Dark opaque ruby red. Dense aroma of red berries cured meat, smoke, and black pepper. Smooth rich flavor that takes up your whole mouth full of red plum, oregano, and steak. It’s followed by a flash of tannins that slowly crescendos. Beautiful by itself but then drank with pan seared del Monaco steaks and then the meat notes really came through. — 2 years ago
So summer. Fizzy, toasty, bright — 4 years ago
20230512 Rest. Polpetta Monaco with Wakano had Chateaubriand with it.
Know for over 20 years ago when living in Monaco
Ok wine for price of €30.00 — 2 years ago
Well, I couldn’t celebrate Ferrari’s lack of victory today in Monaco, so I decided to try Italy’s Ferrari sparkling wine. It’s very nice. Aromas of stone fruit and yeast. On the bud, apple, pear, tartness, minerality, and a nice long finish. — 3 years ago
Mineral, yeasty, strawberry! — 4 years ago
Champagne with 24 karat gold. We drank a lot of this in Monaco and didn’t get a headache. Is it the gold that helped?! — 6 years ago
20230512 Rest. Polpetta Monaco with Wakano
Very nice Rose, slightly fruity with a full bouquet at the end.
Not sweet but nice volume.
Super for price.
€ 34.00 — 2 years ago
Stand it up for a week Major sediment Winery notes, composition
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
aging
21 months in 75% new French oak
cooperage
Treuil, Sylvain, Remond, Orion, Alain Fouquet
500 Chevaux is an automobile racing term; French for “500 horsepower.” Nellcôte founder and vintner Tyler Olbres is an avid car-racing fan, and has himself driven in the Monaco Rallye for Classic Cars. This wine is a high-horsepower Cabernet, meant to be sleek, powerful, and fully able to go the distance.
LAST BOTTLE Notes,
Nellcote was an uber-pricey luxury Cab that recently closed its doors, and, after extensive tasting through all the brilliant, incredibly fine-tuned Cabernets early last year, that none other than Phillip Titus (yep, THAT Phillip Titus, the legend behind CHAPPELLET and others!) made,
— 3 years ago
Robert Ahlstrom
An absolute delight of a Sangiovese blend, well balanced, ruby, with red fruit and plums — 8 months ago