Andrey V Tyutin

8.9

A little bit too sweet at first approach. — 21 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.1

2020 vintage. The overwrought 2018 vintage got the Wine Spectator wine of year honor whilst the 2019 showed better oomph and aging qualities. This was nice and pretty but lacking in either long-term structure or roided up, meaty goodness. 03.12.25 — 11 days ago

Wilson Lee

10

Excellent medium bodied dry red. Had with lasagna and paired spectacularly. — 16 days ago

Bruce Leboff

9.3

Nice. Classic. Smooth and elegant - still with some racy grip on the palate. Super long finish. Drinking really well. — 14 days ago

with David

Andrew Cullimore

9.2

Tasted blind . Medium deep , garnet core , garnet rim . Quite sweet spiced nose , slightly deeper cherry , riper slightly less fresh . Black tea . On the palate this is deeper and richer , more extracted in style . Darker cherry , blackberry , quite high acidity but slightly drying tannins . This is quite intense and with lots of presence, reasonably long , dry spice , dried dark cherry finish . Really quite young . Needs more time , better in 3-5 years and will last well a further 5-10 — 5 days ago

Scott Soren

9.6

Sangiovese at its finest. When the Tuscan sun kisses Sangiovese grapes, this is what you can get. Stunning. Age worthy, and this wine should be in any serious Italian collection — a month ago

David White

9.0

Ruby to garnet in glass at 10 yrs tannins have softened and it’s elegant on palate quite balanced with reasonable finish — a month ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.1

Tasted blind . Medium garnet , garnet, terracotta rim . Quite spicy, cedar, red cherry. Quite ripe cherry , cedar and cut herbs . Fresh acidity , quite sweet on the palate , ripe tannins . Ok length . Medium bodied , won’t need that much more time . From now and over the next 10 years . — 5 days ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.3

Soft, plush, low acidity, brown spices, round and gentle.
Served blind, it made me call Priorat….
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— 8 days ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of several hours and this gained momentum as the minutes rolled by. The 2016 “San Valentino” pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of ripe black and red fruits: black berries, black plum, Morello cherry, spiced meat, old wood, varnish, cumin and dry earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long, tangy and slightly savory. These are showing very well at this stage and I don’t expect that to change for many years to come. Drink now with patience (perhaps even a 30min decant) and through 2036. — 8 days ago