Ray Vanderhoff

9.3

Dark garnet color with some brown highlights and slightly orange rim. Aromas of dried red fruit, forest floor, leather and a touch of menthol. Flavors of dried plum and black cherry fruit, dark chocolate, black licorice, beef jerky and roasted nuts. Plentiful baking spice notes on the long and grippy finish. Quite dense with firm tannins. Full bodied and well layered. Outstanding intensity and complexity. Still quite powerful but aging nicely. Cheers to Keith S! — 7 days ago

Martijn

9.2

Paired it with an entrecote from our local butcher. Well made wine, black currant all over. — 2 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

2020 vintage. Espresso crema galore. Front and middle 2/3rd's nice...back end/finish/last third just meh. Medium heavy body. 4.29.26. — 3 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2020 | candy smell, vanilla and citrus, good balance, very charming. Nice butter in taste. Light coconut. Very complete. — 5 months ago

Ericsson

9.2

WEST3 London. Outstanding wine. — 8 months ago

Mark Mannebach

8.9

Dark chocolate molasses and some plum notes. Smooth. — 10 months ago

Uluwehi

9.1

Found at Costco. Floral tones - light and enjoyable. — a year ago

Bob McDonald

9.1

Brief notes. Dried savoury cherry and other red fruits. I found this to be quite new world in structure and flavour profile. I will do a more comprehensive note for my second and last bottle in a year or two. — 10 days ago

Jay Kline

9.4

Etna: Poured into a decanter about an hour prior to service; enjoyed over the course of dinner. The 2021 pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears and some fine sediment. On the nose, the wine is developing with Bing cherry, Asian five spice, porchini, oregano, crushed gravel and minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. Another stunner from this incredible, own-rooted parcel in the Calderara Sottana contrada featuring vines over 140 years old. Insane. Drink now with some air and through 2041. — 6 days ago

Jason Phillips

9.2

Beautiful nose. Dark red fruit. Wonderful tannins. Great finish. — 3 months ago

Daniel De Nadai

9.2

Almost tropical on the nose.
Extremely well balanced and light tannin in the mouth. — 6 months ago

romo

9.3

All chewy leaves day one. Day two is leaves with fruit and flowers. Great tension. Unforgiving. — 9 months ago

setver

9.4

Bomba vino, lagano i pitko — a year ago

Clay Bullwinkel

9.2

balance of fresh acidity with minerality. Apples, pears. Thank you Flori for having at the tasting! — 3 years ago

Brian Kostreba

9.0

Very good wine just not for me, I normally drink a lot of Napa valley wine and French wine. I’m not saying it’s a bad wine I’m just saying I guess I have a profile I enjoy more. I held the wine for 10 years, chilled and decanted for 1 hr, 1.5 hr, and then 2 hrs. I never experienced the normal oak, cigar, leather. You know all the taste profiles the pros mention. I enjoyed it but was still disappointed. I have one more bottle 2015 that I will drink in 2030. Maybe I’ll love it. I drank a younger bottle and really enjoyed it. It was almost overwhelming and hard to finish of course I was in las Vegas at a hotel enjoying the view from my hotel of the Bellagio fountains which made this spectacular both the wine and the view. Which was years ago but a special wine and a memory goes a long way. Especially when you get up in age. — 3 days ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

vintage 1987 | a treat! Figs, dates, walnuts, nectar — 2 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.6

Vintage 2003 | My gosh, I love this. — 5 months ago

Mike Miller

9.8

Classic dark cherry, absolutely wonderful — 7 months ago

with Anne

Conrad Green

9.6

Dark and oily. Fig and molasses. Earthy flavors with treacle. Coffee and wine. So complex and savory. Gorgeous — 9 months ago

with Matt and David

Jerry Raphael

8.9

Always enjoyable with pear and apple notes. Opening wine for SJOS Tasting I hosted — 2 years ago