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9.4

Dreamy is the word that comes to mind as the 2018 Vigna la Miccia Marsala Superiore Oro wafts up with a decadent blend of roasted almonds and hazelnuts, complicated by gingery spice and baked peaches. This opens with a pretty inner sweetness and oily textures that are perfectly offset by notes of spiced citrus, cloves, cedar and a bitter tinge of coffee grounds. It cleans up beautifully, ridiculously long and staining yet still fresh, leaving hints of cocoa and butterscotch to linger on the finish. (Eric Guido, Vinous, June 2024)
— 6 months ago

Matt Suder

9.1

Good bang for the buck. Excellent for cooking. — 4 years ago

Brett Emerson

9.4

Pair this classically perfect 14-year-old Rioja with cheese and crackers that you share with your beautiful wife, ideally in a hotel room after you’ve been evacuated from your home for a week due to fires caused by lightning storms. Your appreciation will be elevated if you precede your wine with a few days of cooking paella for hundreds of evacuees and firefighters. If this is not a possibility, I suggest pairing your Tondonia with grilled lamb, which will play well with the wine’s tobacco, leather and cranberry notes. — 4 years ago

Dave Mayers

9.2

Was a strange experience upon popping the bottle. Classic gonan hid beneath the surface of wild acid. With a lil decant it integrated and the black olive and stone Rhône emerged. Not a flawed bottle but an expression I haven’t had before. Perfect with chicken Marsala. — 9 months ago

Aiden Peschke

9.2

sweet carmel — 2 years ago

Abigail Endsley

9.4

Very tasty! It’s crisp and fresh with a tang—but not too much of one. I can taste light fruity notes with that caramels finish. Good sipping wine to pair with cooking Christmas dinner. ;) — 4 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.0

Lemon in colour. Notes of Orange peel and Quince on nose and palate. Medium to full bodied. Refreshing uncomplicated drinking. The base wine, Grillo, used in Sicily for the fortified Marsala - a style that has fallen out of favour in recent times. Tasted again 30 weeks later on 10th May 2019 with consistent notes as above. Tasted again on 9th October 2019 with consistent notes. Also notes of old apples and quince as previous. A delicious Mediterranean white and excellent QPR. — 6 years ago

Lyn Farmer

9.1

This is a dazzling rosé on many levels - lovely pink-orange color with a heady aroma of peach, cherry, apple and lemon. Vibrant acidity, wonderful texture in the mouth and stony minerality to let it stand up to seafood, Middle Eastern cooking or a grilled trout. A food lovers dream in a glass. — a year ago

Ellen Clifford

9.1

Bent my mind which honestly, could use some yoga at least. Nuttiness is my fave tasting note but there’s Christmas and a cedar hope chest in there sluiced with some lemon zest. But my most honest review will always be my synesthesia between wine and clothes so here goes: Suede pant suit in burgundy and beige the top and bottom half of each. Bam. — 2 years ago

Kirsten Christiansen

9.3

Bought this because I needed a wine that could be used for cooking chicken but would taste good as a drink too. Succeeded on every level. — 6 years ago