Isole e Olena

Cepparello Estate Bottled Toscana Sangiovese 2016

9.2

Yes, please, to this developing wine with notes of fresh blackberry, plum, tart black cherry, violet, black licorice anise, sambuca, fennel, cedar, nutmeg, cinnamon, cedar, sweet tobacco, and clove. 100% Sangiovese from Tuscany.

Acidity, alcohol, tannins are strong! Solid structure; wish we’d held on for longer. Still lovely now though.

Cheers! — 3 years ago

with Deked1

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Daniel Bloom

@Vanessa I used to see Palo 1, maybe 2 x a year @moorebros.

Daniel Bloom

@Vanessa * Paolo

Vanessa

@Daniel Bloom Whaaaaat? That’s so amazing. We’d love to visit someday.

Bodega Carmen Grifoll Declara

Tossals Junior Montsant

Benjamin Frechette

9.9

Jammy, smooth, dark fruit; like port/sambuca — 7 years ago

Bodegas Sierra Cantabria

Reserva Rioja Tempranillo 2011

M. Christopher Roebuck

8.9

Weird... If it was a blind taste, I'd swear this was young. As a 2010, I am unpleasantly surprised. A Sambuca nose. With clove or some Christmasy spice. Not digging it. Maybe it will pair with this fish but I'm not optimistic. Big letdown after starting the night with a bottle of Veuve. Shout out to peeps @Bill Bender and @Shay Aldriedge And @Kimberly Anderson .

89 points — 8 years ago

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Shay A

Bummer @M. Christopher Roebuck . I'd too be surprised if it went well with fish 😬. Sounds like you need to open up a proven winner to rebound!

Bill Bender

@M. Christopher Roebuck I honestly think this is still very young. I'm not familiar with the wine but my guess is that this is just a disjointed young wine and not eternally flawed.

Kaloyiannis Koutsiko

12 Ouzo

Martin Sachnik

9.0

A fine anisette with a level of sweetness less than Sambuca. — 3 years ago

Azienda Agricola San Giovanni

Maroccia

Anne Carman

9.6

Rich bright and dark fruit - black and red cherry, black and red raspberry- with note of coffee bean and sambuca. Perfect balanced acidity with tamed soft tannins and a velvety finish. — 5 years ago

Mitchell Katz Winery

Falling Star Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

Andy Wigginton

9.1

Loads of complexity! Nice boisenberry and cherry along with sambuca (that's right) and brownie, with a suggestion of, perhaps green bean. Tip of the cap to one of Livermore's best. Could go another 2 years... — 8 years ago

Château Corbin

St. Émilion Grand Cru Classé Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Riccardo L.

9.2

Coffee and chocolate and sambuca. — 9 years ago

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di Amore

Sambuca Anise Liqueur

Sharon B

9.0

Total licorice — 5 years ago

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Trixie

Such an artistic bottle. Cheers!😄

Borgo del Tiglio (Nicola Manferrari)

Ronco della Chiesa Collio Malvasia 2012

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.5

Very different expression of this wine from what I remember with different vintages tasted in the past
Quite refined, hard to tell the texturally magnificent support of fairly large wooden barrels
Has a unique shade of sambuca or aniseed that I had only found in some southern German riesling
Long and memorable after taste
As if it had some extraordinary notes given by a beginning of an oxidation — 6 years ago

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Molinari

Sambuca Extra

Severn Goodwin

9.0

If you enjoy Sambuca, Molinari is one of the best, that's why it's Extra. A nice alternative to wine some evenings, for my palate. — 8 years ago

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