Vin d’Ottawa

9.1

Takes time to open up and once it does it’s dry black tea and jammy raspberry. — 20 days ago

with Gillian

Matthew Davis

9.0

Almost port-like nose of dried plums or cherries, a little funky and earthy on the palate, some leather and horse blanket mixed with the dried cherry and a medium tannin and pretty bright for a red. Medium body and long finish. Deep garnet hue and was still good chilled. — a month ago

with Rivka and Navin

Clay Bullwinkel

9.1

Good basic frappato, a Sicilian staple. — 7 days ago

Jared Graf

9.1

Currant grapefruit chalk wall — a day ago

Jay Kline

9.1

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of 90 minutes. The 2020 Siccagno pours a deep ruby/purple color with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of blackberry, black cherry, pomegranate, dry leaf tobacco, wood varnish, and volcanic earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium. This is a fresh, if not slightly volatile Siccagno but it was lovely with cappellacci on a warm summer day. Drink now through 2035. — a month ago

Victor Hsu

8.9

Nicely concentrated Sicilian red, with muscular tannins backed by deep and dark fruit with somewhat sharp acidity. Reminds me of a young California Central Coast red blend. Nice pairing with red sauce pasta but probably better after four or five years of softening in the bottle. Had the 2023 vintage with Paccheri Lisci (spicy pork sausage sugo, fennel, sage, pecorino) from Jame Enoteca in El Segundo, CA. — 5 days ago

Bonnie Chu

9.0

With f&f 🍕 — 11 days ago

Alex

9.1

Deep red and cherry/red fruit, light black pepper at back (14%,+/-2) — a month ago

Norman

9.2

I have been wanting to try this for years and finally got access to his wines without having to drive down to San Diego. Pushed K&L every so often and they finally delivered. This was way better than I expected. I heard he is using sulfur so it’s not as “natural” as before but way more stable. Flavors were light and food friendly. Hint of vinegar to be on the nose but not on the palate. Crowd pleaser. Listening to Action Bronson who alerted me to this wine on That’s Delicious. Bring it back! — 17 days ago

Chris Niro

9.0

Peppery and needs time to open. — 7 days ago