may stop making wine.
— 17 days ago

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Gilbert Van Hassel

Of course old school barolo not barstool

Vidigal Wines

Porta 6 Vinho Tinta Roriz Blend

mark james

9.3

One of our favourite wines — 4 months ago

Porta

Reserva Estate Bottled Maipo Valley Merlot 2021

Nicole Schilling

9.2

Spicy full of flavor. Nice finish — 2 years ago

La Palazzetta (Flavio Fanti)

Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 2015

Tom Casagrande

9.1

With some of the entry-level Brunelli like this one, it’s a tough call when to open them. In my experience many try to play in the big leagues by overextracting. This one’s always been on the tannic, somewhat astringent side, so you want to wait to allow the tannins to drop and for it to settle down, but you don’t want to wait so long that the fruit dries up. I think this is about as good as it’s going to get. The fruit is still there, and the astringency is abating a bit. Still tannic. Good acids. Should go well with a simple pasta with tomato and sausage sauce.

UPDATE: After 24 hours under a vacuum seal, it was so astringent as to be nearly undrinkable, to my taste. — 25 days ago

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