Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Early ripening Bordeaux Blend of 35% Merlot, 35% Cab Franc, 25% Cab Sauv & 5% Petit Verdot. Dark Ruby red color with aromas of rich berry fruits with spice, herb and cigar box notes. On the palate flavors of ripe blackberry and cherry with cinnamon and cedar. Soft fine tannins, rich mouthfeel well balanced with vivid acidity. Long finish ending with fruit, cedar and tobacco. Will benefit from some short term aging, Nice value! — 10 days ago

Amanda Burgess

9.3

Light and fruity with a refreshing finish after each sip — 9 months ago

JKT

9.0

What a shocker in the wine bar at guest house Casa Rossella in the Tunuta di Arceno vineyards. First that we are free to open a pristine looking bottle and second that it is still perfectly drinkable if not well over the hill! Neck fill is full like new wines, cork in good enough shape to come out in one piece using crappy butterfly opener. Nose dominated by acidic berries and thin earthiness. Palate still lively though rather one dimensional but got that old wine feel I like so much, Finnish long though thin. Lost couple of pegs next day when Joe and Chris tasted. Give it a niner for surviving! Not a fancy label either. — 3 years ago

Robert Ahlstrom

9.1

Garnet medium opacity, well balanced and mature, currants and licorice in this excellent Chianti — 14 days ago

Scott Koles

9.2

Lovely Bordeaux blend from Italy. Earthy, ripe cherries, slightly smokey. — 8 months ago

Mark

9.1

At Ferraro’s Ristaurante in Vegas. Very bright. Good acid. Age worthy. — 3 years ago

Michael Peterson

9.1

Always very firm in its youth it’s finally drinking well right now with fruit, nicely developed round tannins and underlined acidity that’s there but doesn’t stand out (wouldn’t peg this as Italian in a blind tasting and probably not old world). — 7 years ago

Andrea Watt

9.0

Cherry, plum, fig, and a touch of perfume. Rich and bold. — 4 months ago

Kay Mills

8.9

Redneck nice — 6 months ago

Lyn Farmer

9.3

Medium ruby color, this Merlot dominant Bordeaux blend is elegant and beguiling. Black cherry, plum, cassis, mint, eucalyptus, violet, forest floor, cedar, tobacco leaf and freshly turned earth. Lovely, smooth velvet tannins balanced with firm acidity and a long finish. Beautiful wine.

60% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Franc, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot — 9 months ago