| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2007 Fuligni Brunello di MontalcinoSangiovese more |
1/26/2024 - Tony Poli Likes this wine: 95 pointsSublime. Drinking perfectly out of the bottle. |
| Red |
2015 Unti Vineyards SegromignoDry Creek Valley Sangiovese Blend, Sangiovese more |
12/2/2023 - Tony Poli Likes this wine: 91 pointsAccording to the CT drinking window (usually on the way too short side), this should be over the hill. Wrong! It was quite bright, seemingly with plenty of life left, and quite yummy. Would not confuse it with an Italian Sangiovese, but, like Sonoma Pinots compared with Burgundy, this was quite American, and I liked it a lot. |
| Red |
2018 Turley Zinfandel Dupratt VineyardMendocino Ridge more |
11/29/2023 - Tony Poli Likes this wine: 92 pointsI have over 600 bottles in my cellar. Rosalie made her wonderful turkey chili tonight, and I pulled this out. I am not sure I could have made a better choice. Delightful, fruity nose. The palate was bright fruit, smooth, but with plenty of oomph. Long finish. Best of all, we will have the rest of the chili tomorrow night, and there is half a bottle left to pump down and have another go at a perfect pairing. |
| Red |
2012 Attilio Ghisolfi Barolo BussiaNebbiolo more |
10/26/2023 - Tony Poli Likes this wine: 93 pointsPopped and poured tonight. Paired with grilled salmon, Swiss chard, and Japanese sweet potatoes. Not a big bruiser of a Barolo, but not exactly subtle, either. Terrific nose of cherries and stone fruit. Fruit forward palate, with a cherries explosion not unlike Cali Pinot Noir. Long finish. Wonderful. |
| Red |
2017 Fattoria Galardi Terra di LavoroCampania IGT Aglianico more |
8/28/2023 - Tony Poli Likes this wine: 93 pointsI thought this was exceptional. Apparently it is a blend, 80% Aglianico, 20% Piedirosso, and it is quite a bit softer than the straight Aglionico’s that I have had. Approachable, almost easy-drinking. Paired with spaghetti all’assissina, where one “assassinates” the spaghetti, essentially by partially burning it. Both were fabulous. |
| Red |
2012 La Rioja Alta Rioja Viña Alberdi ReservaTempranillo more |
8/4/2023 - Tony Poli Likes this wine: 93 pointsLots of stuff going on in this one. Bright nose. Plenty of fruit, good balance, long finish. There were guesses on the age centered around 2018. Holding up quite well, I would say. Loved it. |
| Rosé |
2019 Terra Costantino Etna RoséEtna DOC Nerello Blend, Nerello Mascalese more |
7/28/2023 - Tony Poli Likes this wine: 92 pointsTheme was old world rose. This was quite nice. The note included in the Garagiste write-up, which was quite brief (in my shorthand, if Rimmerman doesn’t write much, the wine is pretty good and doesn’t need as much of a sell job) was a bit flowery (Mediterranean scrub???), but this wine earned it. Lots of stuff on the palate, despite a relatively calm and quiet nose. I didn’t get much in the way of cherries, emphasized in the note, but there was plenty of spice and fruit. Decent length for a rose. Wish I had bought more. |
| Red |
2016 Three Wine Company established 1885Contra Costa County Red Blend more |
7/23/2023 - Tony Poli wrote: 92 pointsThis gets better with some age. |
| Red |
2010 Giacomo Borgogno & Figli Barolo CannubiNebbiolo more |
6/23/2023 - Tony Poli Likes this wine: 94 pointsThis is just coming into its own. Classic Barolo, I will hold my other bottles. |
| Red |
2011 A. Rafanelli Cabernet SauvignonDry Creek Valley more |
6/18/2023 - Tony Poli Likes this wine: 94 pointsOpened for Father’s Day, with slow cooked shredded beef. Great nose, lots of cherries and ripe berries. Plenty of fruit on the palate, tannins have smoothed out. Long finish. This is drinking exceedingly well now. The CT drinking window is crazy short - this could go a few more years. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2015 Domaine Pascal Aufranc Chénas En Rémont Vignes de 1939Gamay more |
5/25/2023 - Tony Poli Likes this wine: 91 pointsI just read that Beaujolais is the Rodney Dangerfield (no respect) region of Burgundy. I am beginning to think this is so. This 8 year old Chenas was delightful - lots of fruit, deep garnet color, subtle but complex nose. Almost jammy palate, we drank with cedar planked salmon. Great pairing. I think I will be trying more Beaujolais in the near future. |
| White |
2019 Raphaël Sallet Mâcon-Uchizy Les MaranchesChardonnay more |
4/28/2023 - Tony Poli Likes this wine: 91 pointsI agree with previous notes. Our theme tonight was Maconnais, this showed extremely well. Complex nose, smooth palate, a bit less complex than the nose. But just a delight to drink. |
| Red |
2016 Zorzal Eggo Tinto de TizaTupungato Malbec Blend, Malbec more |
4/7/2023 - Tony Poli Does not like this wine: 80 pointsParker was wrong. I can’t go to 65, like another note, but this was sour, unpleasant. |
| Red |
2007 Xavier Vignon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée AnonymeRed Rhone Blend more |
3/17/2023 - Tony Poli wrote: 94 pointsThis has come around. Worth the wait. |
| Red |
2010 Oddero BaroloNebbiolo more |
3/14/2023 - Tony Poli wrote: 95 pointsThis is what I expect Barolo to be. |
| Red |
2019 Oltretorrente Colli Tortonesi RossoRed Blend more |
3/6/2023 - Tony Poli Likes this wine: 91 pointsPaired with a really good wild mushroom and ground sirloin papparedelle pasta. Terrific pairing. Juicy fruit, nice acidity, long, pleasant finish. Popped and poured, changed a bit in the glass, but not much. Will revisit tomorrow. |
| Red |
2010 Hobel Wine Works Cabernet Sauvignon Engelhard VineyardNapa Valley more |
2/24/2023 - Tony Poli wrote: 90 pointsTheme was Napa floor. This was glorious, and definitely could go some. Integrated, lots of fruit, resolved, but plenty of structure. Wish I had many more. |
| Red |
2009 A. Rafanelli Cabernet SauvignonDry Creek Valley more |
2/14/2023 - Tony Poli wrote: 93 pointsOpened about an hour before dinner, drank a bit as I cooked. Plenty of fruit left, but smooth and resolved. This was really good. Paired with beef tenderloin on the grill- perfect. This could still go some, I think the drinking window for these Rafanelli cabs are, in general, too short. 5 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
| Red |
2013 Williams Selyem Pinot Noir Coastlands VineyardSonoma Coast more |
1/22/2023 - Tony Poli Likes this wine: 94 pointsWe opened this at a restaurant with friends. These WS Pinot s really age well, their drinking windows are too short on CT, IMHO. This was just singing. Lots of cherries on the nose, but more subdued than their younger offerings. A bit of earth and forest floor mixed in. The palate was quite alive, with plenty of fruit, still, but good complexity and balance. Didn’t taste or smell the alcohol at all. Long, pleasant finish. Glad I let it sit for a while, but I think it could still get better. |
| Red |
2009 Xavier Vignon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée AnonymeRed Rhone Blend more |
12/31/2022 - Tony Poli wrote: 91 pointsOpened on New Years Eve to accompany beef bourguignon. Popped and poured, out of the bottle it was quiet, a nice sipper, but not what I expected. As it opened, however, it showed its stuff. Big wine, perfect with the beef. |
| Red |
1997 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Riserva MonfortinoNebbiolo more |
12/30/2022 - Tony Poli Likes this wine: 97 pointsVisited a friend today who asked if I would like a glass of wine. He pulled this one from his cellar. He had bought it on release, and stored it well. Popped and poured (well it wasn’t quite that simple, the cork broke, so we poured it into a decanter through a strainer). The color was a perfect Nebbiolo color. Nose was big, as in BIG, lots of sour cherries, tar, red fruit. It was quite a mouthful, again with the cherries, lots of complexity, coated the palate wonderfully. Long finish. Given its age, this might have faded over time, but there were four of us, and we didn’t give it a chance to fade. One of the better Barolos I have had. |
| Red |
2015 Turley Cabernet Sauvignon EstateNapa Valley more |
12/25/2022 - Tony Poli wrote: 92 pointsI tend to drink these young. They are so approachable. But this one kind of got lost. If this is typical, these estate cabs get better with age. Still lots of fruit, but it is picking up some weight and complexity. Maybe let my other, later vintages sit a while. |
| Red |
2009 Turley Zinfandel Hayne VineyardSt. Helena more |
12/15/2022 - Tony Poli wrote: 94 pointsTheme was zinfandel - I brought this because it was relatively old, for my cellar. It turned out to be middle-aged in this group. There were some quite a bit older, including a Caymus Zin (I didn’t know about that one) from the ‘90’s. But this was quite elegant, fresh, drinking wonderfully. The CellarTracker drinking window is woefully short on this one. Not much pepper, not that Hayne’s are ever very peppery, but good fruit, good balance. Loved it. |
| Red |
2019 Turley Zinfandel Steacy RanchLodi more |
12/4/2022 - Tony Poli Likes this wine: 90 pointsPopped this tonight with beef stroganoff, nice surprise. Good fruit, plenty of acidity with the stroganoff, paired quite well. I bought this on a whim with my summer allocation, glad I did. |
| Red |
2012 Ca‘ Rozzeria Barolo Tre ComuniNebbiolo more |
10/27/2022 - Tony Poli Likes this wine: 92 pointsLast had this 4 years ago. As others have noted it is aging quite well. |
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