Mark Mannebach

9.0

Cherry up front with a nice finish — a month ago

Bonnie Chu

9.3

Chianti Classico tasting 🇮🇹 @ Ai Fiori — 2 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.1

Rich and ripe - still with balsamic notes - lovely aromatics. A lively nose from this excellent Chianti vintage. Plummy, savoury red fruits, earthy, a trace of mushroom. Goes without saying that this is an excellent food wine, even with the extra ripeness from the 2016 vintage. We drank our last bottle on 12/12/25 with home made pizza. Just an excellent Chianti. — 10 months ago

Jay Kline

9.4

Puntodivista is a single-vineyard located in the village of Lamole, Greve in Chianti. Here, the vineyards are some of the highest elevation in all of Chianti Classico. Puntodivista is 600m above sea-level and planted to old-vine Sangiovese and “some other local varieties”. 2015 was Jurij’s first vintage working with the fruit from this vineyard and he hit an absolute piss-missile on the first pitch.

Poured into a decanter about an hour before service. In the glass, the 2015 Puntodivista presents a deep ruby with a near opaque core. Medium viscosity with no perceptible staining of the tears and some faint signs of sediment. On the nose, the wine is developing and OMG, ever so Italian!! So yeah, it’s got some VA and it’s absolutely gorgeous with notes of dark cherries, blood orange zest, flower shop, some barnyard, tobacco, pu-erh tea, dried Italian herbs, and wet rocks. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The texture is silky and fit. The finish is long and has a ferrous-cherry sort of thing going for it. This is stunning. I can’t get over the nose. The aromatics are off the chart. So lovely right now but this certainly has a long life ahead. The production of Puntodivista is minuscule with 500-600 bottles made depending on the vintage but holy smokes, the nose is worth the effort to seek out alone. Drink now and through 2035+. — 2 years ago

Keith M

8.9

暑い年を感じさせない丸くて柔らかな果実。
その後に、小梅的な旨味のある酸がジワジワ。
そう書くとエレガント系みたいだが、エレガンスはあるけど、垢抜けないチャーミング。
派手さはないんだけど、これ、めちゃくちゃ好き。 — 4 years ago

Joseph Barsky

9.2

2003 Vintage, 13.5% Alcohol. Vinsato del Chianti Classico, Tuscany. Butterscotch and honey nose and taste. Lovely after dinner drink. — 7 years ago

Jay Kline

9.2

Nonlosò is a southwestern facing vineyard at 500 meters altitude and pure Sangiovese di Lamole. Poured into a decanter about an hour prior to service; enjoyed over the course of a few hours. The 2020 pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with faint staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of Bing cherry, raspberry, iris, Earl Grey, dried green herbs and stony earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. A delicious, nuanced expression of Lamole. Drink now through 2040. Bottle No. 436/546 — 2 months ago

Rob DeShane

8.9

2021: A very rich Chianti that is compulsively drinkable. Rusticity moderated by modern wine making. A warmer global trend is making for more dense and early approachable wines…. — 9 months ago

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9.3

The 2021 Il Guercio is 100% Sangiovese from Lamole. Vinification and aging in cement yielded an especially stark but expressive wine that is so distinctive. Crushed flowers, spice, lavender, mint and orange peel are all beautifully lifted. A touch of stems adds aromatic breadth, but they aren’t especially evident. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, July 2024)
— 2 years ago

Jess

9.2

Medium ruby color.
Aromas of fresh red fruit, cherry, honeysuckle,
Dry. Flavors of red fruit, licorice, floral, herbal. Moderate, firm tannins and great acidic backbone. Light and fresh. Lovely!

Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 4/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 3 years ago

Jakub Kalinowski

8.9

Dark cherry freshness, with a savoury pinch of dried herbs and a deeper, darker whiff of mushrooms / undergrowth / roast. Very pure & enticing.
On the palate this show v. nice balance and great freshness (2019!). Nice dark, sweet cherry with brambly, juicy (and nicely polished) tannins, fresh acidity and a herby, savoury finish.
A very proper classic Chianti - finally balanced after all these super hot vintages. — 4 years ago

David D

9.0

Vanilla, a little oak, prune, black tea, dark cherry, damp earth. From Perry’s, Provincetown. — 6 years ago

garry post

9.1

Delicious Chianti with bright cherry notes — 8 years ago

Bonnie Chu

9.1

Chianti Classico tasting 🇮🇹 @ Ai Fiori — 2 months ago

Henry Luiker

9.2

Got the bottle, 32 euro at Trattoria Casalinga, Florence for MC BD. Why does Lamole taste better here than in Sydney? — 9 months ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Puntodivista is one of Jurij’s single vineyards in the Lamole UGA; the smallest of the 11 geographies. Puntodivista highlights 50 year old vines, a mix of Sangiovese and other varieties, planted at 600m elevation.

Opened about 30min prior to service and enjoyed over the course of a couple hours. The 2020 pours a bright garnet color with a transparent core; medium viscosity with light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with very pretty notes of Morello cherry, raspberry, red carnations, black tea, eucalyptus, some dried green herbs and gravelly earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. A beautiful expression of Lamole. Drink now through 2040. Bottle No. 425/581
— a year ago

Brandon Boesch

9.1

Solid Chianti. Everything I want. Fruit, earth, leather, tobacco, more fruit at the end. Tasting great with 8 years of age. — 3 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.4

Got two bottles with dinner. Definitely some variation. The leather, earth, herbs was present in both. One had more fresh fruit with cherry and currant while the other was more dried and savory. Both outstanding value for 9 year old Sangiovese. The amazing food also helps! — 3 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.0

Really nice. Nose hits right out of the gate. Loads of savory, gravelly minerality, a balsamic note, dried sour cherry underneath. Serious in the mouth. No fruity frivolity here. More on the austere side, with loads of tangy, dark savory notes, good acids, still a bit of puckery tannin. Too demanding to sip on its own but dynamite with a chicken dish that featured lots of herbs and was braised with tons of punchy cherry tomatoes. — 5 years ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.0

Fresh & sappy with loads of dusty cherries and a touch rosemary and thymian. Pretty light on the palate but with a nice tannic grip. Very juicy with a nice uplift toward the end. This is drinking very nicely. — 8 years ago