Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.0

Pleasant drinker w/ some energy for under $30. Tart to slightly sour cherries, strawberries, plum, La Morra clay & limestone, red/pink roses, touch of dry herbs, fine grain tannins, more modern in style, chestnuts, dry twigs, rainfall acidity, nice wire to wire consistent experience. — a day ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.0

Medium lemon /straw . Quite ripe fruit , with apricot , peach , touch of toasty oak . Again richer and riper on the palate , with yellow fruits , quite a lot of oak , toasty notes . Ok length and intensity . Medium acidity and a creamy mouthfeel . Quite a textual wine. Well balanced , reasonable length finish. Drink from now and over the next 5 -8 years. — 5 months ago

Jay Kline

9.5

This bottle was opened several hours prior to dinner. The 2001 Riserva pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of ripe Morello cherry, red flowers, leather, black tea, and a lovely mix of cool and warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long, slightly savory and super complex. A textbook Brunello Riserva that leans on the more elegant side of the spectrum. A fabulous pairing with lombo di agnello. Drink now with patience through 2041. — 6 months ago

Alberto Cdm

9.2

Manca un po’ di sapidità ma ottimo — 4 years ago

Kristy Lamb Wong

10

Valentine’s Day — 5 years ago

D G

9.2

Heavy hitter at price point — 6 years ago

Jonathan Davidson

9.1

Outstanding nose of ripe nebbiolo fruit. A tad hot and missing a bit on the mid palate but a quality wine nevertheless — 8 years ago

Suneal Vishnupad

9.3

Good. Expensive for what it is — 24 days ago

with Kayla

J B

9.0

Very nice. At home, bought for anniversary — 3 months ago

Roberto Carli

9.5

Interesting dry vino da meditazione. It’s clocking it at 16.5% alcohol with still a barely-there touch of RS just to show it still had gas in the tank. Starts with opulent thickly layered dark fruit, concentrated and over ripe, but not jammy. The pallet opens things up by actually leading with very surprising acidity, turning fruit more red and fresh, revealing a subtle touch of sweetness and then continuing for 40+ seconds with different shades of fruit, from ripe figs to dry berries, all carried by the acidity and alcohol that never stands out of balance with the abundance of everything else. Both ridiculously out there and in balance: crazy high ripeness, crazy high alcohol, but crazy high acidity! — 5 months ago

Philip Lawson

9.0

Wonderful stuff, from a high quality producer — 3 years ago

Alexandre Pagliano

9.4

This is in a tie for the best Portuguese dry red with Pera Manca and Barca Velha. Very classical register, no new wood you can detect. Rich, bold, but complex and profound. Its in its infancy, we decanted an hour before. Its all good here and a wine we wish we had more bottles. Great stuff !!! — 4 years ago

with Adriana and Jose

Ken Z

8.9

Drank 1/10/19. Tasting event. Tasting pour.

Nose of cherry, and leather. Cherry and leather mix with earth flavors backed by medium, drying tannins Medium, drying finish. .

3/21/8/4/3 +50 =89 pts. — 7 years ago

Alan Snitow

9.3

98, 96, 09, 05 pegosos - in order of pref — 3 months ago

Stephen Fitzpatrick

9.0

Pleasantly surprised by this Nebbiolo; 2024 vintage, so a little young, but immediately hit with robust aromas of cherry, spice, and tobacco, followed by a very subtly light structured taste. Paired exceptionally well with truffle aioli and pulled beef dish. — 3 months ago

Bill Morgan

9.0

Bright red fruit — 6 months ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.2

Consistently good. — 6 months ago

Kimberly Hausman

9.0

Mature, raisins, good tannins — 4 years ago

Ricardo Bohn Goncalves

9.2

Mesa Bohn Set20 — 6 years ago

Anthony De Blasi

9.0

Younger version of the Es. Beautiful wine, very fruitdriven, still needs time to soften the sharper edges. However, a QPR which is not completely in balance... — 7 years ago

with Jeroen, Ken and 1 other