Ed Chin

9.3

Dusty dark fruit soft tannins and everything in balance and ready to go. — 9 days ago

Brad Jensen

9.0

Funky, slightly earthy, natural nose, with hints of grass clippings, overripe yellow citrus, mushroom and maybe even a hint of butterscotch. Color of a lightly deep, golden hue, like yellow gold, medium bodied but surprisingly the palate is like a dry Normandie cider! Crisp, fresh, and dry, with some tingly funk, and then something like acidity or minerality emerging to the edges, with a nutty apple cinnamon like finish. — 3 months ago

Vanessa

9.4

This is the 2013 Ar.Pe.Pe Valtellina Superiore Sassella Riserva ‘Nuova Regina’. It’s 100% Chiavennasca and aged 39 months in cask.

It is PALE ruby in color with pronounced aromas and flavors of red and black cherry, bright raspberry, mulberry, pomegranate, purple fig, stewed strawberry rhubarb, rose, potpourri, black licorice, black tea, anise seed, fennel, tri-colored peppercorns, peat, vanilla, cardamom, nutmeg, forest floor, and mushroom.

On the palate, this wine is dry, w/ medium (+) acidity, a medium body, medium alcohol (13% ABV), & medium (+) tannins that are smooth and velveteen; it has a lingering finish.

It’s an outstanding wine, incredibly fresh now with runway to age & gain complexity in the bottle. — a year ago

with Deked1

Kurt Schuster

8.9

Intense and deep. Leather and roasting, spices and heavy clay and chewy tans and everything in between. Drank it over three days with a variety of steak and roasted mushrooms and Italian food and it went well with everything just very broad and deep and brewing.  — 18 days ago

with Denise

Mo

9.1

Concur with the WS review below, although I dropped my score one point and would add that the wine presently requires hours of natural aeration—no less than four in the bottle! We tested the use of a Vinturi, which produced unsatisfactory results. Perhaps decanting would take less time. Paired with pistachio crusted rack of lamb.

WS: 92. A fragrant and elegant red, delivering tuberose, strawberry, cherry and grassy aromas and flavors. Taut and balanced, with bright floral and red fruit notes gracing the lingering finish. Best from 2024 through 2038. 375 cases made, 150 cases imported. — 10 months ago

Peter Coulthard

9.0

Nuova Italia, Ilchester. Fruity and slightly unexpectedly sweet. Berries, fruit. Enjoyable enough. — 2 years ago

Conrad Green

9.1

Lovely fruit. Cherry and violet and lifted fragrance. Light mid palate — 23 days ago

with Peter and Gregg

Pooneet K

9.1

Nose smells quite musty and older than it is. The fruit is quite secondary and relatively seamless. — 5 months ago

S

8.9

Smooth - Florence — 10 months ago

Chris Buggy

9.0

Light and bright, easy everyday drinker — 3 years ago

with Jennifer