12/2/2023 - Fidelixi wrote:

Very nice. Clean, pure, dry.

8/18/2023 - Fidelixi wrote:

Rebuy.

8/18/2023 - Fidelixi wrote:

No specific notes but worth rebuying Helen’s.

6/29/2023 - Fidelixi wrote:

Bright, high acid, some stemmy notes. Decent grip and a pleasant bitterness, if you’re into that kind of thing. Not for everybody. Tannic but ready to go. Works for me.

5/20/2023 - Fidelixi wrote:

Awful, sour and stemmy. I want my money back!

3/27/2023 - Fidelixi wrote:

Very solid traditional. BUY.

3/27/2023 - Fidelixi wrote:

Reliable and high value BUY.

3/27/2023 - Fidelixi wrote:

Still love this dry amazing value wine. BUY.

3/27/2023 - Fidelixi wrote:

Solid, great QPR for house wine. BUY.

1/26/2023 - Fidelixi wrote:

This is a very delicious and yummy wine. Light, some bright fruit, a hint of tannin and structure, food friendly

11/6/2022 - Fidelixi wrote:

Terrible. Stemmy and bell pepper. The worst of Loire. Avoid

10/28/2022 - Fidelixi wrote:

Perfectly respectable varietal expression. No need to hunt down but fine to grab if nothing else is jumping out at you

10/28/2022 - Fidelixi wrote:

Perfectly respectable varietal expression. No need to hunt down, but don’t be afraid to purchase if nothing else is jumping out.

9/27/2022 - Fidelixi Likes this wine:

Nice, no green, drinking well but losing some freshness.

9/25/2022 - Fidelixi Likes this wine:

Can’t remember details but favorable impression. Rebuy and taste.

9/25/2022 - Fidelixi wrote:

Reliable and enlivening. Lemon, minerality and white acacia.

2/16/2022 - Fidelixi wrote:

Still fabulous. Best QPR going.

11/16/2021 - Fidelixi wrote:

Not a grape for me.

11/6/2021 - Fidelixi wrote:

Light and delicious. The definition of quaffable.

11/6/2021 - Fidelixi wrote:

Details vague but superb.

9/8/2021 - Fidelixi wrote:

Not very well knit together at the moment. Tannic sharpness retracts the tastebuds, and green, stem-y notes are pronounced; cranberry tartness then dominates, awkwardly counterbalanced by oak from left field. Too bad.

9/2/2021 - Fidelixi wrote:

Sweet, cherry, cola notes with a respectable dryness. Great QPR everyday pizza and tomato based accompaniment.

8/18/2021 - Fidelixi wrote:

Delicious and huge QPR.

2/9/2021 - Fidelixi wrote:

Slight herbal, stemmy aspect but also very fine and long. Seems a bit hot but it morphs into a glycerin finish. Begs for some unctuous bolognese to cut through. Good stuff.

1/30/2021 - Fidelixi wrote:

Solid split to keep around to keep from draining a whole bottle. Agreeable and versatile enough.

11/14/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

This is just ok. Decent, true to the varietal and region but just lacks anything to make it noteworthy. You can do worse for $15, but you can also do better. Decidely bitter on the finish - green? Each sip promises a little something but doesn’t quite deliver.

10/9/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

Well this is absolutely delicious. Honeyed, with a tinge of almond bitterness and lemony unctuous quality that is just superb. Perfect foil to linguine alla vongole and grilled Caledonian shrimp. Thanks to one of the young wine guns at Eataly. 🙌🏼

9/25/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

Nice table wine but nothing to note. Cola and a hint of black cherry, some softness around the edges. Pleasant but innocuous and without much distinction.

6/19/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

Don't have notes but I have a favorable impression. Will def get again.

6/28/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

Quite sweet and candied, with an effervescent spritz that I would not call appealing at all. Has some funk and a little earthiness, which is becoming, but it's really dominated by a Lifesaver-like candied quality that isn't good -- neither by itself and certainly not with any food I can think of. I mean, maybe with something very gamey that needed a sweetness as counterbalance, some venison or elk or the like, but even then it would only be for the few.

6/21/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

Very nice. Clean and pure. Strikingly clear juice, with virtually no color. Bright, white acacia, mild lemon, refreshing with a hint of honey. Unctuous and clean at the same time, a tad sweet. Very complimentary custard tang at the finish.

5/27/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

A bit sweet but not overly so... honeyed and bright with nice minerality.

4/21/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

Warm, rich and clean if that’s not a contradiction. It’s got all the right notes, if perhaps a bit hot and bothered, and that’s the problem - for me - with California/Napa expressions, they’re just too flamboyant and louche. There’s just a saucy desperation — too much make-up and cleavage — that’s a great come-on at first but ends being a bit grotesque finally. It’s really terrific - very good, truly - but I just like stuff with a lighter touch and a slower reveal. Good on ya!

4/21/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

Nice. Unusually round and on the sweeter side but still tasty and with sufficient acid.

4/18/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

Quite rich. Sharp and tangy, pronunced lemon-lime cream pie, with quinine-grapefruit notes rounding out the rear. A bit full-throttled to me, not exactly nuanced. But if you like sucking a lemon, you’re in luck.

4/18/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

Jammy leather. VERY jammy leather. Over-the-top, super sweet, absurd Napa fruit bomb. Should be sold as a concentrate that you reduce 2-to-1 with water. Even if you like this kind of thing, it's wildly over-priced; I defy anyone to pick this out of a crowd of Napa or even Paso jam fruit bombs at a fifth the price. One man's ceiling is another man's floor. In vino veritas.

4/6/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

Excelllent. Versatile. Keep this around.

3/29/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

Cassis, cranberry and restraint are at play, with some garrigue and a little thyme and mild warmth at the finish. Nothing too over-the-top, so refreshingly moderate for southern Rhône. A tiny bit of green steminess mars the finish.

3/26/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

Not my cup of tea. Brawny and hot, garrigue and cassis and black olives. Just not what I drink anymore. Have lost my taste for this style.

3/26/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

Lovely light bright clear violets and food friendly. Easy drinker and no brainer to have around

3/24/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

Very lovely, forceful and pure, a hint of a vegetal note at the end. Not exactly delicate but very solid and perfect foil to roasted lamb shoulder.

2/22/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

This is very good stuff.

2/22/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

Solid but very extracted and a bit rich. Some bitterness and unintegrated tannins, not what I would call a typical and inviting Barbera. Feels geared toward New World palates.

2/18/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

Yummy. Light, clear, long and delicious.

2/18/2020 - Fidelixi wrote:

Perfectly fine but nothing to repeat.

11/10/2019 - Fidelixi wrote:

Soft, precise, evasive. Will get more. $32 at Eataly.

8/29/2019 - Fidelixi Does not like this wine:

Dominant oak spoils the whole thing.

8/29/2019 - Fidelixi wrote:

Dominant oak. Really hard to get anything beyond that vanilla. Maybe some Chianti behind it but good luck.

8/25/2019 - Fidelixi wrote:

A bit sharp and choppy and curiously watery at the same time. Not knit together in a pleasing way. It’ll do with seafood and the like but easy to do much better.

8/7/2019 - Fidelixi wrote:

Lemon, honeysuckle and food-friendly acidity in a wonderful balance that complimented spaghetti nerano and would equally enhance pesto, or fish dishes. Perhaps a tad “sweet” but overall a simple, lovely, friendly wine.