Joel Lara

9.5

This is a powerful, full bodied wine with an intensely complex, savory flavor profile. Eucalyptus, pine, sage, cloves, and allspice are all present with some slight hints of leather, smoke, and bitter cocoa in the background. The fruit veers more towards dark fruit and dried fruit, with black currants, dark cherry, prunes, and dried figs coming through, but to me this wine is more about the non-fruit flavors. Over time the tannins become more noticeable and provide grip along with a dry finish, but the high acidity and saturated flavor profile help balance out the tannins. I loved this wine. Such interesting flavors and paired beautifully with both rack of lamb and dry aged ribeye. — a day ago

Stuart Pollack

9.4

Lovely Sagrantino. Gets much better after one-hour decant. So much flavor. Powerful and strong, with pepper and bright red fruit. Tannins are all smooth already. — 6 months ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Paolo Bea dinner at Semo. All wines were prepared by opening and slow-ox, prior to service. Abbreviated notes due to the setting. The 2017 Pipparello pours a garnet color with funky Montmorency cherry, red carnations, and balsamic notes. Wonderful structure and delicious with the quail. Drink now with patience through 2037. Bottle No. 642/9930 — 7 months ago

Marcel Van Duinen

9.2

Ook enkele uren na opening en decanteren een mondvol tannines. Een 8,9. Na 2 dagen begon de wijn uit deze magnum toch wel erg goed te smaken (9,2) en op dag 3 dacht ik: top druif die Sagrantino, goed voor 9,5 punten! — 8 months ago

Jeff Gross

9.0

Oggi Tratoria in Chicago with family night before Thanksgiving 2025 — 9 months ago

Jeffrey Woo

9.2

Deep ruby hue. Notes of blackberry, olives, pepper, and tar. Full tannins and high acidity. Superb with meats. — 3 years ago

WC Fields

9.4

Hand carried back from Italy. Worth the effort. Worth the wait. Exquisite. — 3 months ago

RobertoS

9.1

Perfetto con filetto! — 3 months ago

Jason Sliwa

9.0

Still constrained. Overall fairly balanced but fruit should be more… — 3 months ago

with Vicki

Jay Kline

9.5

Paolo Bea dinner at Semo. All wines were prepared by opening and slow-ox, prior to service. Abbreviated notes due to the setting. The 2019 Cerrete is a veritable abyss: deep, dark, dense and mysterious. Dark cherry, licorice, blood and sneaky high tannin. So young. I thought this worked well with the venison. Almost impossible to believe this is 15.5%; everything is so balanced. Drink now through 2049. Bottle No. 161/9639 — 7 months ago

Joe Fischer

9.5

After hearing of Arnaldo’s passing today, we decided to have a bottle of the 25th anniversary bottle. This is really a great wine for such a difficult grape…a masterpiece. Dark ruby red with aromas of dark cherry, blueberry, plum, tobacco, and stew fruits. On the bud, it luscious and smooth. The tannins are present, but just right. The finish is long. Cherry, licorice, and stewed fruit flavor. — 7 months ago

Sara Urquidez

9.2

Deep red color with a hint of purple. Medium legs, medium body and very balanced without any sediment. First nose of cherry with a hint of violet and spice. Easy drinking with cherry, raspberry, red fruits with a bit of earthiness and a hint of vanilla. Polished and finishes beautifully.

Purchased at Bocale winery — 9 months ago

Xiao Qian

9.9

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WC Fields

9.2

Continues to be one of my favorite Italian reds. Extremely food friendly. — 3 months ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.5

Love this wine. Medium body, spicy, cinnamon, salty. — 3 months ago

Aleksei Snitsarenko

9.5

Очень вкусное вино! Чуть пригарчивает, чуть рябины, чуть фруктов. Очень понравилось — 6 months ago

Jay Kline

9.6

Paolo Bea dinner at Semo. All wines were prepared by opening and slow-ox, prior to service. Abbreviated notes due to the setting. The wines of Paolo and Giampiero Bea are very special to me and I am grateful to have enjoyed so many of them, over the years. However, the Passito is extremely rare and this is my first encounter. The 2011 pours a garnet color with a most interesting and attractive nose of Castelvetrano olives, dark cherry, salmiakki, and palo santo. I would categorize this as off-dry; certainly not sweet. There’s excellent structure too so that may play a role in my perception of sugar. Perhaps the profile varies from vintage to vintage however, if this is representative, I could see myself going well out of my way to drink this. Brilliant. Drink now through 2036. Bottle No. 1716/3699 — 7 months ago

Theo Shu

9.2

Mushrooms, funk, pepper, medium acidity. I would drink all the time. — 8 months ago

with Dominique

Chris Hiromura

9.2

Great value, soft tannins and earthy notes with nice aging. Enjoyed in 2025 — 10 months ago

Stuart Peisner

9.1

Deep color, great structure and tannins. A very good red wine not well known but one of my favorites. — 3 years ago