Rashed Chowdhury

9.0

Bell pepper, chilli pepper, tamarind, red fruit… cherry, raspberry, cedar, vanilla, dill (but tech spec says aged in used French oak). On the palate, unripe blackberry and seeds. No noticeable cream on the palate (effect of melo gone?) — a year ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.1

Very solid. 18 yet again fails to be as bad as critics want it to be. Had to order this because of a corked 2017 Podere Forte Melo which stung but is all in the game. — 4 years ago

President Obama

9.2

$21 @ Macarthur. — 5 years ago

Daniel Khouri

8.9

Was fantastic after 20 min of air. Complex and earthy — 7 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.1

Ypo public speaking dinner — 8 years ago

Zachary Hanz

9.0

Really light and smooth. Much more subtle fruit flavors. Really nice. — 9 years ago

JKT

9.2

Gordons Čhanin tasting 6/13/17. $43. #1. Nose of white flowers and tropical fruits with mineral notes. Palate that's textured and with tension mouth feel and weight. Long finish with acids and minerals. Saline type minerals. Full melo unfiltered. Sulfur minimal and only after melo. Richest wine in lineup. Best nose of the group. Though not quite as full of tension. — 9 years ago

Daniel Ciolek

9.0

Very nice. Strawberries on the nose. Crisp with juicy acidity. Soft fruits and mineral on the palate - more dry than sweet. Clean finish. — 2 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.7

Needs 90 minutes. Before then it’s really weird. Goes from a 7.0 to a 9.7 in 2 hours. Yes. It’s true.

Nose graphite explosion. Blackberry flower. Cherry flower.

Palate is silky blackberry. Man. That Forte elegance. Gorgeous shimmering mountain stream infused with blackberries.

As this opens more nose is gorgeous blackberry flower. Palate is Pete t blackberry flower. Hint of graphite.

Wow. So close to melo and anfiteatro.

This needs to be glass decanted. You get new weirdness from the beginning with each pour.

Internal@aromatics are wow! Blackberry liquor. Lilacs. Expansive. Delicious. Liquid silk made from flowers.

Finish is the most gorgeous elegant blackberry liquor. Hint of savoriness. Wow wow wow. Wine.

With more air intense lilacs and violets.

Fass selections. — 3 years ago

Nik Kannan

9.2

Really well done and balanced. The vanilla is melo against the oak & paired well with a marinara spinach ravioli. Was thinking different and set me right, wish they all were this good. — 6 years ago

Josh

9.0

Fruity and nice oak notes. Very well-rounded, loved it — 8 years ago

Francisco de Assis Melo Lima

8.9

Francisco Melo Lima — 8 years ago

Paul CArlisle

9.2

Savory sweet 💥 — 9 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.0

2023 summer. Simple, lovable country wine that went over wonderfully at table — 3 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.2

Beautiful earthy red. At Grapes and Bites in Lisbon. — 3 years ago

Sam Friedland

9.0

A nice complex wine with a dominant Vermentino grape, — 5 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Very fragrant. More mineral. Lovely nose. I love these. Love it. Awesome structure. Deep. Minerally. Calco-schiste. Spectacular. One of the best of today. 100% Sangiovese. — 6 years ago

Tobin Trevarthen

9.1

Yum. Not over the top melo. Nice acid balance. — 8 years ago

Travis Horn

9.4

Very smooth — 9 years ago

with Stephanie

Manchester Sheldon

9.0

Salinity, ripe musk melon, and a hint of funk on the nose. Rose flower perfume on the palate, very low acidity. — 9 years ago