romo

9.4

Thoroughly impressive at 16. The balance is off the charts. Makes me want pasta.. a lot! - at Archer — 7 days ago

brando cox

9.2

21 years old. Drinking 2005 in 2026. One of the best QPR wines out there. A classic Old World Rioja offering unbelievable quality for the price. Visually, it pours a deep, dark ruby. The nose is rich with seductive burnt oak, dark berries, and smooth vanilla.
On the palate, it delivers a soft, well-balanced light-to-medium body bursting with red and black fruit, sweet cocoa, and a subtle green touch. It closes with a solid medium-plus fruity finish.
This 2005 vintage has plenty of life left to improve for years — 3 days ago

Fin Jams

9.2

Quintessential Rioja. Rounded ard the edges. Tertiary notes are out to play — 23 days ago

Juan I. Pareja

9.4

Fantastic vintage! — 17 days ago

John Van Trijp

10

100/100 Parker tasting — a month ago

Anthony Pro

9.1

Classic. Can’t be beat for the price. — 2 months ago

Tim O’Brien

9.6

Chianti Classico with our engagement label - VERY yummy with prime rib for last meal in Oaklan — 2 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

vintage 2023 | strawberry fruit and spicyness, good balance | paired with chili con carne — 10 days ago

Mark Mannebach

9.0

Bright red fruit up front with a nice finish — 15 days ago

Shangliao Sun

9.0

Zesty nose, good body and acidity. — 17 days ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.3

💯 for the privilige and the scarcity. Incomparable nose of chocolate figs, dates and raisins. Port/sherry notes! On the palate this is very lively, yet quite acidic.
To me, this is more intriguing and interesting than tasty… — a month ago

ESF

9.0

QPR out the wazoo - really delicious as a wine, but does not speak to Chianti. Mass produced for the crowds, smooth well- balanced and dare I say somewhat elegant: definitely fruit forward with oozing dark brooding berried fruit & cherry galore, vanilla & gentle subtle spice. Go #costcowines — 2 months ago

R D B

9.3

Good Chianti. Blackberry and fruit notes with some acidity. Finished nicely. — 2 months ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.1

Year in, year out, this is my fav Chianti Classico. To me it captures all what I look for in a good every day Sangiovese - freshness, a bit of tannic edge, juicy flow, a savory sweetness to the fruit. And food friendliness!
Enticing nose with red cherries, a bit of wet undergrowth & turned earth, a bit of tomato leaf, a flowery whiff. Joyful!
Medium bodied on the palate with great energy & flow. The tannins present, a touch rustic, but in a nice way, the acidity juicy & vibrant. Nice depth and long finish.
So drinkable but also has some seriousness to it.
Love Monsanto! — 3 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

vintage 2023 | spicy, cedar, frivoluous, a very good effort — 10 days ago

Conrad Green

9.6

very plush and open. Broad plush plummy fruit. Underbrush and a developed inky mineral. Soft around the edges with dried cherry and touches of leather and licorice. Gorgeous and long — 15 days ago

with Bex and David

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Sour cherries, plum, blackberries & baked strawberries, softened cedar, dry tobacco w/ ash, leather, dry crushed rocks, dry soil, dark spice box, anise, tarriness, more dark chocolate but some milk chocolate, caramel notes, withering dark & red flowers with dry red roses, nice acidity and still showing firm structure/tension, well balanced and plush 90 second finish.

Has another 7-10 yrs ahead.

@Bella Saratoga - dinner before “America” at the Mtn. Winery. — a month ago

John Van Trijp

9.6

100/100 Parker tasting — a month ago

Anthony Pro

9.0

Great bottle, great vintage. — a month ago

Tom Casagrande

8.9

375ml. Nose has crunchy black cherry fruit, and the characteristic earthiness of the region has taken on a slightly animal, feral quality in this iteration. Savory and relatively full in the mouth. A little drying and bitter at the end of the finish. — 2 months ago