Jules

9.0

my go-to boxed wine! most boxed reds BURN- either too acidic, too dry, or just plain cheap alcohol. but this one is perfectly smooth!! @ Black Box— this diva deserves to have “velvet” in her title way more than y’all’s awful red blend 😅💅🏻 — 6 months ago

Yuri

9.0

Very beautiful Sake, gift from Diva:-) — 4 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.3

Don’t know if I settled down the third time around or the wine did, but a more focused experience this time. Who knows, maybe three times a charm. An ethereal light to medium body, all balsamic, mushroom notes & wild black currants. — 6 years ago

Stephanie Swannack

9.9

Birthday dinner with Angela in steamboat Springs at Cafe Diva — 7 years ago

JFS

9.2

At Casta Diva, Hungary — 8 years ago

Jayson Noland

9.3

Post tapas in Vegas — good stuff — 8 years ago

Dan Bruton

9.4

No other way to describe this than a silky smooth full bodied beauty. This drop is the diva of the wine world. It demands your attention and you're more than happy to give it. To fully reap the exotic flavours of this Cabernet Merlot I recommend pairing it with multiple bottles. — 9 years ago

with Jack and Jack

Seth Masterson

9.3

Such a damn fine example what Muscat de petit grains dried in the sun can be. Made into the sweet (but not too sweet), spicy aromatic concoction that can be found in many countries. Miel? Yes but I get a lot of dried apricot equally. The residual sugar is IMHO perfectly balanced by the remaining acids. One of the best examples of desert Muscat I've had anywhere. Good cold but maybe even better at cool room temp.

Cellarer, Barcelona — 2 years ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.0

Dirty, dusty red fruit - red currant, raspberry, rose hip, but also a whiff of blood orange with a mineral core underneath, fresh & slightly funky.
Bone dry on the palate, with persistent bubbles, juicy fruit and a slight touch of tannins. The irony, bloody character of Baga shines through.
Unorthodox, delicious stuff. Brilliant with food. — 5 years ago

Michael Lavely

9.4

What a delicious medium bodied wine. Violet and allspice with tart apple. Fantastic — 7 years ago

Erick Celaya

9.5

Mucha personalidad. Suficiente fruta sin llegar a ser dulce. Fresco, mi rose favorito en mucho tiempo — 8 years ago

Austin Hohnke

9.1

From half bottle. Heavy SO2 that blows off with some air, which does the wine good in general. Ripe lemons and cinnamon spiced baked pear. The malo and battonage are more pronounced than the oak. The ‘15’s are out of control. A diva vintage for Burgundy. — 8 years ago

Zack Klug

9.1

When we diva we #winediva — 9 years ago

with Patrick

Sara Kobilka

8.9

Full flavor, high tannins, jammy — 9 years ago

with Brandon

John W

9.4

Marisa cuomo- Casta di amalfi- furore- deep coloration- on the nose, smoke, oak, blackberry, and dark cherry. On the palate, dark cherry, blackberry, plum, leather, full bodied. Jammy. Very enjoyable and had just about everyday when in amalfi. — 3 years ago

Lauren Golanty

9.1

Fabulous after 20 years. Took 15 min for a sour-tartness to mellow out, but it was delicious with fruity, flinty, and bready notes… wish we had more! — 5 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

Tasted blind. Dark red and opaque. Notes of tart cherries, earth, molasses, some wood, and a hint of VA that blew off. Rich fruit in the mouth. Monolithic though, and very quiet compared to the diva 64 Giacosa that is singing next to it. Perhaps it was the less air time that this had. What a treat to taste two great 64 Barolos side by side, brought brown-bagged by two different people. — 6 years ago

Connor Smith

9.5

#Nebbiolo is a surprisingly rare grape. Even in its native Piedmont, it accounts for only 8% of vineyard land. There are fewer than 100 hectares planted in the United States. 🕵️‍♂️🍇
Over 80% of prewar Italian immigrants came from Sicily and Southern Italy. Piedmont was the wealthiest and most politically dominant region. But if fortunes were reversed, could Nebbiolo have taken Primitivo/Zinfandel’s place as a grape relatively uncommon on the boot but dominant in California? 🤔🇮🇹🇺🇸
Probably not. The Nebbiolo vine is *not* for beginners. It flowers early and ripens late, making it susceptible to both spring and autumn frosts. It loves the occasional fog bath (some say the name is derived from ‘nebbia’, Italian for fog ☁️☁️☁️) but is prone to the mildew that may result from such humid conditions. Its fussiness would make Pinot Noir blush: it demands southwesterly exposure, a proper gradient, constant sun above, and fog licking at its toes. #diva
Sound anything like California’s Central Coast? 🌅
In the Santa Maria Valley, where the East-West Transverse Range bends back into the North-South Coastal Range, it’s possible. Vineyard selection still requires extreme discretion - an eye like @JimClendenen’s, perhaps.
Jim began the Nebbiolo program at the legendary #BienNacido vineyard in 1994. Production is small, but if you track down his “The Pip” Nebbiolo, it will only run you about $30. You’ll believe anything is possible when you have real California Nebbiolo of this quality come wafting out of the glass at you! 🙌🙌
🏞.“The Pip” is named after Jim’s old cellar dog Pip, a border collie. So it only seemed right to include one of our own pips! 🐈 — 7 years ago

Shawna Jaquillard Maymir

9.0

Ripe rich... flavorful — 9 years ago

Sam Jones

10

Wonderful, unique flavor — 9 years ago