98 was not a great vintage and why Giacosa bottled the SS as a red label has long been a bit of a mystery. There’s a lot in this wine to like, and no reason to leave it sitting in the cellar. Fully mature, ample bricking, softer but still lively fruit, rich mouthfeel with classic sous bois, a bit of iron, red berry and herbal overlay, and soft maybe a bit overripe tannin. Lovely, but not near Giacosa’s most memorable SSRs. — a month ago
Very light and sweet. Will drink this again! — 4 months ago
Candy strawberry — 6 months ago
At John Aisenstat Memorial Scholarship Dinner with Carisa. — 6 months ago
Great paired with steak. Medium bodied. Had in the Dominican Republic — 9 months ago
v19. Very good! Nice black pepper, smoked meat and tobacco nose. Fresh, luscious black fruit medley. Clean chocolate finish. Enjoyable. — 2 years ago
Enjoyed a 2013, amazing oaky punch with cherry and tabacco notes. Perfect for a good tipple with friends and family, or with a decent meal. Enjoyed at Laloda in Chianti, Italy. — 18 days ago
Castello Banfi- Poggio al Mura 2020- deep ruby coloration some transparency, dark cherry on the nose with leather, toasted oak, vanilla, and forest floor. On the palate, Cherry, vanilla, oak, amarena and toasted oak in the very long finish. — 2 months ago
Home cellared for around 7 years. Kept perfectly. Decanted but wasn't particularly musty. — 6 months ago
Full-bodied Tuscan white (Vermentino) enjoyed with linguine alla vongole at Toscano restaurant in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA — 7 months ago
On the Disney Cruie — 9 months ago
Cellared for 2 years - notes of raisin begin to appear underneath a fruit forward wine. — 4 years ago
Raspberry jam on the nose. Cherry and plum with nice acidity to start on the tongue blending out to cherry, raspberry, leather and oak then finishing in cocoa and a hint of oak. Medium tannins. Went well with my stuffed banana peppers. — a month ago
Fascinating to have a wine older than me. Smell was raisins - reminded me of amarone — 2 months ago
Very boozey first sip, but after that the taste is filled with slight cherry notes and nutty/woodsy aroma. Paired this with an arrabbiata pasta and it went well.
— 6 months ago
Ruby red. Raspberry blueberry ample aroma. red tea. Animal. Vanilla Clove roasted. Fe. Smoky Red flower.
赤Fruitiness M+ Sweetness M Acidity M Tannin M Smooth Silky. Bitterness M Body M Finish M 13.5% Good balanced. Elegant Stefano Lubyana Primavera, Tasmania 23 @7700, AD, 251214 — 8 months ago
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A night of wine, laughter, adventure and charity with new friends. Nashville Wine Auction — 5 days ago