Bonnie Chu

9.3

Chianti Classico tasting 🇮🇹 @ Ai Fiori — 2 months ago

Diana Cohen

9.3

Pepper, leather, cherry notes. full flavor but not sweet finer on the mouth. Very good We had at felsina winery Tuscany — 7 months ago

Severn G

8.9

2021 | Red Blend
(55% Merlot / 35% Syrah / 10% Sangiovese)
Gaja; Ca'Marcanda Promis
Tuscany; Bolgheri, Maremma, Italy
(88-90; Drink 2025-31)

A last minute substitution for a likely flawed bottle of Fèlsina Rancia...Just one of many chances we take when buying wines on the secondary market. 🤷🏻‍♂️ — 2 years ago

J. Kim

9.1

Denser, weightier than Felsina but also shallower. The structure is simpler and the aroma is not as lively. Has subtle authentic perfume, just not as appealing as Felsina. — 8 years ago

Byron Hewett

8.9

Tasty, but I would like it more if it didn’t have Cabernet Sauvignon in it and if they used less oak. Pretty rich and ripe. I prefer Felsina, Fontodi, Monsanto, Castell’in Villa, Rampolla, Isole e Olena and San Giusto a Rentennano to this! — 8 years ago

boyd

9.1

Super solid sipping bubbles from felsina. Beginning of a fun night. — 11 years ago

Aran Healy

Partner Ruby WIne, Carlotta Cellars, Thistle Cellars

10

Learned a lot tonight. Varnelli is industrial, this is artisanal. — 11 years ago

Cathy Levy

9.2

Beautiful wine. Felsina does not disappoint.
— 4 months ago

Diana Cohen

9.2

Pepper not to heavy good tanins . Smooth nice with grilled meats . We had at felsina winery Tuscany — 7 months ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Presented double-blind at Tasting Group. The wine pours a garnet color with a transparent core and showing some rim variation; medium+ viscosity with light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of ripe and desiccated red fruits: lightly stewed Bing cherry, strawberry, some funky horse blanket, red flowers, leather, green herbs, dry rocky earth and old wood. There was also a little bit of VA. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and freaking delicious. The alcohol seems a little elevated.

Initial conclusions: this could be a Sangiovese, Grenache (or based blend), Nebbiolo or Pinot Noir from Italy, France, or Spain. Because there was some light staining, I eliminated Nebbiolo and because the structure was so stout, I also eliminated Pinot Noir. I just felt like this reminded me of a Chianti Classico Riserva with a lot of age…from a producer like Felsina. So, that’s where I’m at for my final: Sangiovese, from Italy, Toscano, Chianti Classico, Riserva with 25+ years of age; call it 1995 since I have some reference there. Daaaaaymn!!!! 2014 Cuvée Laurence?! This tastes more mature (not too old or anything) than a recent 2014 Cuvée Réservée but maybe that’s due to the extra year in foudre? I got caught in the “triangle of death” but should have clued into the elevated alcohol a little better. Regardless…this is delicious. The structure is incredible! Drink now with patience and through 2039. — a year ago

Keegan Brochu

9.4

Delicious! Takes me back to tasting it at Felsina last year! — 8 years ago

Doctor No

9.0

Beautiful, resolved nose of dark cherry and well-integrated oak. Lovely secondary flavors and highly aromatic. In a good place. Reminds me of Felsina Fontalloro — 10 years ago

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9.0

I liked it a lot, but the other two thought the tannins were still a bit too prominent. We did all agree that the '06 Felsina Riserva was better tonight. — 11 years ago

Diana Cohen

9.3

Had at felsina wondering Tuscany . Fennel cherry flavor complex and easy to drink , not to heavy — 7 months ago

Diana Cohen

9.2

Nice desert wine , hazelnut honey a touch of citrus. Very nice desert wine . Not to sweet . 14.5 percent alcohol. We had at felsina winery . — 7 months ago

Billy L.

9.2

Felsina 🇮🇹 Winery Lunch & Tasting: — 3 years ago

Matti Jokelainen

8.9

Quite dark ruby color. Nose kind of follows with darker berry and cherry notes, musky/earthy element and some oak. On the palate wine is midweight+, suprisingly open and like nose suggested rather dark toned compared to what I've used to from this bottling. Had to check if I grabbed a Felsina CC instead of this. Anyway a solid CC in the making — 5 years ago

Jakub Kalinowski

8.9

Golden amber in colour,, with rancia & oxidative notes in the forefront and some hay and ripe apricot in the back. Nice acidity with nutty aromas, high drinkability. Not unlike a dry sherry, without the steering acidity. Interesting. — 8 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.3

Illo, a Magnum charity bottling from Felsina. According to the label, a selection of the best barrels of Rancia, Fontalloro, and Maestro Raro. Based on the dates it looks like it was aged for about 40 months before release. — 11 years ago

JohnQ Boxler

Sales Berkeley Wine Company

9.3

Malartic-Lagravière 1985 Rouge. Garnet with some bricking. Dried flowers, a bit of funk (good) autumn leaves (spicy) tiny hint of oak. Faintest touch of VA. Tannins nicely resolved. Medium/light body. Silky. Good acid. Still holding fruit, more red than black, animale, touch of rancia, still holding a ripe sweetness. A beautiful sort of classical decay. Lovely. Re-buy. — 11 years ago