Matt Ragan

9.4

AMAZING! A Justin Vann special! — a month ago

with Shelley

aisforalan

8.9

was hoping for some funk. still highly quaffable, but not as interesting as expected. 6/09/24 — 6 months ago

David Kline

9.1

Age has turned this 2010 magnum coffee-chocolate brick brown, but if memory serves this is an appassimento, Amarone-esque wine. It shows raisin and plum behind grill notes and black tobacco, fig and date. Tart dried cherry palate echoes tobacco, espresso and offers a cassis note. Earthy and bold. This wine exudes muscle, but does not lean on a Jammy-ness or blowsy-ness to deliver it. Really different, and singular.



#giovannatantini #tantini #ettore #rosso #rossoveronese #igt #italianwines #2010 — a year ago

Jay Kline

9.4

Splash decanted about 15min prior to service; enjoyed over the course of a couple of hours and with a variety of fare. The 2020 “Le Trame” could by all rights be labeled “Chianti Classico” as the fruit is all sourced from Castelnuovo Berardenga and aged more than an enough prior to release. However, Giovanna chooses to use the IGT designation and honestly, who cares because this is awesome stuff. The wine pours a deep garnet color with medium+ viscosity, moderate staining and some signs of light sediment. On the nose, the wine is developing with heady notes of Morello cherry, black tea, licorice, and dry stony earth. There’s definitely some VA too but that eventually blows off with about 30min of air. On the palate, the wine is bone dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. This is already quite the charmer; there is just something about these wines from Podere La Boncie that I find to be so wonderful, so soulful. Drink now with some patience and through 2035. — 4 months ago

Joe DAscoli

9.3

Beautiful white with really nice brightness and a hint of sweetness with the fruit and floral notes but not sugary at all. — 7 months 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 — 2 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.1

Fairly light, but delicious! Beginning to show early signs of age. #heirloomcafe — 5 months ago

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9.5

The 2021 Chiesamonti is a potent, full-bodied wine that is going to need time to unwind. Herbs, wildflowers, spice, leather and menthol build in this backward, potent red from Le Boncie. There’s plenty of stuffing and textural intensity in this deep, resonant wine. I can't wait to see how it ages. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, July 2024)
— 5 months ago

Nikolay

9.2

Great white wine with very rich fruity taste. — a year 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.
— 4 years ago