Outstanding value. This wine retails for $15 and is outstanding. Light ruby in color. The nose has cherries with slight minerals and slight tea. On the palate, it shows more sour cherries with great acidity. Would certainly work better with food. Ligh tannins. Good finish. I don't think this will age a long time but it should last a few years. Very nice.
This is a step up from most MdA's. Very good. it is ripe and there is a slight ripe/sweetness to it. It is delicious. Purple in color. The nose has plums and sandalwood. On the palate, ripe plums and dark cherries. Enough acidity. Good finish. At $30, it is pricier, but worth it. At 8 years from vintage, it seems to be just closing in on peak but not quite.
Ruby/purple in color. The nose has plums and spice. Tannic. Plums on the palate. The finish is nice but there is some char on it. Good acidity. A nice MdA.
OMG. This bottle was opened about 3 hours prior to drinking and decanted about 20 minutes prior (mostly for sediment). I was just blown away. I thought it would be good, even great, but it was amazing. Purple/ruby in color, ruby at the rim. The nose is awesome. Deep with plums, dark cherries, iodine, slight sandalwood and spice, lush earthiness with lush forest floor notes. On the palate, this is fresh and vibrant. Complex, layered and deep. Dark cherries, earthiness, forest floor notes, slight tea with just a slight drying tannin (in a good way). Great acidity. Worked perfectly
Ruby in color. The nose has cherries and dust. On the palate, this has sweet cherry fruit. A bit one dimensional but nice enough. It has a bit of prunes on the finish. Solid wine.
Excellent showing for this wine. It is a more modern take on a Barolo. Deep ruby in color. The nose has dark cherries, spice, and slight vanilla notes. On the palate, this drinks more traditionally at 13 years from vintage if still a bit riper. Cherries and dark cherries layered with slight earth and cedar. Nice acidity. Long finish. Worked great with food (of course), but even on its own it drinks well. Nice finish. Seems to be closing in on peak but no hurry.
Purple in color. Dusty cherries with slight plums on the nose. On the palate, this is a bit more serious than many Barberas. It has some depth with nice plum and cherry fruit. There is a bit of spice as well. Great acidity, it will work well with food. Nice finish. Really nice and in a good spot in 2017 but should have a few more years at least.
Sometimes wine fool you and they last. Not so much this time. At 14 years from vintage, this is not dead but well past prime I think. Of course, with age, all bottles are different, but if you own any of this, you should probably check in on it. Deep golden in color. The nose has note of bell pepper and asparagus. No fruit. On the palate, its a bit better with a nice minerality but has a metallic note on the finish. All that sounds terrible and its not leading me to believe younger vintages may have something to offer. This one is worth dirnking if you have it (as oppose to dumping
I have always been a fan of this wine going back decades. It used to be labeled as a Chianti but now they add fruit outside the zone and about 55% Sangiovese. It is still a great value and a wine that will age in the cellar for ten years at least. Ruby/purple in color. The nose is earthy with sandalwood and cherries and an underlying char. It is complex on the palate. Great texture. Cherries and cherry liqueur. Nice acidity making it food friendly.
This is a staple at Trader Joe's (at least my local store). For under $20, it is hard to find a less expensive Amarone. The only problem is that it really doesn't taste like an Amarone. At least not like the better ones that have eanred this area's reputation. That said, it is a good solid wine that if it had been labelled Valpolicella I might have said it a fine value. Ruby in color. The nose has cherries and slight dark cherries. The fruit carries over to the palate. Nothing dried or rasin about this. Good acdity. A solid wine.
