The 1971 Calissaro Barolo Riserva Speciale (a category no longer made) had13.5% alcohol, cost $12 back then, now worth about $500, was a numbered bottle, and scored 18+…
Costing under $20 with 12.5% alcohol, the 28 year-old 1990 Badia a Coltibuono Chianti Classico scored 17 points on the 20-point Dionysian scale. A nose with sun-dried tomato,…
Costing about $40 with 15% alcohol, the 2012 Torciano Brunello Di Montalcino, a DOC&G from Tuscany, scored 17+ points on the Dionysian scale. It was a fine vintage…
The 2015 Paolo Manzone Barbara D’Alba Fiorenza Superiore has 14% alcohol, cost under $20, and scored 16+ points on the 20-point Dionysian Scale. The Fiorenza comes from the…
With 13.5% alcohol, costing under $15 back then, and scoring 18+ points on the Dionysian 20-point scale, the 1978 Ceretto Barolo Brunate, bottle number 8,611, at 39 years…
Three wines all scoring 19 points on the Dionysian scale of a possible 20. The 1995 Chapoutier Cote-Rotie Brune et Blonde, red Rhone, with 12.8% alcohol was beautiful at…
With 13.5% alcohol, costing under $15 back then, and scoring 18+ points on the 20-point Dionysian Scale, the 1978 Ceretto Barolo Brunate (bottle number 8,611) was a delight…
The 1975, at 42 years-old, Verrazzano Chianti Classico had 12% alcohol, cost under $9 back then, and scored 19 Dionysian points of a possible 20! This Gold Medal wine…