September 2, 2021 - after a short decant it opens up pretty nicely. Pretty good!
May 4, 2020 - Retail $9. 100% Sangiovese. Once again, Costco shows through its Kirkland brand that fantastic wine does not have to be expensive. I picked this up a solid three years ago and completely forgot about it. Perhaps that was a good thing? Quite a range of scores here on CT, from 75-90 points. I am not sure that the Kirkland label and it's low retail are doing it many favors here as wine snobs are going to think it is crap even before opening (since it is "made" by a retail behemoth) and "regular" folk are going to assume it is just an average wine (at best) since they can actually afford it. Well, it is pretty darned good, in my opinion. That classic Classico nose of dark cherry (just ever so slightly stewed), with a bit of black pepper, and even a touch of mint. The palate is still quite fruity with that cherry, a bit of cola, and heaping spoonfuls of tartness. There is also a bit of tannic grip on the finish, too, so this is still doing quite fine, grazie. thedrunkencyclist.com
August 10, 2019 - Very good value.
June 10, 2018 - Thin, unimpressive chianti. Okay for cheap pizza wine, but that's about it.
February 12, 2018 - Light in color. Quite acidic and tart. Fruit is muted..very austere.
January 19, 2018 - A decent wine, especially for under $10. Rather thin. Agree with the somewhat high acidity but not over the top. Cherry/leather (maybe a little brett?). Drinking well now. Don't think it will improve much more with additional aging.
September 15, 2017 - Cherry and spice. Dry lite. Nice.
August 21, 2017 - Not a lot of fruit. Way, way too much acid. Some tannins. Horribly unbalanced.
August 15, 2017 - Dark purple to garner. Nose of lots of cherry, tobacco, blackberry, black currant. Taste is high acid, medium alcohol, medium tannin, black cherry, black currant, band aid, cherry, cigar box. Not bad. Great value.
July 30, 2017 - Very light. Not the greatest.