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94/100 Punkte Robert Parker December 2018
This wine is drinking beautifully right now. The 2012 Mille e Una Notte is a lot of fun to drink. You are treated to balanced aromas of black fruit and plum that are contrasted against spice, licorice and smoke. Nero d'Avola tends to show aromas of black olive, caper and aniseed in its natural state. You get some of those aromas here, but the black fruit is ultimately what shows strongest. This full-bodied red is endowed with rich texture and solid structure. It should continue to evolve over the next 10 years.

3 Gläser Gambero Rosso 2019

95/100 Punkte Robert Parker December 2018
The 2014 Mille e Una Notte is mostly Nero d'Avola with some other red grapes in a supporting role. This was a terrific vintage in Sicily that did not see the below average temperatures and heavy rainfall that plagued the rest of mainland Italy. Instead, the growing season was characterized by balanced temperatures and steady sunshine. The fruit has matured beautifully here, showing blackberry, ripe cherry and plum. Tangy leather and spice add complexity to the wine. This is a full-bodied red with beautiful textual richness.

3 Gläser Gambero Rosso 2019

95/100 Punkte Robert Parker December 2018
The 2014 Mille e Una Notte is mostly Nero d'Avola with some other red grapes in a supporting role. This was a terrific vintage in Sicily that did not see the below average temperatures and heavy rainfall that plagued the rest of mainland Italy. Instead, the growing season was characterized by balanced temperatures and steady sunshine. The fruit has matured beautifully here, showing blackberry, ripe cherry and plum. Tangy leather and spice add complexity to the wine. This is a full-bodied red with beautiful textual richness.

97/100 Punkte Falstaff April 2019
Sattes, tiefdunkles Rubin mit Violett. Sehr konzentrierte Nase, satt nach Waldheidelbeeren und dunklen Zwetschken, dazu etwas Pfeffer, Gewürznelkenund Tabak. Am Gaumen stoffig und fest, viel dichtmaschiges Tannin das sich in Schichten öffnet, sehr langer Nachhall.

95+/100 Punkte Robert Parker Oct 2019
Donnafugata's showcase wine is the always delightful Mille e Una Notte, with 40,000 bottles released in this vintage. The 2015 Sicilia Mille e Una Notte is a beautifully saturated and dark wine, with an elegant full-bodied style and plenty of black fruit and plum that shines bright. The quality of those primary aromas is radiant and fresh. The wine shows its complexity in a second wave of spice, leather and black olive. The blend is mostly Nero d'Avola with Petit Verdot, Syrah and other grapes, and the wine rests in oak barrel for 14 months. This vintage is particularly rich, soft and exuberant.

97/100 Punkte Falstaff April 2019
Sattes, tiefdunkles Rubin mit Violett. Sehr konzentrierte Nase, satt nach Waldheidelbeeren und dunklen Zwetschken, dazu etwas Pfeffer, Gewürznelkenund Tabak. Am Gaumen stoffig und fest, viel dichtmaschiges Tannin das sich in Schichten öffnet, sehr langer Nachhall.

95+/100 Punkte Robert Parker Oct 2019
Donnafugata's showcase wine is the always delightful Mille e Una Notte, with 40,000 bottles released in this vintage. The 2015 Sicilia Mille e Una Notte is a beautifully saturated and dark wine, with an elegant full-bodied style and plenty of black fruit and plum that shines bright. The quality of those primary aromas is radiant and fresh. The wine shows its complexity in a second wave of spice, leather and black olive. The blend is mostly Nero d'Avola with Petit Verdot, Syrah and other grapes, and the wine rests in oak barrel for 14 months. This vintage is particularly rich, soft and exuberant.

97/100 Punkte Falstaff April 2019
Sattes, tiefdunkles Rubin mit Violett. Sehr konzentrierte Nase, satt nach Waldheidelbeeren und dunklen Zwetschken, dazu etwas Pfeffer, Gewürznelkenund Tabak. Am Gaumen stoffig und fest, viel dichtmaschiges Tannin das sich in Schichten öffnet, sehr langer Nachhall.

95+/100 Punkte Robert Parker Oct 2019
Donnafugata's showcase wine is the always delightful Mille e Una Notte, with 40,000 bottles released in this vintage. The 2015 Sicilia Mille e Una Notte is a beautifully saturated and dark wine, with an elegant full-bodied style and plenty of black fruit and plum that shines bright. The quality of those primary aromas is radiant and fresh. The wine shows its complexity in a second wave of spice, leather and black olive. The blend is mostly Nero d'Avola with Petit Verdot, Syrah and other grapes, and the wine rests in oak barrel for 14 months. This vintage is particularly rich, soft and exuberant.

97/100 Punkte Falstaff April 2019
Sattes, tiefdunkles Rubin mit Violett. Sehr konzentrierte Nase, satt nach Waldheidelbeeren und dunklen Zwetschken, dazu etwas Pfeffer, Gewürznelkenund Tabak. Am Gaumen stoffig und fest, viel dichtmaschiges Tannin das sich in Schichten öffnet, sehr langer Nachhall.

95+/100 Punkte Robert Parker Oct 2019
Donnafugata's showcase wine is the always delightful Mille e Una Notte, with 40,000 bottles released in this vintage. The 2015 Sicilia Mille e Una Notte is a beautifully saturated and dark wine, with an elegant full-bodied style and plenty of black fruit and plum that shines bright. The quality of those primary aromas is radiant and fresh. The wine shows its complexity in a second wave of spice, leather and black olive. The blend is mostly Nero d'Avola with Petit Verdot, Syrah and other grapes, and the wine rests in oak barrel for 14 months. This vintage is particularly rich, soft and exuberant.

97/100 Punkte Falstaff April 2019
Sattes, tiefdunkles Rubin mit Violett. Sehr konzentrierte Nase, satt nach Waldheidelbeeren und dunklen Zwetschken, dazu etwas Pfeffer, Gewürznelkenund Tabak. Am Gaumen stoffig und fest, viel dichtmaschiges Tannin das sich in Schichten öffnet, sehr langer Nachhall.

95+/100 Punkte Robert Parker Oct 2019
Donnafugata's showcase wine is the always delightful Mille e Una Notte, with 40,000 bottles released in this vintage. The 2015 Sicilia Mille e Una Notte is a beautifully saturated and dark wine, with an elegant full-bodied style and plenty of black fruit and plum that shines bright. The quality of those primary aromas is radiant and fresh. The wine shows its complexity in a second wave of spice, leather and black olive. The blend is mostly Nero d'Avola with Petit Verdot, Syrah and other grapes, and the wine rests in oak barrel for 14 months. This vintage is particularly rich, soft and exuberant.

94/100 Punkte Falstaff Dezember 2017
Kräftiges Rot; im Bukett verhalten, leicht reduktiv, Veilchen, Sauerkirschen, dezent Peperoni, Weihrauch; im Geschmack jugendlich frisches Tannin, präsente Säure. Noch unzugänglicher, vielversprechender Merlot, muss reifen.

18/20 Punkte Schweizerische Weinzeitung Dezember 2017
Verschlossenes, aromatisches, tiefgründiges Bouquet, Erdbeeren, Heidelbeeren, verschiedene Kräuter, zart Eukalyptus, fein Mocca. Dichter, verschlossener, fein kerniger Gaumen dichte Frucht, viel feines Tannin, fein muskulöse Struktur, vielfältige Aromatik, langer, dichter Abgang mit feinen Rückaromen, kann noch zulegen.

18/20 Punkte Schweiz. Weinzeitung Dezember 2019

18/20 Punkte Schweiz. Weinzeitung Dezember 2019

94/100 Punkte Falstaff Weinguide 2017/18
Leuchtendes Gelbgrün, Silberreflexe. Feine Grapefruitzesten, reife gelbe Kernobstnuancen, ein Hauch von Reduktion, kräuterwürzige Nuancen. Kernig, zart nach weißer Tropenfrucht, straffe Textur, finessenreich strukturiert, mineralische und anhaltend, sicheres Reifepotenzial.

92+/100 Punkte Robert Parker August 2017
From chalky marl soils and the warmest vineyard of the family (just 5 kilometers west of the domaine), the 2015 Sulz Morillon was fermented in 1,000-liter and 228-liter barrels. It offers a clear, fresh and aromatic bouquet with coolish earthy and lemon peel flavors and a hint of smoke. Very elegant and fresh on the palate, with piquant acidity and a crispy phenol structure, this is a full-bodied and persistent Chardonnay of remarkable elegance and powerful juiciness. The tannins are fine but grippy, and the aftertaste is chalky, aromatic and very long. I tasted this wine in May 2017 from a bottle that was filled the same day (LO 80517), whereas two-thirds of the production still remains in stainless steel.

94/100 Punkte Robert Parker Apr 2016
From 30-year-old vines, fermented for one year in small barrels and aged for another six months in stainless steel (without the addition of sulfur), the 2013 Morillon Zieregg was bottled unfiltered in July 2015; it opens pure and mineral on the nose, and reflects its great shell limestone terroir in 450 meters altitude, with floral and lemon aromas. Compared to the corresponding Zieregg Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc), this Morillon (Chardonnay) seems leaner and straighter, but is very intense and compact, well structured and powerful. The finish is long and grippy, a bit austere, but full of tension and potential. There is a great finesse and salivating salinity in this wine that is surely on the quality level of the Zieregg Sauvignons. Keep this "Grosse STK Lage" cru for another five to 15 years and don't miss to try it.

95/100 Punkte Falstaff Weinguide 2017/18
Leuchtendes Gelbgrün, Silberreflexe. Ungemein facettenreiches und frisch angelegtes Bukett, Nuancen von Wiesenkräutern und gelber Tropenfrucht, ein Hauch von Mandarinenzesten, florale Nuancen. Straff, feine weiße Frucht, lebendige Säurestruktur, mineralisch-zitroniger Touch im Finale, rassige Stilistik.

93-94/100 Punkte Robert Parker August 2017
The golden-yewllow colored 2015 Zieregg Morillon comes from Muschelkalk soils with a thicker layer of brown soil. The wine opens with a clear, intense and aromatic bouquet of perfectly ripe, yellow-fleshed fruits intermixed with crushed rocks and lemon juice. Round and very elegant on the palate, this is a rich, full-bodied and juicy Zieregg with a mouthful of fruit, fine acidity, firm tannins and a lingering finish. It is still a bit hard and tannic in the finish, but this will soften over the time. The wine is succulent, powerful and big and needs this structure. It has more flesh on the bones compared to the more mineral and pure Weissburgunder form the very stony part of the Zieregg. Tasted at the domaine in May 2017.

94+/100 Punkte Robert Parker October 31, 2018
The 2016 Ried Zieregg Morillon is from the oldest, southwest-facing part of the cru and was planted by Manfred Tement in the early 1980s on coral limestone. Today the vineyard is so well balanced that the yields are almost never reduced and the grapes are picked in just a single day. In 2016, the loss due to frost was "just" 50% (compared to 85% in Sulz), and the grapes came only from the very first shoots, which resulted in a long vegetation period. The 2016 includes one barrel of Pinot Blanc (10%) and opens pure, fine and fresh on the nose, with beautiful chalky notes and perfectly ripe fruit aromas. On the palate, this is a pure, vital and tensioned wine with great elegance, grip and lots of (almost peppery) spices and fine tannins. The 2016 has remarkable finesse and a persistent, citrus-fresh finish that reveals endless energy, purity and salinity. This is like a top Côte des Blancs Champagne without bubbles. There are lemon and c

18/20 Punkte Vinum Mai 2019

93-95/100 Punkte Falstaff Weinguide 2013
Mittleres Grüngelb. Feine Mandarinenzesten, gelbe Frucht, fast rotbeerige Nuancen, feine Mineralik. Stoffig, gute Komplexität, mit reifem gelbem Apfel unterlegt, finessenreiches Säurespiel, lebendige zitronige Nuancen im Abgang, sicheres Zukunftspotenzial.

93-95/100 Punkte Falstaff Weinguide 2013

93/100 Punkte Falstaff Weinguide 2019/20

17/20 Punkte Schweizerische Weinzeitung Dezember 2018

92/100 Punkte Falstaff September 2019
Komplexes Bouquet mit Noten von grünlichen Kräutern, etwas Karamell und reife Zitrusnoten. Am Gaumen saftig, trocken, schöne lange Säure, im Abgang Noten von Honig. Bleibt lang am Gaumen mit einer schönen Herbe.

91/100 Punkte Robert Parker Feb 2018
The new white in the portfolio is the 2016 NAHI, a blend from five very small plots of vines over 80 years old in the village of Villabuena de Álava. The white grapes are kept separate (Viura, Malvasía and other old varieties like Calagraño or Rojal) and fermented very slowly. The grapes are destemmed and pressed, and the juice put to ferment in an open-top barrel. It has a smoky touch with complexity, round with volume and good persistence.

92/100 Punkte Robert Parker June 2019
There are now new wines from Villabuena de Álava, so the 2017 NAHI Blanco has been joined by a red with the same name. It has volume and more clout and depth and keeps very good freshness. She tries to keep the oak to a minimum to keep the fruit and the origin. This 2017 feels a little shy and has a smoky touch, with floral notes and some citrus aromas and flavors, and it only has a sweet-ish touch on the finish. It's mostly Viura but has other white grapes, such as Malvasía Riojana and other old varieties like Calagraño and Rojal. It comes from five small plots, and they only produce 600 bottles, so yields were extremely low. It takes some time to take off in the glass, but it finally develops beautiful aromatics, including some mineral/diesel-like tones, which might give us an idea of how slowly the wine is going to develop in bottle. The vineyards are in the process of being recovered, so the volume might increase in the following years.

92/100 Punkte James Suckling July 2019
This has such intense, fresh, lemon, pineapple and minerally, stony aromas with a ripe-melon and nectarine-flavored palate that holds very long, fresh and focused. Flinty kick to close. Drink now.

94/100 Punkte Robert Parker June 2018
About ten producers make wine in the Valmaggiore cru in Roero (many of whom are reviewed here), and these wines get better each year I return to taste them. The 2016 Nebbiolo d'Alba Valmaggiore is particularly beautiful, thanks to ideal growing conditions during that year. The Sandrone family counts 3.5 hectares in this location. As an alternative to Barolo, this wine presents a soft and graceful side of Nebbiolo with delicate fruit nuances and distinct mineral etchings. Indeed, the wine is almost salty in taste. The sandy soils of Valmaggiore contribute to shaping the wine's lively ruby appearance and those tangy wild berry aromas. This wine is only aged in neutral oak.

94/100 Punkte Vinous, May 2019
The 2016 Nebbiolo d'Alba Valmaggiore is superb. In most vintages, the Valmaggiore is gracious to the point of being somewhat ethereal, but the 2016 is endowed with tremendous depth and a level of textural resonance I have never seen in this wine before. Expressive and layered, with tons of Nebbiolo character, the 2016 Valmaggiore is a total knock-out. Don't miss it!

92/100 Punkte Robert Parker June 2019
With scorching heat and little rain overall, there was reason for worry during the 2017 growing season at large, but in the Roero zone by the banks of the Tanaro river, the hilly Valmaggiore vineyards received more rain than other parts of Piedmont, so these grapes did not suffer as much. Lovely notes of red rose and some herbal tones appear on the nose of the 2017 Nebbiolo d'Alba Valmaggiore, coupled with balsam, spice and rosemary. It's voluminous in the mouth, and while the Le Vigne Barolo tends to be the most floral and delicately ethereal of Sandrone's release, this bouquet is distinctive in its own way. It would be a nice pair with a mushroom risotto.

94/100 Punkte Robert Parker June 2019
Released six years after the harvest, the 2013 Nebbiolo d'Alba Valmaggiore is theoretically considered a new wine, although in practice this expression of Nebbiolo is part of the Sibi Paucis series of late releases from this estate. It is a beautiful expression that you appreciate more in the mouth than you do on the nose. Silky and elegant, the tannins have been softly integrated, and the overall effect is beautifully tempered and graceful. Its very apparent mineral sensations and budding tertiary complexity make it an important wine even when stacked against the other lofty achievements of Luciano Sandrone.

93/100 Punkte Guía Peñín 2019

93/100 Punkte Guía Peñín 2019

93/100 Punkte Guía Peñín 2020

92/100 Punkte James Suckling, July 2019
Impressive, ripe dark fruit and stones. A very deep, rich and juicy feel here with dark plums and ripe, succulent berries. The palate has a very succulent and focused feel with a fresh, fleshy finish. Bold style. Drink or hold.

93/100 Punkte Guía Peñín 2020

92/100 Punkte James Suckling, July 2019
Impressive, ripe dark fruit and stones. A very deep, rich and juicy feel here with dark plums and ripe, succulent berries. The palate has a very succulent and focused feel with a fresh, fleshy finish. Bold style. Drink or hold.

93/100 Punkte Guía Peñín 2019

93/100 Punkte Guía Peñín 2020

92/100 Punkte James Suckling, July 2019
Impressive, ripe dark fruit and stones. A very deep, rich and juicy feel here with dark plums and ripe, succulent berries. The palate has a very succulent and focused feel with a fresh, fleshy finish. Bold style. Drink or hold.

93/100 Punkte Guía Peñín 2020

92/100 Punkte James Suckling, July 2019
Impressive, ripe dark fruit and stones. A very deep, rich and juicy feel here with dark plums and ripe, succulent berries. The palate has a very succulent and focused feel with a fresh, fleshy finish. Bold style. Drink or hold.

91/100 Punkte Robert Parker December 2018
Macerated overnight with stems and skins and vinified in large oak, the unfiltered 2016 Neubürger Freyheit has a cloudy citrus color and opens with an intensely aromatic bouquet of citrus fruits, oak and yeasty notes. On the palate, this is a lean but textured, beautifully fresh and citrusy Neuburger with a tight, fresh, salty, well-structured finish. This is a terribly crisp and vital but also complex Neuburger with 12% alcohol and no added sulfur. Bottled unfiltered. Tasted October 2018.

94/100 Punkte Vinous, Jan 2016
(aged in French oak barrels for ten months, followed by another eight months in foudres): Vivid ruby. Vibrant black raspberry, potpourri and Asian spices are complemented by hints of candied licorice and smoky minerals. On the palate, deeply concentrated, palate-staining red and dark berry preserves, with enlivening five-spice powder, fresh lavender and exotic blood orange. Silky, interwoven tannins give shape and focus to the extremely long, sweet finish; shows outstanding clarity and power.

94/100 Punkte Parker Feb 2014
The 2011 Nit De Nin is from a single vineyard, Mas d#en Cacador, a steep, north-facing vineyard in the village of Porrera on slate soils where vines are very old # all over 70 years of age. Yields in this vineyard were six hectoliters per hectare. The blend is 60% Garnacha, 40% Carinena, full-cluster fermented in demi-muids and aged for 10 months in barrel and eight months in foudre. It is very aromatic, flowery and mineral, reminiscent of a great Barolo, tar and roses, with telluric, earthy notes of peat and graphite intermixed with aromas of red, black and blue fruit. There#s more concentration and depth than in the Planetes, but equally great acidity that gives freshness and makes it very drinkable. It#s a savory, umami-driven wine, big, but it does not shout, it whispers, and you have to listen to it. A great effort for a very difficult vintage that could be drunk now or aged for a long time. Drink now-2024.

98/100 Punkte Robert Parker August 2019
The 2016 Nit de Nin Mas d#en Caçador was produced with grapes from 78- to 113-year-old vines in the Mas d'en Caçador vineyard in Porrera. It's a blend of Garnacha Negra, Garnacha Peluda and Cariñena with some 5% white grapes. It fermented with full clusters and indigenous yeasts in a 3,200-liter oak vat and matured in a similar 2,700-liter oak vat. It has great balance and is ripe and Mediterranean, without any excess; it's incredibly elegant and has character. In a way, it makes me think of a classical Châteauneuf, with fine tannins and subtle minerality. 4071 bottles and 60 magnums were filled in April 2019.

98/100 Punkte Robert Parker August 2019
The 2016 Nit de Nin Mas d#en Caçador was produced with grapes from 78- to 113-year-old vines in the Mas d'en Caçador vineyard in Porrera. It's a blend of Garnacha Negra, Garnacha Peluda and Cariñena with some 5% white grapes. It fermented with full clusters and indigenous yeasts in a 3,200-liter oak vat and matured in a similar 2,700-liter oak vat. It has great balance and is ripe and Mediterranean, without any excess; it's incredibly elegant and has character. In a way, it makes me think of a classical Châteauneuf, with fine tannins and subtle minerality. 4071 bottles and 60 magnums were filled in April 2019.

91/100 Punkte Guía Peñín 2019

91/100 Punkte Guia Penin 2020

92-94/100 Punkte Falstaff Weinguide 2017/18
Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, schwarzer Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Einladender Duft nach dunklem reifem Beerenkonfit, etwas Herzkirschen, Wiesenkräuter, feiner Lakritzetouch, attraktives Bukett. Saftig, frisch und fruchtig, zarte Edelholzwürze, Brombeerfrucht im Abgang, feine Tannine, individueller Speisenbegleiter.

92/100 Punkte Falstaff Weinguide 2018/19

93/100 Punkte Falstaff Weinguide 2019/20

93/100 Punkte Falstaff Weinguide 2019/20

93/100 Punkte Falstaff Weinguide 2019/20

18/20 Punkte Schweiz. Weinzeitung Dezember 2019

18/20 Punkte Schweiz. Weinzeitung Dezember 2019

92/100 Punkte James Suckling
An intense white with tangy acidity. Lemon and green apple character. Full body, bright and fresh. Drink now.

92/100 Punkte James Suckling, November 2018
The lemon-zest and crushed-stone character is enticing. Full body, lots of fruit and a delicious finish. Serious Orvieto here. Drink now.

93/100 Punkte Wine Spectator June 30, 2018
Enticing, with green tea, ginger, toasted sesame, caramel and date flavors that glide through, with finely stitched acidity and a flattering flash of sweetness. Delivers understated elegance. Drink now.

90/100 Punkte James Suckling June 2019
A bright and fresh white, characterized by fresh herbs, citrus and green apples. Medium body, fresh acidity and a vertical finish. Drink now.

94/100 Punkte Guía Peñín 2019

94/100 Punkte Guía Peñín 2019