Jay Kline

9.2

Opened a couple of hours before service. The 2001 “Rabaja” pours a garnet color with a translucent core and fairly significant rim variation; medium+ viscosity with light staining of the tears and significant sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of ripe and desiccated, red fruit: Morello cherry, dried red flowers, truffle, old leather bound books, a mix of organic and inorganic earth and a pleasant blend of cool and warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with high tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose where there’s a bit of a Maillard reaction with the fruit showing a touch more stewed. The finish is medium+. Drink now after a couple hours in the decanter but should drink well through 2031. — 5 months ago

Carter White

9.4

Dark fruit, tobacco, smooth and deep. Great value! — 6 months ago

Brian S

9.3

This bottle was fing delicious, just beautiful. — 6 months ago

Joe DAscoli

9.6

Acker birthday auction. An experience. Super concentrated. — 7 months ago

Victor Rauch

9.6

A great wine in a great place. — 8 months ago

Rob N

9.8

Herbal red fruit, menthol — 10 months ago

Juan Cerda

9.5

An experience. Intense morello and crimson fruit with lithe structure and a mushroomy edge. Memorable meal. — a year ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.2

Friday night pasta wine — 5 months ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.2

Very good! No formal notes. I found it quite sauvignon blanc driven. — 5 months ago

Freek Welter

9.4

If this is the ‘pretaste’ of what the baroli 2013 will be……👏🏻👏🏻 — 6 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.4

Quite deep garnet , just a hint of ruby and a wide garnet , terracotta rim. Touches of chestnut , dark fruits , earthy liquorice , dry spice and black tea . On the palate this is very classically styled , with dark liquorice tinged blackberry, raspberry , spiced black tea and menthol tinged good long length finish . Balanced acaidity and quite high , grippy tannins. With time this is beginning to show quite well , but will not doubt improve over the next 5 perhaps 10 years and last well a further 10 . Really quite classic and imposing in style , but detailed and complex. — 7 months ago

Anthony Pro

9.5

Perfect. It’s perfect. — 9 months ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.4

The BEST freisa — a year ago

Steven Heydemann

9.1

A second carry over from the prior evening. — 5 months ago

Brian S

9.5

I love this producer whatever they make. So alive, fresh and beautiful. Could drink this all night! — 5 months ago

Julia Indik

9.3

Opens with a smoky, complex layering of cherries with dark chocolate, figs, and carob. Tannins are smooth and carried by a moderate acidity to finish. — 6 months ago

with Robert

Alvaro Bustillos

9.5

Piazza Duomo acker — 7 months ago

Timothy Eustis

Wine Director, Red Lion Inn

9.5

Pretty. Bright red fruit. Impossibly long finish. 2008 — 8 months ago

Lev Lavrichtchev

9.4

Aug 2025: aeration in open bottle for 2 hours while sipping. Great representation of Nebbiolo, traditional style, Barolo-like. Very deep and powerful, superb. Still potential for further aging — 9 years ago

Fabio Franchella

9.1

Der wein war fast so tiefgründig wie der abend. Take care, Kathrin! — a year ago

with Kathrin