Cigna Vicini - 65% Syrah 35% Cabernet Sauvignon blend deep red with pleasant nose. Smooth and well balanced with mouthwatering acids and gentle lingering finish. Layers of flavor - oak & leather in the background with cherry & raspberry with mild spiciness. This blend is becoming one of my favorites from Monte de Oro. — 4 years ago
drank with Giuliana, L+V - fizzy and funky. great to drink. — 5 years ago
50% blend each of estate reserve Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. Approachable on opening with dark cherry and some spice on the nose. The palate is earthy with dark cherry, blackberry, and a bit of huckleberry tartness tossed in for mouthwatering effect. There is an underlying earthiness with dried leaves and undergrowth that grows with a moderately long finish. Lots of layers to this. I could mistake this for an old world wine with the exception that this has the California denseness of flavors. — 2 years ago
Smooth, full but still light, flavorful! Another great @Danielle Steger pick — 4 years ago
DOC Wine Bar Brooklyn — 5 years ago
drank with Giuliana, L + V, funky but so great drinkable red — 5 years ago
Deliciously peachy. — 3 years ago
unconventional, earthy, very wild!! vaille, walnut, ripe apple, mild truffle or mushroom… extremely invigorating and very very long overwhelming taste… enthusiastic about the next level
2 week carbonic maceration, spontaneous fermentation in neutral oak with indigenous yeasts
Dazu: Bresse-Huhn - Morchel - Walnuss / Karotte - Sternanis - Tahiti-Vanille / Purée von Blauer Anneliese - Walnussöl — 3 years ago
Daniel P. Drake
This weekend we opened the 2018 Domenico Clerico Azienda Agricola Di Viberti Giuliana-Monforte D' Alba Barolo.
On the nose there is cherry, raspberry, cranberry, licorice, roses, clay pots and dusty soil.
On the palate there is cherry, raspberry, cranberry, anise, rose hip, leather and dried herbs.
This wine is medium to full bodied medium+ to high acidity and medium+ firm tannins that move into a long red and black fruit leathery finish. Enjoy the weekend and please stay safe and healthy. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 2 years ago