Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good full, deep red. An explosion of black plum, tar, spices and melted licorice on the nose, with subtle nuances of meat and tobacco. Big, sweet and round, with harmonious ac...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Full deep red. Black raspberry, coffee and smoky minerality on the nose. Sweet in the middle but youthfully closed, hinting at dark fruits, licorice and menthol. Shows a more ...

Wine Enthusiast: This riserva Brunello offers plenty of dark intensity and fruity concentration with tones of tobacco, cassis, plum, cigar box and blackberry preserves. The thickness and fu...

Wine Spectator: Fresh and aromatic, this red is packed with sweet cherry, leather, clove and iron flavors. Fused to a bed of stiff, mouthcoating tannins, with a long aftertaste of sweet spice...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Cabernet Franc Duemani is fabulous. Sumptuous and elegant, the Duemani emerges from the glass with extraordinary purity in its aromas and flavors. All of the elements...

Wine Spectator: An elegant, fruity style, boasting raspberry, cherry and floral aromas and flavors. This is pure and delicate for the commune, with fine intensity, finesse and depth. The tann...

Wine Spectator: A full, rich red, with pure cherry, floral, licorice and spice aromas and flavors. Balanced and graceful, with a lingering aftertaste of sweet fruit and spice. Should get ev...

Wine Spectator: There's a lot of toasty oak framing the black cherry, tobacco and spice flavors in this suave, powerful red. Balanced overall, with plenty of fruit, but needs time to integrat...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2008 Corbaia is striking in this vintage. A delicate, graceful bouquet gives the impression of femininity, until layers of fruit hit the palate with relentless energy and ...

Wine Spectator: Pure and fruity, exhibiting cherry jam and raspberry flavors, with a rosemary accent. Stays fresh and juicy through the finish, where, given some air, the tannins are well-int...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good medium red. Aromas of sour cherry, licorice, menthol and savory soil. Silky, juicy and intense but quite imploded and understated today. In fact, this is brutally clos...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2008 Barolo Riserva Vecchie Viti dei Capalot e delle Brunate (magnum) is dark, brooding and super-expressive. Dark red fruit, mocha, leather, licorice and spices meld toge...

About this Wine: Intriguing is perhaps the word that best sums up this full bodied, powerful, dry red wine. It is a rich ruby red in appearance, without being excessively opaque. It displays p...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: I hope one day to have another chance to taste a vertical of Roccamonfina Terra di Lavoro because I have a strong feeling the 2010 will occupy a place among the very finest vi...

Wine Enthusiast: Luce della Vite opens with an opulent, generous style and is packed with black cherry, black currant, cola, leather and pipe tobacco. This is a plush, rich and deeply textured...

About this Wine:  Barolo Le Vigne is often a dark and impenetrable wine in its youth, where the tannins and structure from the Monforte vineyard sites make the wine less approachable. Wit...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2006 Brunello di Montalcino is an explosive, structured wine bursting with dark fruit. It is one of the most inward, brooding wines of the vintage. Black cherries, menthol...

About this Wine: 70% Cabernet franc, 20% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Sauvgnon, 4% Petit Verdot

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2008 Barolo Cerequio comes across as dark, powerful and rich. Black cherries, leather, spices, licorice and tar are some of the nuances that take shape in this intense Cer...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2008 Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata/Torriglione impresses for its silky tannins and overall textural finesse. It shows striking mid-palate richness and gorgeous inner sweet...