Jay Kline

9.4

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple of days. This was gorgeous on Day 1 and was even more remarkable on Day 2. The 2019 “Chiesamonti”, which comes from a small plot in Castelnuovo Berardenga that used to be blended into Cinque (5), pours a slightly hazy garnet color with transparent core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with heady notes of Morello cherry, richly varnished wood, red ripe licorice, red flowers, the stems of those red flowers, dried herbs, and dry organic earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose, the finish is long and almost decadent for a “Chianti Classico”, even if it’s not labeled as such. This is stunning. Yes, there’s a fair amount of VA but this is Italy we’re taking about and the quality is out of this world. Drink now through 2039. — 20 hours ago

K L

9.0

Good but nothing to write home about. Kurt club wine. — 2 years ago

with Matt

Jim McGarry

9.0

Good nose … no boogies — 3 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2019 | vibrant pleasure | biowine — 4 years ago

MaJ CappS

8.9

Smells of fresh alpine flowers growing amongst the cliff sides of Some European trail I shall hike someday.

Bone dry, wild strawberry, flint, river stone, dried dark cherry.

A lovely wine from a grape I have never heard of, until now.
— 6 years ago

John Osgood

9.5

The perfect pizza wine. — 8 years ago

Carolyn McLaren

10

Grapefruit and peach — a month ago

Katherine Cambouris

9.3

Cooking at home, very easy to drink and tasty — 6 months ago

Ericsson

9.0

WEST3 London. Very good wine. — 10 months ago

Nikolay

9.2

Great white wine with very rich fruity taste. — 3 years ago

Wilf Gobert

9.2

The full body, bold taste lingers on your palette so you can savour the strong flavour long after you swallow. July 2022 — 4 years ago

Anthony De Blasi

9.4

Fantastic Puglia Salento wine with mainly Negroamaro grapes. Will still improve with further cellaring — 5 years ago

Doggfather

9.1

A great expression of Emilia–Romagna Sangiovese. On par with a Chianti Classico Riserva but at fraction of price. — 7 years ago

Alan Snitow

9.2

Today best in order 09,10,16,19 but ‘16 will be amazing — 6 months ago

Michael Centanni

9.1

Very young — 9 months ago

with Clare

Big Wave Dave

9.4

Deep ruby. Dark sweet plum, salty and floral. The palate is med-full bodied, med acidity, soft-med tannin. There is a dark savoury element that gives the wine gravitas. Beautiful balance. Power without weight. Powerful and beautiful. — 3 years ago

Brent Clayton

8.9

Threw a few of these in the cellar just to see what would happen. Finally coming into its own in Hour 2. Dark blue black fruits, nice acidity, balanced. Really nice. Great for Sunday pasta and red sauce. — 4 years ago

Joshua Pulsifer

9.1

color: pale gold
aroma: mandarin orange, hay, bread dough, hyacinth, mushroom
flavor: light honey, mandarin orange, cherry tomato, jasmine tea, mulch

aroma: medium
acidity: medium
body: med
tannin: med light

funky almost to a fault. at first sniff, i almost thought it might have been corked. however, it develops into something really quite special. the longer i sit with it, the more i want. — 4 years ago

Nishith Jobanputra

9.0

Winestone. — 6 years ago

Jody Scharf

9.1

Dried cherries. Some spice. I like — 8 years ago