4/17/2024 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Smooth, mature moderate fruit cab. Its worth the 8 year wait. Stand alone and witg pizza it was terrific

4/13/2024 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Needed some air time to let off the alcohol. Balanced mild to moderate tannins. Paired well with meets.
It won’t last much longer in a cellar I’m afraid

4/13/2024 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Starting to turn
Still good but needed air. Moderate balanced fruit, initial tanins calmed down

4/10/2024 - Chapel Does not like this wine:

Yuk!
A wine shop in Nevada City sold me a bottle of grape soda! Lots of fruit. No body or tannins

I read the company bio on this wine: they claim they want it to be good immediately. This hints of additives etc to get a quick hit. Perhaps not. But needless to say, this was an expensive disappointment! Yuk

4/10/2024 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Spanish flair. Different tannins and fruit but mild. Well structured. Paired well with chocolate and our roasted chicken

4/10/2024 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Actually a 2017z opened up with tannins and caused a mild puckering. But within an hour laid down and very drinkable. Not much on fruit. Almost a sausage wine. Which in fact pairs well with deli meats.

4/9/2024 - Chapel Likes this wine:

What a ride. Opened up and it was a crouching caged tiger. Acidic, strong, heading towards kerosene (but not). Definitely not a stand alone. Had some stinky cheese and it complimented well.
3 hours later, this tiger became a calm yet powerful pet. Smooth, elegant strong balanced fruit. Able to sip alone but it pairs with food. We just happens to have tacos and it paired so successfully!! Truly any amazing ride. A Borolo will do this.

4/8/2024 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Matured well after opening
Balanced, classical malbec cinnamon notes. No alcohol influence. Very enjoyable

4/7/2024 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Smooth, balanced yet strong right out of the bottle. This can age longer than 2025.
Mild but notable tannins. Over a few hours the tannins faded away
Fruit is of good character but not overpowering .
Excellent wine

4/4/2024 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Wow. So smooth. Velvety . The fruit was delicious and not overwhelming. No hint of alcohol

4/5/2024 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Balanced, multiple levels of structure and flavor. Evolved over an hour of sipping . It’s something an anthropologist should study as this is such a unique wine!

2/26/2024 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Right out is the cellar and it was delicious. As it warmed up over lunch the flavors of course expanded. This is a great pairing wine and complements the food, it doesn’t try to conquer

2/25/2024 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Amazing how well this wine holds up after 11 years. Ready to drink , good fruit, cinnamon, assertive distinctive flavor as always. I M certain this wine could continue to stay its present signature flavor another 5 years EASILY, if not 10

2/25/2024 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Great food pairing . Faint smell infrequently of the wine beginning to turn; not sure. I know it won’t age till 2035
Continued to open up

2/11/2024 - Chapel wrote:

Smooth developed and elegant

1/27/2024 - Chapel wrote:

Translation of Raage from March 26,2023
Compared to the “simple” Barolo from Cascina Fontana, this vintage is more ambitious, with tighter substance, more present bitters and an aromatic, in my opinion, much less charming... It's a bit of everything I fear from Nebiolo on call, a somewhat sad austerity, and a lack of complexity. I had been so captivated by the Barolo 17 that here everything lacked flavor... The fact remains that by waiting 5/7 years it should evolve remarkably, its density having a real depth, the grain a finesse under -jacent. At this stage, it lacks fruitiness and flowers and remains stuck in its leather, its brambles, its autumnal harshness.

12/31/2023 - Chapel Likes this wine:

This is what a wine made by a maestro wine maker is all about. This is wine for adults! If you appreciate mature well aged wine then taste this. Initial alcohol rush which evaporates in 20’. Full bodie with layers of taste and distinction. Balanced. Smooth. Sometimes yet a firm introduction of certainty. Great with foods but also stand alone

11/23/2023 - Chapel Likes this wine:

This is a true gem of the more backbone grape soil of Barolo. It can age, told 35 years, yet it’s drinkable now. It changes in your glass as long as you take the time to drink it. Pairs well with many for types

11/24/2023 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Out of the bottle at 16C, this already showed balanced tannins and smooth body! We drank in unique glasses ( the somm recommended) and it continued to evolve. As well our somm told us it would warm up 1C every hour. The wine changed! It paired wonderfully!

11/21/2023 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Excellent to drink now. Can age 5 years easily +
Tannins, moderate body, smooth. Paired with several food types and deserts. This wine is a team player

11/21/2023 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Recommended by 20y/o sommelier at La Piola restaurant in Alba(Leonardo is his name and he KNOWS it!!). Well balance between structure and elegance. Paired with our pastas, chocolate pudding desert and even the bread sticks.
Mild bit notable tannins, medium body, medium aroma, finish is mild. I could drink this all day but with some type of food

11/20/2023 - Chapel Likes this wine:

This wonderfully age Barolo cane out of the bottle as if it was only 5 years old, not 22. A bit below room temp but as it got oxygenated it unwound from its tannins. Paired acceptable with lamb and mushrooms as well as a variety of cheeses. Towards the end of a 2 +hour meal it’s age began to be noticed. It’s not spoiled nor past it’s peak but still a hint of its sge becsje apparent. I’d think it’s great to drink now and for another 5+ years IF cellared properly

11/9/2023 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Grapes from east side of hill this colder climate. Delicate wine compared to West side. Clear and lighter in color. Paired with many foods from pizza to cheeses to oil and meats. Expect to age 20-25 years

11/8/2023 - Chapel Likes this wine:

At winery(best tour ever!) and paired well with complex or earthy foods(pate, mushrooms, heavy cheeses, stews) as the earthy complexities blossomed. Smooth and bold. Can age to 2048 even longer

10/21/2023 - Chapel Likes this wine:

This wine is a great simple food pairing table wine. Not too many great reds out of the Venito, yet this one is a team player. If you’re having a dinner and not too many sophisticated wine drinkers amongst wine drinkers then get this! Everyone will accept it.

9/6/2023 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Smooth, bold, layered and just a delightful wine. All who tasttit came back for more

8/21/2023 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Right out if 58 degree cellar was good. Cork fired and part ended up in wine. Inhale from glass is a bold smooth balanced aroma telling you to breath in again as there is more there.
Taste is moderate body , no biting, average fruit but again this haunting of “taste me” draws me in to sip more and more.
Paired well with Italian sausage with barratta,olive oil & vinegarett.
Not had a bad Cain Five ever

7/5/2023 - Chapel wrote:

It’s boarder line turning
I took it out of the controlled cellar 2 days ago.
It’s just about to turn.
Enjoy it while you can!!!

4/1/2023 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Another great Lynmar Pinot

4/1/2023 - Chapel wrote:

A bit disappointed : the body, flavor and roughness were marred by the alcohol flavor. This is a bottle with 14.8% alcohol . That flavor stayed, despite decanting for hours. Had to work a bit to get passed this alcohol taste and focus on the berry. Did not really pair that well .
I won’t buy this again

4/1/2023 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Drank with neighbors . Full but mellow body. Smooth! Wow. What a great well aged wine

3/25/2023 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Had it with truffle pasta at Joel Rubichon in Vegas. Wonderful taste right out of the not -yet-room-temp bottle . Initial aroma was the clay from how it’s stored but that whisked away as this balanced delicious wine opened up. Not too dry, not too fruity . And by hour number 3 it was still improving .

1/14/2023 - Chapel Likes this wine:

This wine was sooo smooth, balanced full bodied . Tannin mild. I was very impressed !

1/14/2023 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Oh wow! So smooth. So balanced
. I decanted and drank right out of the cellar (58 degrees ). And this was complex , organized like a fine symphony and smooth. This wine has held its virtue!

1/14/2023 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Last minute stay home and ordered pizza I pulled this from the cellar (58 degrees ). Opened and let breath in wine glass for 30 minutes . Excellent!!!
Brunello’s are a pairing wine. This is a prime example. Balanced , mild tannins and fruit. Just good !!! Smooth also

12/29/2022 - Chapel Likes this wine:

From Fred (Dec. 2022);1st opening kerosene too strong. 30 min later. It if fruit peeking through. Still flammable . 2 hours later, settling down slightly w but showing off strawberries and cinnamon . A few minutes later with cheese and bingo; pairs very well!

11/26/2022 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Clear, golden color with old world aroma. Mild oak tones but nothing like the American Chardonnay (overkill ). Moderate body
Paired well with a duck consume broth .
Enjoyed this whilst in Budapest , one of the ruin bars (Macesz)

11/14/2022 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Bought from recommendation of V-wine cellars I’m yontville, Napa.
This 12 y/o wine is majestic. Aroma is of oak and vanilla. No alcohol odor or taste . Opened and right away smooth and powerful like a Cadillac De Ville. 24 hours later still smooth with flowing berry structure. A combination of interlaced flavors and spices (which I’m not sophisticated enough t to describe) that work together seamlessly. What a wine!!!

11/14/2022 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Caro Dorum 2005, a Spanish wine from the Toro appellation. Deep, DEEP mouthful of blackberry flavors with a layer of vanilla (from the oak) just underneath. Though the wine is seventeen years old it still has a sturdy tannin super structure which, rather than muting the wine (as it would with a young, less powerful wine), only distributes it across the palate.

This is a fine wine, each sip a little gorgeous re-visiting of that first astonishing bucket-of-blackberry mouthful.

11/6/2022 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Brought to room temp for 2 days then decanted over an hour. The aroma and flavor, which were identical, continued to unwind , develop and grow in stature. It’s seductive nature hasn’t halted(it wants my room key). A dramatic transformation!

As to describing the flavor; it is difficult.
Berry & tannin predominant and elegant. Brindled with a spice(s), and a blunt smooth metal (graphite?) Transforming from lips to end of the gullet.
Food pairing caused the not-ripe-cherry-like fruit flavor of the wine to be dulled, sharing the pallet for both.
Based on the 6+ hours to drink this wine (from opening the last drop) it is aging well. I sense this can be cellared a few more years if not longer.

11/5/2022 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Decanted after getting to room temp . Paired so well with steak and truffle pasta. Initially stringent with noted tannins but this backed off. Delighted with this wine. Having the rest a day later

11/4/2022 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Smoth & balanced . Mid palate it peaks and then turns to fluid. No after taste or break down .

10/24/2022 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Bold , balanced moderate body. Berry flavor but a smaller spectrum of various flavors. I’m sure this could pair with many things . Great price pint and it aged well

10/16/2022 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Pulled this for daily drink . Lasted 3 days with simple aerator stopper in it. Last day it bordered on breaking down. But glad to know this aged well. Paired with my dinners and snacks.
Bold fruit, faint alcohol taste (14.3%), balanced whole way

10/13/2022 - Chapel wrote:

Fruit and boldness abound in aroma. However they rubbing alcoholic taste is faint but decidedly there. This did not age well. Next day can taste it turning

10/8/2022 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Had at the Table in Tacoma, WA. Initially chilled but right away the delicate structure was apparent. Soft to the pallet , mild lingering stay. Paired well with many foods. There was no citrus flavor(I find often in this particular brand) either. Wonderful taste

9/17/2022 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Good flavor. Young still
Left open with pourer in bottle over night . Still good

6/18/2022 - Chapel Likes this wine:

This has aged perfectly ! Smooth, bold and structured. Moderate fruit but not fruity and no alcoholic flavor or aroma . Stand alone excellent yet paired well with pasta and veggies .
After uncorking and consuming 2 glasses over a few hours , left bottle pour filter in (thus aerating) and next day it had not tarnished at all. Wow!

6/11/2022 - Chapel Likes this wine:

Wow. Low acidity and tannins yet still great structure ! Flavor was refined as it tasted well stand alone yet didn’t over power the meal (Aged filet).

4/16/2022 - Chapel Does not like this wine:

It just never got to a good taste. Was at room temp for a few months in wine holder in kitchen . Slight bitter taste maybe. Disappointing