Antonio Camillo

Antonio Vallana e Figlio

Colline Novaresi Nebbiolo 2000

Floral, tarry, delicate candied red fruits as well, great acidity and balance, likely very close to fully mature, but the combination of delicacy and depth is intoxication, great old Spanna!! — 5 months ago

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Tom Casagrande

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Vallana is always solid.
Doug Powers

Doug Powers

@Tom Casagrande, I agree, I haven’t seen these in the marketplace much, I just posted on a 2003, and also have a few bottles of 1996 Boca left. But, your quality assessment is spot on!!
jason carey DipWSET

jason carey DipWSET

I love Vallana

Bodegas Antonio Candela Winery

Parcelica Chica Yecla Monastrell Syrah

Great wine, really enjoyed this one. 85% monastrell and 15% Syrah blend. Very unique — 7 months ago

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Jose Antonio Garcia

Unculín Bierzo Mencia 2019

Ripe blackberry and black cherry, powerful without being heavy on the palate, tart black cherry, a little black pepper bite, and lingering gravelly tannins.
#underthecellar
— 10 months ago

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Donati Camillo

Il Mio Lambrusco

Medium to heavy side. Happy birthday to me. — a year ago

Antonio Vallana e Figlio

Gattinara Nebbiolo 2007

Excellent mature Nebbiolo.....bittersweet sour cherries and coarse tannins — 6 years ago

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Antonio Barbadillo

Aged 15 Years Obispo Gascon Palo Cortado Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Palomino Fino 1821

If I remember right the solera used has wine much older than 15 yrs. thinking back this has a saline knife in its taste that could either taste hot or like a fine whiskey depending on your palate. New label btw. — 6 years ago

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Owen Mazon

Owen Mazon

You can taste the sea crashing against the shores of your palette with each sip. Remarkable geographical experience.
9.3

Antonio Madeira

Vinhas Velhas Dão Red Blend 2021

Mary H
9.0

Very fresh nose - green vines and fresh air, a bit of acetone. Red fruit, nice but not terribly complex. — 6 months ago

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Antonio Vallana e Figlio

Spanna Colline Novaresi Nebbiolo 2019

Wow, this is spectacular! Plenty of life ahead of it, too. The wine is a very pale brick color. It is fresh and vibrant, but beautifully complex. Red sour cherries, juicy and acidic, leather, mint, a little dust on the rose petals. Medium plus on the tannins. I would love to have this with a lot more age. Should be a great wine for a charcuterie spread, and at $19 I feel like a highway robber.
Listening to Benjamin Gibbard and Jay Farrar
— 7 months ago

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Doug Powers

Doug Powers

@Dave, I knew zippo about this producer until maybe 16-18 years ago. There was an importer/retailer east of California where I purchased bottles of 1996/2000/2003 Vallana wines, I have a few left, but they seem somewhat immortal (I guess Nebbiolo is the key). I also purchased four vintages of the early 2000s Wynns Black Label Cabs from the same source (all sub-US$15), which I thoroughly enjoyed — @Bob McDonald could fill in on what a bargain those wines always are!!!
Dave

Dave

@Doug Powers , your stories never disappoint, and I don't know how you can remember so many wines with such clarity. I can barely remember what I've had this year without looking at my notes.
Bob McDonald

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@Doug Powers You are right Doug. Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world’s great wine bargains. Can’t remember exactly but now with a heritage of over 50 vintages.

Cantine Antonio Caggiano

Macchia dei Goti Taurasi Aglianico 2019

Received from Italy - I enjoy Aglianico wines and this did not disappoint. — a year ago

Donati Camillo

Il Mio Trebbiano dell'Emilia 2020

Waxy unctuous but dry. Citrus peel and zest at first then apricot and salty cantaloupe towards the finish. A delightfully dry skin contact pet nat with just a touch of RS. — 4 years ago

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Morgante

Don Antonio Sicilia IGT Nero d'Avola 2015

Cathy Corison
8.9

Very developed for its age. Earth. Dried herbs. Some shriveled fruit. — 6 years ago

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Cantina Ar.Pe.Pe.

Riserva Sant' Antonio Grumello Valtellina Superiore Nebbiolo 2009

These are some of my favorite Mountain Nebbiolo. ArPePe actually ages the Riserva before releasing. — 6 months ago

Antonio Barbadillo

Castillo de San Diego Palomino Fina 2021

ESF
8.9

ask the wine guy for something unusual, something off the beaten path and he recommends this delicious dry 100% Palomino w/some bottle age: definitely a food wine, light greenish straw color w/fairly austere nose full of minerals, lanolin, herbaceous musk, white flowers (jasmine), ginger & some spices. on palate it is rigid & angular, zesty acidity, some citrus but mostly minerals & herbs, quinine, screams for briny foods - we had this w/deli section fare & salad. — 8 months ago

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Antonio Vallana e Figlio

Cuvée Bernardo Vallana Spanna Nebbiolo

Nate Wall
9.0

Excellent cooler-climate styled Nebbiolo. Great acidity, texture and length. Nice herbal / black tea undertones with cherry fruit on top. Yum. — a year ago

Line Shack Winery

San Antonio Valley Petite Sirah 2013

14.8% abv. Tasty. Dark thick fruits taste. Intense but pleasant. — 4 years ago

Bodegas Antonio Candela Winery

Parcelica Grande "La Francesita" Monastrell Blend 2016

Great value at $10. Drank with strip steaks. Well balanced for an inexpensive wine. — 6 years ago

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