John Bratincevic

9.1

Good stuff, embodies the style. — 5 days ago

John Bratincevic

9.1

Tried this a few years ago and was unimpressed. I guess I was a little young. Elegant. Fruit, wood, acid — anonymous in that it tastes more like “wine” than those individual flavors, but tastes like … wine should. I can’t believe it, but Suckling was right. 91. — 20 days ago

John Bratincevic

9.2

Raisins, spices, nuts, chocolate — lovely. Sweet but not too sweet, could be a dessert wine or a lovely pairing to something rich and savoury. 92. — 3 months ago

John Bratincevic

8.7

Savoury and non-decscript. Good for price. 87. — 10 days ago

John Bratincevic

8.9

Lot 74. Very simple, but appealing — clay dusty and lots of smooth fruit. Great deal on closeout. 89. — 25 days ago

John Bratincevic

9.0

Solid. 90. — 2 months ago

John Bratincevic

9.1

Dried black cherry, cassis, stones. Good! 91. — 3 months ago

John Bratincevic

8.9

Good, but you can get a much better Barbera than this for $15 — not a great value. 89. — 11 days ago

John Bratincevic

9.0

As the wine guy said — dried fig and dusty tannins. Good stuff, good value. 90.

EDIT: Zounds, James Suckling was right on this one — or at least his ”associate editor” was! — a month ago

John Bratincevic

8.9

NOSE: wood ash, cherry, earthworm, moldy books. Ehhh.

TASTE: actually pretty good. Blackberry, cherry, wood ash tannin, balancing acidity. Not as good as I’d hoped, but got it on closeout. 89.
— 3 months ago