Sipping Fine Wine

9.6

Blend of 95% Cabernet Sauvignon with 5% Cabernet Franc, deep Ruby color with aromas of rich dark berry fruit, floral and complex spice, aged for 22 months in 100% new French oak. On the palate flavors of blackberry and blueberry with floral spice, vanilla, integrated spicy oak, tobacco and earthy cinnamon. Fine soft dusty tannins, long finish ending with fruit, spice, vanilla oak and earthy notes, starting to drink now but some time will benefit, 3000 cases! A nice fillet mignon with mushroom gravy will go well. — 19 days ago

John Malcolm

9.4

A delicious, full-bodied wine. Tasting dark chocolate, black cherries, cedar, and raspberry jam. Silky and smooth with a long, satisfying finish. — 2 months ago

Hakan Satiroglu

9.3

March 2025 — 3 months ago

JKT

9.0

Nicely made and well aged, tasting good especially with food — 12 days ago

John Beebe

9.5

2017 - Friday night wedding wine — 7 days ago

Sheila G.

8.9

Fruity. Plummy. Grass. At berns steakhouse Tampa — 3 months ago

with Mike

Jessica J

9.3

One of the best Italian wines I've had recently. Deep, juicy cherry and plum notes dominate. Well-rounded, elegant. Great with some chocolate or a lighter pasta dish with lean meat. — 4 months ago

Joss Salgado

9.2

Bruised apple, ripe pineapple, chamomile, white lilies, smokey, a hint of flint stone. Luscious and sophisticated, we really loved this wine. Looking forward to tasting other vintages. — 2 hours ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.1

The US is now their #1 export market. You would be surprised at what some producers spend on labels. It is more than you think. All those countries, languages and different requirements for what needs to be written on them.

I think this is in a dumb faze or just closed down.

The nose is muted and not all that revealing. Soft blackberries, dark cherries, black raspberries, strawberries with powdery raspberries. Clayish soils, some clove, dark earth, very light herbs, notes of baking soda, sandalwood and dark withering flowers.

The palate is a little flat..showing stubbornness. Ripe but dullish; blackberries, dark cherries, black raspberries, strawberries & raspberries. Dry clayish soils, dry top soil, limestone minerals, dark spice, clove, dark, rich earth, very light herbs, notes of baking soda, sandalwood that falls into cedar, soft tobacco with dark withering flowers and violets, its acidity is very good, the finish while balanced, polished, somewhat elegant, lacks some complexity today and lasts a minute.

I would reserve a full assessment of this one tasting it again in 5+ years. It is in need of further evolution. — a month ago

Andrey V Tyutin

8.9

Nice, bakanced. Goes a little bit in sweetness. Good sangiovese, just what you are waiting for from softer sangiovese from montalcino. — 3 months ago