Pooneet K

9.0

A style I like - 13% abv, no oak, pure fruit, bit of stinky earth, good acid. — a month ago

Maiki Machiela

8.9

Brilliant Gran Selezione. At its peak. Bold and beautiful. Supple and smooth. — 8 months ago

with Kim

Brandon Boesch

9.1

Solid Chianti. Everything I want. Fruit, earth, leather, tobacco, more fruit at the end. Tasting great with 8 years of age. — 2 years ago

Jakub Kalinowski

8.9

Dark cherry freshness, with a savoury pinch of dried herbs and a deeper, darker whiff of mushrooms / undergrowth / roast. Very pure & enticing.
On the palate this show v. nice balance and great freshness (2019!). Nice dark, sweet cherry with brambly, juicy (and nicely polished) tannins, fresh acidity and a herby, savoury finish.
A very proper classic Chianti - finally balanced after all these super hot vintages. — 2 years ago

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9.3

The 2021 Il Guercio is 100% Sangiovese from Lamole. Vinification and aging in cement yielded an especially stark but expressive wine that is so distinctive. Crushed flowers, spice, lavender, mint and orange peel are all beautifully lifted. A touch of stems adds aromatic breadth, but they aren’t especially evident. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, July 2024)
— 4 months ago

Big Wave Dave

9.0

With a steak — 2 years ago

Milo Patter

9.0

2019 red wine. Organic. Balanced and easy to drink. — 2 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.4

Got two bottles with dinner. Definitely some variation. The leather, earth, herbs was present in both. One had more fresh fruit with cherry and currant while the other was more dried and savory. Both outstanding value for 9 year old Sangiovese. The amazing food also helps! — 2 years ago

Mark Mannebach

8.9

Red cherry up front but full finish. Lighter side — 6 months ago

Jay Kline

9.4

Puntodivista is a single-vineyard located in the village of Lamole, Greve in Chianti. Here, the vineyards are some of the highest elevation in all of Chianti Classico. Puntodivista is 600m above sea-level and planted to old-vine Sangiovese and “some other local varieties”. 2015 was Jurij’s first vintage working with the fruit from this vineyard and he hit an absolute piss-missile on the first pitch.

Poured into a decanter about an hour before service. In the glass, the 2015 Puntodivista presents a deep ruby with a near opaque core. Medium viscosity with no perceptible staining of the tears and some faint signs of sediment. On the nose, the wine is developing and OMG, ever so Italian!! So yeah, it’s got some VA and it’s absolutely gorgeous with notes of dark cherries, blood orange zest, flower shop, some barnyard, tobacco, pu-erh tea, dried Italian herbs, and wet rocks. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The texture is silky and fit. The finish is long and has a ferrous-cherry sort of thing going for it. This is stunning. I can’t get over the nose. The aromatics are off the chart. So lovely right now but this certainly has a long life ahead. The production of Puntodivista is minuscule with 500-600 bottles made depending on the vintage but holy smokes, the nose is worth the effort to seek out alone. Drink now and through 2035+. — 8 months ago