Tom Casagrande

9.0

Another big boi from this producer. Obviously uses at least a significant proportion of partially dried grapes. Fairly saturated color. Nose is rather subdued, reluctantly giving up scents of leather, underbrush, crushed rock, and dark cherry underneath all of that non-fruit stuff. In the mouth, it’s big, with initial slightly bitter, extracted notes. Tannic. Dissimilar from straight Valpos in its size and austerity. Dissimilar from Ripasso-style Valpos in that the fruit is not especially ripe or sweetish. It will go well with our stuffed shells in red sauce, but is a little challenging on its own. It occurs to me that this might fit in well in a tasting of 2017s from the left bank in Bordeaux. In other words, very atypical for a Valpo. Still, it’s pretty good, as long as you don’t harbor any expectations of typicity.

UPDATE: two nights later (using a vacuum closure), this has actually improved. Kind of amazing for a Valpo of this age. The fruit has moved closer to front-and-center, and it seem a bit more Calpo-like, though it’s still pretty large-framed. Upping score from 8.8 to 9.0. — 12 days ago

James Mitchell

8.9

Elevated yet simple go-to white wine. Bright, warm, graham cracker at the beginning. Sits easy on the back flavors. — 3 years ago

Tomas Kaudern

9.0

Fin blommighet, bra mineral, fylligt och elegant — 3 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.4

Ultimate pizza wine. It’s not what you expect from the region, but it is so lovely. Tart fruit some of it kind of tropical but also tart. There’s herbs and maybe fresh cut hay, it is so juicy and yet savory. Excellent wine and price. Great example of a natural wine changing the norm of what you think for the region. — 11 days ago

Melissa Rocco

10

Lake Como May 2022 Night 1. Smooth and super drinkable. Light flavor. Went well with pasta with mushrooms, artichokes, park — 3 years ago

Rolf Bigler

9.0

Preis: CHF 9.95 — 3 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.2

Becoming my favorite Soave wine — 6 months ago

with Sarah

Brandon Thiessen

9.1

Light, bright, juicy, delicious. Dustiness on the nose makes for a better fit with food. — 3 years ago

Lani Murray

9.0

Twin Liqours - Hutto — 3 years ago

Jordan Wardlaw

9.3

Pear, salt-preserved lemon, tarragon, honey, ginger and lovely minerality. Beautiful textural component that is balanced with rather bracing acidity. This wine has settled down considerably from a few months ago when I gave it a pass. Beautiful pairing with seafood/mushroom risotto. Outstanding. — 3 years ago