ES Faiello

8.5

Decent effort from a wholly unexpected place... stumbled upon these good folks vintnering in the wilds of Indiana... this was a nice lil Rose’: dark garnet/ruby with some intense cherry, pepper & medicinal aromas - bone dry w/some heft - dare I say power. — 5 days ago

ES Faiello

8.7

Champagne Impostor (but in a good way) — 7 days ago

ES Faiello

8.4

Rustic yet charming in that ol Italian way... showing some dark spicy fruit mingled with dusty leather damp Earth pepper- lacked acidity but I know there was some Sangiovese in there but not sure other varietals ... decent finish & weight. — 10 days ago

ES Faiello

8.4

KY wine made from Cab Sauv, Syrah, Chambourcin & Cynthiana - resulting in an impressive dry red, very expressive with a wild savage spicy brambly dark fruit, mid weight - maybe lacking some acidity to convey flavors thru finish, but fairly well knit tannins and generally quite the pleasant quaffer. — 14 days ago

ES Faiello

9.0

Took a chance on this unusual red from Loire: unique varietal composition & bottle format, but delicious nonetheless! Fairly dark inky richly extracted w/concentrated aromas of red fruit literally up & down the spectrum: tart cherry, cranberry, ripe bing cherry (and sour cherry), some raspberry couli all mingled with white pepper, clay & subtle vein of minerality. I found it very complex & engaging if a bit disjointed when looking at interplay of acidity & tannins... — 6 days ago

ES Faiello

8.2

Crazy deep honeyed yellow/orange color, suggested some old age & oxidation... and really delivered in that dept. for only 3 years old this wine was already a bit tired but showed some interesting mandarin orange & cling peaches on nose, mingled with acacia flowers overlaid w/mustiness, fat oily & fairly viscous the finish was drying out- very unusual — 10 days ago

ES Faiello

8.9

Similar to previous note - this guy (along w/Pra) are classic reliable dependable producers in Soave — 12 days ago

ES Faiello

8.6

For me this showed more Sangiovese than Gamay, but it was still pretty good on the Thanksgiving table. Decent heft & color, brooding nose of Earth, leather and darker fruit were deftly conveyed with juicy acidity. The subtle jamminess was only giveaway - otherwise this was a Chianti Classico — 6 days ago

ES Faiello

8.7

Nothing wrong w/this big bold burly red - fairly intense extraction weight & heft but very young restrained even after over an hour in decanter. Hi-alcohol nose mingled w/red & black spiced fruit, def some wood & vanillin flavors - this has a bunch of different grapes which are not resolved at this time. — 9 days ago

ES Faiello

8.6

Nothing with wrong this - Nothing stands out either. It’s like Econ 101, basic standard issue boots, etc. — 12 days ago