Another wine I bought from Garagiste but then was shocked when it came in that it was 15.5%. So I waited to have it with a very rich Italian braised chuck roast, and hoped that the body and alcohol would cut through the richness of the food. Bingo! It was an inspired pairing. The nose is complex, with macerated plum, leather, humus, baking spice, violets. In the mouth the alcohol is prominent, but the flavors are relatively intense and not jammy. This really needs a rich braised meat dish to not seem jarringly out of balance. I’ll give it a 9.1, but with that caveat. — 2 months ago
Fruity, great with pasta, not dry not sweet — 3 months ago
Nice tannins. Medium body. — 7 days ago
Punchy dark cherry, juicy. — a month ago
Solid valpolicella — 2 months ago
Light and fruity, but smooth. Like a bigger Pinot Noir. Vanessa loved (May 2024) — 6 months ago
had it at corso wine dinner. balanced. easy to drink. medium body. had it with polenta with cured egg yolk. mushroom and veal@bolognese — a month ago
Bolder than expected. Dry and slightly acidic, with tobacco, plum, and cherry notes. Will get again. — 2 months ago
So talkative in the dried fruit realm—prunes, figs, dried cranberry and figs. The palate has a super texture, slightly grabby tannins but in the way you want to be grabbed, like at the end of a hug on a really good first date. GRAB ME tannins! These do, but politely, and you want them to because they are fine-grained if assertive. The dried fruit plays nicely with cocoa powder and freeze-dried espresso granules (smell them, you’ll see). REALLY good. It grows more herbal with time, too. — 3 months ago
Sagee Aran
Medium body, full of fruit flavour. Good nose and structure. — 13 days ago