Our highly flavorful Red Blend starts with a fine wine that undergoes a secondary fermentation with raspberry juice. The result is an elegant full-bodied wine with notes of red berries with light oak and a velvety smooth finish. — 6 years ago
Excellent daiquiris. — 6 years ago
‘Cool castle bro’ label. Deep red color. Smells like old books, dry cherries and unsweetened chocolate nibs. Flavors are strange with gun-smoke tea, fancy tonic water and berry pies. Plenty dry. Chewy. Complex. Winey, like a Winesap apple. It’s not raisin-y. It could have more depth and bite perhaps, but overall it’s very enjoyable. — 7 years ago
Fairly dense red, moderately extracted pigment. Black cherry, black currant, mint and butter aromas. Fairly ripe flavors of cherry, blackberry, black currant in mouth, rounded mouthfeel, slightly tart blackberry and cranberry on finish with seed bitterness and mild skin astringency. Lactic aftertaste. After an hour, white pepper and then, 90 minutes later, cocoa emerges in the finish and aftertaste. After two hours, barrel smoke emerges. Great fruit, nothing too fancy on the winemaking end (perhaps deceptively so) but exactly what I’d want from a Lodi Italian varietal like Barbera, especially if you can decant an hour or two and wait for that white pepper and cocoa to emerge. — 7 years ago
🚨 Drop your trousers or skirt as this is a fab find that will tickle your fancy 🚨 For £20 this is a stunning bargain 🚨 Seriously I’ve not had a Chianti this good in this price range - it’s probably one of their best also 😉 One to try at this price point & I bought more 👍 Good to drink now - what you waiting for 😃 Glugtastic 💥
📍 Isole E Olena Chianti Classico 2015
🏵 91 points
🍇 80% Sangiovese, 15% Canaiolo & 5% Syrah
🍷 Clear vibrant ruby
👃 Smoked soggy oak oozes through red cherry & blackberry bramble bush w/ green leaves, raspberry & herbs - oak lovers only 😉
👄 Med body of smooth clean red cherry & blackberry w/ a red fruit undertone & hints of blueberry
🎯 Long slight dry woody blackberry, red cherry & red berry linger
— 8 years ago
Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of two hours. The 2019 pours, a pale garnet color with a transparent core; medium viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with gorgeous notes of raspberry, tart cherry, strawberry, star anise, red flowers, pine nuts, dry earth, old wood, and minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium. This is a lovely Chianti Classico that may not be fancy, but it is certainly honest. Enjoy now through 2034.  — a year ago
Got this at the fancy lookin wine store in town. The woman was really nice and she suggested this when we said we had been drinking natural wine recently. It’s really good! — 6 years ago
Unless I win the lottery, one of only ways to try fancy wines like this is to choose lesser vintages. Apparently the 2014 wasn’t one of their best years but that didn’t stop this from being a tasty glass at all. Powerful nose of red meat thrown on a wood-burning grill and equally strong portions of black plum and tea on the tongue. Tannins linger for an encore. — 6 years ago
One to save. Too tired to be fancy with describing it. — 7 years ago
We went to the fancy tasting rooms and the wines were meh. We went to the cheap and cheerful room at Freycinet and it was kapow! Great wine! — 2 years ago
Great, double check both — 4 years ago
Sure you could make a fancy drink but I like it as is. A perfect sipping vermouth...so lovely. — 5 years ago
Classic, rustic Nebbiolo. Nothing fancy, but certainly enjoyed. Needed a lengthy decant which I did not give it. Will be interesting to see how this develops over the next several years. Rating may very well improve. — 7 years ago

Lambrusco is the perfect warm weather wine. This has the nose of dirt (that is a good thing) and the palate of lavender, cherry🍒, olives and cured meat. Speaking of cured meat, this fizzy red (serve chilled for optimal perfection) is 👌 with Sopresatta , Finocchiona and Prosciutto. Also, some fancy cheese (dinner is served-you’re welcome💁🏻♀️). Oh and the label is sewn and possibly denim so that’s pretty cool. A.must.try. — 7 years ago
Tree Kilpatrick
Fancy stuff for the World Cup. Maybe the best champagne I’ve had. Smells toasty and slightly bread like. Flavors are citrus and saline. Bright and delicate. Lovely. — 3 months ago