12/31/2023 - Sean Tay Likes this wine:

Entered drinking window but still have potential to improve. In fact, I would have wait another 5 years more to get the maximum pleasure. Drank from magnum. Notes of cassis, black currant, toast, coffee, chocolate, toast, spices. Medium+ acidity and medium+ tannin. Long finish.

1/29/2023 - Members Does not like this wine:

Bought Oreno toscana 2019 ($80) at Costco. The price is exorbitant for wine quality and taste.
Regular cheap wine, taste similar to $15 wine.
No twist, no zest, nothing special about that.
Not worth the price.
Not recommend this wine type to friends and family members.

6/11/2021 - canan wrote:

KYD BYO (Koan): Very classic and light fruit but with a huge intensity. Elegant cherries and a touch of smoke and just a hint of leather. The wine still feels young but is starting to yield a hint of age. But it is in a very good spot at the moment. All about elegance and intensity. Absolutely amazing and ethereal nose which almost makes it difficult to drink :-)
There is Brunello and then there is Soldera. This bottle is another example of how great the old Soldera Riserva wines are and how great they can become with age. An absolutely stunning performance.

9/10/2021 - peternelson Likes this wine:

Old, rich, brown, tootsie roll notes but not oxidized, fairly deep, especially the at the dregs of the bottom of the bottle! Really cool stuff although the '98, even though just 5 years its senior, was showing better and much fresher. M.Pole from BB

12/14/2019 - Paul S wrote:

DRC vs Leroy Dinner (Kheam Hock Road): Solid and enjoyable. Took awhile to get going, but this was very pleasing when it did. It had a bit of a tight, slightly dusty nose at first, but the bouquet opened up to something rather attractive, with quiet layers of damp earth, lifted spice and dark blueberry and plum fruit, maybe even with a touch of dried violets. Really quite nice. The palate was a step behind the nose perhaps. Still nice, but a touch lean at first, with its structure of acidity and fine-boned tannins showing through fine transparent flavours of black cherries, blueberries and plums. There was a touch of meaty power in there though, opening up with them. It tightened up towards the end too, showing a bit more grippy structure and stony minerality, with notes of black tea along with a little sour cherry lift. Good length and really great persistence I must say. Not perfect, and probably better a few years back, but this was still very impressive for a 1970.

7/29/2020 - ohne_musik wrote:

My first Mitjavile wine. I now understand what they mean when they say degraded fruit. A hint of VA to start. Ripe and rich black plum fruit, almost overripe, relatively low acid, and a persistent note of dried and decomposing fruit. Despite this, it Is not overblown or dense at all. It is moderately extracted and manages to stay elegant and precise. Savory dried meat, dried herbs, baking spice, tar, chocolate, gravelly minerals. A sense of terroir. Long finish. Unique and compelling.

9/20/2015 - Derek Darth Taster wrote:

F1 2015 Finals on TV (Pine Close): Tasted blind. Pop and poured. Drank over 1.5 hours.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of savoury earth, sweet spice, and red cherry. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol, medium tannins, medium body. Medium flavour intensity, with flavours of red cherries, ripe strawberry, sweet spice, and some slight savoury earth. Medium+ finish.
Very good quality feminine Burg. Good ripeness from the old vines. Drinking well now, and could develop a bit more over the next 5 years. I have avoided the 2007 Burgs but this has piqued my interest to explore more of them.

12/8/2018 - mattjohnson_78 wrote:

Drank over about 30 mins didn’t even give it a chance to really open up...this stuff is crack...I’ll be homeless soon, cause I’m going to buy as much as I can find!

4/25/2015 - forceberry wrote:

A wine made from selected grapes of the Serralunga d'Alba Region. 20-25 days of maceration. Aged for 4 years in casks of different sizes (500 l Swiss oak, 225 French oak, various Slavonian bottis) of mainly used wood and further 1 year in bottle.

Translucent cherry red color with quite dark core and pale, brick-colored rims. Rich, ripe and aromatic nose with pronounced cherry aromas, dusty earth, some sour cherry, fragrant floral nuances and hints of alcohol. Rich, full-bodied and quite tannic palate with modestly sweet flavors of ripe red cherry, slightly bitter sour cherry, some earth and hints of dark-toned wood spice. Despite showing quite firm and grippy tannins along with moderate acidity, the mouthfeel is quite succulent and velvety instead of harsh and tightly wound. The finish is obviously tannic, but quite rich and fruity with flavors of sweet dark cherry, some stony minerality, a little bitterness and hints of toasted spices.

Good stuff, obviously, but also very rich and fruit-forward; some might consider this a good thing, but to me, this wine feels a little less complex and more easy-going than the other vintages of Rivetto Barolos, which can be remarkable in their depth, complexity and intensity. This is an early-drinking Barolo with good, pure, typical Nebbiolo fruit and power, but not that kind of structure that would require years of aging. Drink now or after only a handful of years; no need to age this for a long time.

4/3/2018 - Kits Beach Does not like this wine:

Not one of my favorites

4/22/2016 - RajivAyyangar wrote:

Musar Maniacs part II (Pera SF): Pale ruby-garnet. Quite turbid in the glass.
Complex nose of sweet tertiary fruit - faded and illuminated cherry. Savory dog fur (Brett), a slight balsamic tingle. Loads of dried roses, cranberry, dried orange, sandalwood and yam skin. Over time hints of anise emerged.
The nose is high-toned.
Burgundian on the palate with aggressive acidity and a tart finish [Note: The grapes were picked early on account of war.]. It lacks the intensity and darkness of tertiary fruit that the '95 has, but clearly has the same type of tertiary fruit.
Score: around 9.5