ES Faiello

8.7

Darker shade of yellow w/big whiff of petrol on the nose followed by orange & apricot - lean chiseled zippy vibrant w/bone dry finish - bit abrupt. As it opened, fattened up w/distinct clover honey on the nose. Had w/Indian food as I hoped for some RS to play w/spices yet still held up OK — 19 hours ago

ES Faiello

8.9

Michigan Syrah! Believe this was a special [small] production wine and it was really impressive - very Old World style reminiscent of a Crozes with barnyard funk and meat and white pepper and blue/black fruit, camphor and spice and damp soil - all over the place, evolving, lighter weight but a ton of flavors, decent acidity too but bit abrupt on finish. Unexpected surprises from historic American winery. — 10 days ago

ES Faiello

9.0

Really impressive- particularly QPR: very smooth suave stylish w/gorgeous cherry fruit, sweet spices and well-integrated acidity pushing favors thru to lingering finish. This is international style Rioja and really delivers! — 16 days ago

ES Faiello

9.0

Spot on, beautiful expression of Chenin: bone dry, crisp & clean w/zippy acidity & pure apple/quince/pear trio on the nose, minerals, lean angular focused, not fooling around here, zero RS — 3 days ago

ES Faiello

8.0

Meh - rough around the edges - rustic, astringent, unresolved mid palate- decent red fruit but was expecting a lot more. — 6 days ago

ES Faiello

9.0

Very nice & outstanding QPR - straddles Old & New World style with generous blue/black fruit mingled with loamy Earthy leathery funk, some warm spice - very cohesive on palate w/just enough acidity & supple tannins to make this extremely drinkable. — 12 days ago

ES Faiello

8.2

Narwhal on the label, PN from Sicily - I mean, what more could you ask for?! Decent quaffer: pure beam of generous red fruit (strawberry & raspberry w/some rhubarb pie thrown in) hints of spice & vanilla but by and large this was on the thin side, juicy & light - brief finish — 17 days ago

ES Faiello

8.6

I’ve had this dozens of times since early 2000s, even sold it for years, used to be great value & very consistent quality thru vintage, and all those flavor components were here: tons of dark fruit spice mocha vanilla - very effusive but it is like the volume is turned way down - not sure if it’s off vintage and trying to get too much out of the vines... — 4 days ago

ES Faiello

8.7

Didn’t quite know what to make of this: as a side note, boasts one of the heaviest bottles of all time... as for the wine, it was a monster - huge rich full throttle oak, malo, leesy, waxy, musky, funky, oily, and with just so much texture... alongside flabbier acidity, yellow citrus & stone fruit dominate, with beeswax & honey. There was just so much going on, not sure if it worked but it makes a very bold statement. — 10 days ago

ES Faiello

8.5

Decent Riesling: great QPR but definitely has RS tho - round expressive nose of some yellow citrus and yellow pitted fruits, honeyed and generous. Zippy acidity w/rounded edges, this goes down easy and holds together well thru finish. — 12 days ago