Tuscany Liguria, Italy

Tenuta dell'Ornellaia

Le Serre Nuove dell'Ornellaia Bolgheri Rosso Merlot Blend 2015

Bordeaux style blend of Merlot (64%), Cabernet Sauvignon (17%), Cabernet Franc (10%) and Petite Verdot (9%). Dark ruby/purple color with a garnet rim. Aromas of dark berry fruit, graphite and dusty earth. Flavors of blackberry, black cherry, ripe plums, kirsch, black licorice and iron. Full bodied, long finish and intensely structured. Beautifully integrated acidity and tannins. Great combination of power and elegance. — 3 days ago

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Tenuta Caparzo

Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 2017

Soft, plush, low acidity, brown spices, round and gentle.
Served blind, it made me call Priorat….
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— 19 days ago

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Tenuta dell'Ornellaia

Bolgheri Red Bordeaux Blend 2000

Amazing with truffle risotto. — 14 days ago

Marchesi de' Frescobaldi

Riserva Nipozzano Chianti Rùfina Sangiovese Blend 2020

Eric K
9.5

Ruby red great very tasty Chianti. Went excellent with chicken Parm — 23 days ago

Marchesi Antinori

Solaia Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2003

1 hour decant(decent fine/chunky sediment). A splendid ruby red color. On the nose: perfumed intoxicating notes of stewed red fruit, forest floor, worn leather, tobacco, smoked meat, a little funky. Taste: soft, fresh, silky, chalky, mature savory wine with dark plum, baking spice, earth, herbs, leather, and a gamey mineral intense finish. YUM! should hold a few more years...drink em if you got em. — 20 days ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland
with Brenda
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Ruffino

Riserva Ducale Chianti Classico Sangiovese Blend 2020

Dried fruit, dark cherry, even prune. A distinct difficult note, perhaps tobacco or leather. Bright acid, moderate tannin, maybe too bright — 13 days ago

Produttori del Barbaresco

Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2018

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of two hours. It’s been almost a year since my last visit with the 2018 vintage and it’s in a very pretty spot right now. All notes previously apply though I should point out that the florals are especially showy right now. The nose is simply beautiful to experience. The fruit remains fresh and mostly red fruited. The structure is still firm. Very, very easy to enjoy on its own or with a meal. Drink now through 2038+. — 10 hours ago

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Tenuta San Guido

Guidalberto Toscana Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2023

Young but after a three hour decant it was amazing — 12 days ago

Iwan, Shay and 3 others liked this

Casanova di Neri

Tenuta Nuova Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 2017

Tasted blind . Medium deep , garnet core , garnet rim . Quite sweet spiced nose , slightly deeper cherry , riper slightly less fresh . Black tea . On the palate this is deeper and richer , more extracted in style . Darker cherry , blackberry , quite high acidity but slightly drying tannins . This is quite intense and with lots of presence, reasonably long , dry spice , dried dark cherry finish . Really quite young . Needs more time , better in 3-5 years and will last well a further 5-10 — 16 days ago

Jan, Tom and 14 others liked this

Castello di Monsanto

Riserva Chianti Classico Sangiovese Blend 2020

More dark fruit and oak in evidence than I remember from previous years — 25 days ago

Sarah Bignami
with Sarah
Tom, Pinotman and 7 others liked this
Pinotman /// Andreas

Pinotman /// Andreas

Used to be solid.