Tom Casagrande

9.1

Solid. Drinking well now. See previous notes for more details, as we keep having to answer the door for Trick-or-Treaters. — 2 days ago

Tom Casagrande

9.3

Delicious. I’m not sure that, blind, I could tell this isn’t a vintage port. — 7 days ago

with Dan and Angelo

Tom Casagrande

9.3

Wow this is good. Intense nose shows tons of limestony minerals and ripe gooseberry, citrus-zest ingredients fruit. Large-framed in the mouth for a Sancerre, but everything is in perfect balance: minerals, fruit, acid, glycerol. Nice length. — 7 days ago

with Dan and Angelo

Tom Casagrande

9.1

Nose is quite exuberant, with aggressively earthy, minerally (almost iodiney) scents, with dark macerated cherry juice underneath. Intense and savory in the mouth, it’s soft and rich-textured for an annata. Medium acids and some soft, chalky tannins frame everything. A lot of wine for little money. — 12 days ago

Tom Casagrande

8.9

This rose is not subtle. The nose explodes with peach, strawberry, navel orange, wet gravel. It’s full-flavored in the mouth, dry, but with tons of fruit upfront. Not-yet-integrated acids create a slight sour note on the finish. Boisterous. — 3 days ago

Tom Casagrande

8.9

Earthy, nice fruit, good balance. A really nice value. — 7 days ago

with Dan and Angelo

Tom Casagrande

8.7

Kind of old-school Cali Chardonnay style. Toasty, buttery oak, appley fruit with a whiff of fresh pineapple. A little spice and loamy earth. Soft and a bit oaky on the palate for me. There some crisp apple fruit underneath, and the acids are pretty good, but the palate seems a little disjointed. Not bad, but not a repeat buy. — 11 days ago

Tom Casagrande

9.2

Gorgeous nose of old leather, earth, iodine, dark macerated cherry. In the mouth it’s still a bit tannic and verging on austere. But it goes so beautifully with Tuscan Peposo. Such length. — 7 days ago

with Dan and Angelo

Tom Casagrande

9.3

My brother Dan says, “Easy like Sunday mornin’.” Or is it my brother Lionel? Either way, a terrific wine. Nose has that sultry, confident fruit that only super old vines can produce. Dark red berries, some fresh forest floor notes, a little spice and crushed river rock. On the palate it’s 💥, with rich fruit and buoyant, integrated acids. Depth and length. So good. — 7 days ago

with Dan and Angelo

Tom Casagrande

9.0

So soft and friendly. Great purity of ripe berry and floral notes on the nose. Great casual dinner or sitting-around-drinking wine. — 8 days ago