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. — 2 days ago

Brad Jensen

8.9

Very silky with nice acidity, great Sangiovese but kinda pricey. — 2 years ago

Bonnie Chu

9.0

Sicilian doc tasting 🇮🇹 🍷 direct press rose — 3 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

Joanie Neumayer

9.7

Love this for a holiday sip and of course I use it in my Giovanna desserts🇮🇹⛄️🍒🍎 we spend a month a year in this area... — 6 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

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.0

Severely mineral and impressively concentrated, with grilled nuts, yellow fruits and a clean, stony aromatic profile. The palate is crisp, dense and textured, with terrific mineral intensity, excellent freshness and very little overt fruit, almost carrying the structural energy of a light red wine. Long, clean and distinctive. — a month ago

K L

9.0

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

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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

Brandon Chew

9.1

So damn good — 5 years ago

Vasanth Balakrishnan

8.9

This 2018 #pinotgrigio is just as sophisticated as the 2015 I drank a few years ago. Citrus, green orchard fruit, wet stone aromas with slight white flower undertones, a fleshier weight on the palate, mineral layers. This PG gets more expressive and enjoyable as it warms up in the glass. #wsjwineclub — 6 years ago

Jody Scharf

9.1

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

Alan Snitow

9.2

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

Russ Kujan

9.0

2023 vintage. Easy to drink. Blackberries and oregano in the nose. Well made wine with Dried blackberries, a little smoky bacon, marjoram, the tannin here is balanced with acid. I get savory and meaty flavors. — 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 — 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

Joseph Castine

9.4

Box wine good — 7 years ago

John Osgood

9.5

The perfect pizza wine. — 8 years ago