Joel Lara

9.7

Such a beautifully complex, tasty barolo. Has a spectacular nose with tar, leather, burnt maple, and dark cherry. Complex aromas that seem to evolve constantly in the glass. On the palate some initial charcuterie notes quickly burn off, leaving a pure and intense dark cherry that saturates the palate with some earthy cocoa, anise, and balsamic. Mouthfeel is silky smooth. Long finish with cloves, anise, dark cherry, and dry-aged meat. So tasty. This went perfectly with parmesan crusted rack of lamb, spring herb and parmesan risotto, and roasted asparagus. Medium/full bodied with medium- acidity and fully integrated tannins. An intense garnet color with orange bricking on the rim. I’d think this is near its peak. Decanted for an hour, although I don’t think it gained much compared to an initial PnP. Day 2 update: Finished a glass that was remaining in bottle. Holding up well with little change. Still as tasty as Day 1. — 12 days ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 2013 | beautiful balance — 7 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2018 vintage. Spicy and a tad weedy (not the 4/20 variety) nose. Light-medium body but plenty of punch. Abusive Luxardo cherry in the flavors alongside cola nut, raspberry and rhubarb. Biggy tannins but mostly front-loaded vs back end. Needs a good 2 hour decant to air out. Tremendous hollers for the dollars. Almost a Pinot/Burgundy-styled bod. Almost. So much zip and personality. Super fresh and super presh. Love this producer. 3.31.24. — 2 years ago

Jay Kline

9.4

La Ca’Növa is now under fifth generation leadership; they used to sell all their fruit to Gaja. Super traditional methods with a twist; they used botti made of Austrian oak instead of Salvonian. Vigna Bric Mentina is a sub cru of the Montefico MGA where the soils are relatively sandy.

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of two hours. The 2015 “Vigna Bric Mentina” pours a garnet color with a transparent core; medium+ viscosity and no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of ripe Morello cherry, raspberry, strawberry, roses with freshly cut stems, cedar chest, dried herbs and gravelly earth and minerals. There’s also a kiss of VA, just in case you needed a reminder that this is a traditional Italian wine, lol! On the palate, the wine is bone dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and slightly savory. This is absolutely baller. How did I sleep on this producer for so long? Oh yeah…I remember: access. I live in Omaha. Welp…now I have another producer to chase. Drink now with patience (enjoy the ride!) and through 2045. — 19 days ago

Craig Marino

9.2

sooooo smooth with great balance — 4 months ago

Peter James

9.1

Incredible Arneis with Manny & Val — a year ago

Lee Hoff

9.0

Great fruit slight acidity and a nice finish. Chatham wine store. 2023 vintage. $26 — 2 months ago

Rob Brobst III

9.5

Aroma had black currants, blackberries, shoe box, tobacco, leather and dates. Over the palate came black currants, leather, green tannins, tobacco, shoe box, herbs, oak and a hint of vanilla. High acidity, high tannins and dry.

Dark ruby red. Concentrated, fruity and elegant. Cherry, blackberry, leather and cedar. — 3 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2023 | Reliable and food friendly | at Babbo Pinsa Tilburg — a year ago

Marcel Van Duinen

9.0

Nog wel jong, maar al fijne tannines. — 2 years ago