Stuart Pollack

9.4

Powerful Brunello Riserva now ready to drink. Needs meat. Very concentrated: it packs a punch. Earth, tar, leather, intense red fruit. — 2 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.4

Deep Ruby color with berry fruit, fragrant spice and earthy cedar notes. On the palate flavors of ripe cherry, plum, leather and cacao with notes of floral spice. Fine soft tannins, long finish ending with fruit, tobacco and cedar wrapped in an earthy herb mineral spice character. Drinking well. — 5 months ago

Manchester Sheldon

9.1

Forest floor and rosemary on the nose. Soft dark cherries on the palate and tobacco. Some eucalyptus on the after taste. — 7 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.5

Deep Ruby with aromas of ripe dark berry fruits, herb spice and earthy notes. On the palate flavors of black cherry and plum with cacao, cedar, licorice and pepper spice. Fine tannins, still a little grippy, great balance, complex long finish ending with earthy herbs, fruit and oaky notes. Nice! — 4 months ago

Jay Kline

9.2

This was a pre-Parson Il Palazzone, back when Mario Bollag (now Terralsole) owned the property. Dick (Parson) invested a lot into Il Palazzone after 2000 and the estate’s reputation today is largely known under his stuardship.

Poured into a decanter about 2 1/2 hours prior to service to remove sediment and give this 28-year old some air. In the glass, the 1996 pours a deep garnet with a brown tinge and a near opaque core. Medium viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is vinous, with some VA and notes of desiccated, red and black fruit: Morello cherries, strawberries, brambles, figs, along with leather, porcini, forest floor, espresso, and spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannins (fully integrated) and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium, and the body is medium. White this freshened up with air (recommended), it is clearly in the sunset of its life. That being said, it has plenty of stories to tell. Drink now with a decant. — 8 months ago

Rafael Landestoy

9.3

I love all of Mario's wines and this was no different. Went beautifully with the Tuscan styled pork loin that my wife made. — 8 years ago

with Ilida

Sipping Fine Wine

9.4

Deep Ruby color with berry fruit, fragrant spice and earthy cedar notes. On the palate flavors of ripe cherry, plum, leather and cacao with notes of floral spice. Fine soft tannins, long finish ending with fruit, tobacco and cedar wrapped in an earthy herb mineral spice character. Drinking well. — 4 months ago

Chris Koupal

9.2

2012. Took 2+ hours to really get on the dance floor but it was great once it did. — 2 years ago

Joe Gillies

9.4

Excellent! Tasted along side the 2010 Terralsole brunello, which was slightly better at this point but this was amazing as well! — 4 years ago

Andy Baker

9.3

Oh this one is good — 9 years ago