Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
88
/100
Reviews
17
professional
Vintages
1
2005
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88/100
Sangiovese
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91
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Taster #3524
· Dec 22, 2015
90/100
This wine continues to improve and feels more connected than past bottles. More delicate in style, yet not boring with some complex flavors showing through. Medium body and finish.
2005 vintage
Taster #8073
· Jun 10, 2015
91/100
Earthy aromas and flavors of red cherry with some floral aspects. Medium body with lifting acidity. Long dry finish. Great food wine. Drinking great now or over the next few years.
2005 vintage
Taster #3467
· Feb 5, 2015
83/100
Not bad. Not good either but passable. vaguely reflects upon BdM but doesn't have the depth, balance, or length. This was a gift and I suspect pretty cheap, so perhaps it is decent for the price. Certainly not a wine to seek out.
2005 vintage
Taster #6895
· Oct 17, 2014
90/100
nose -- earth, mushrooms palate -- dark cherry, with light acidity finish -- menthol Really enjoyed this.
2005 vintage
Taster #5214
· Nov 8, 2013
89/100
full-bodied, intricate. Clean finish. Interesting nos.
2005 vintage
Taster #3524
· Apr 15, 2013
90/100
It seems like this wine is coming back into a real enjoyable spot. Decanted 1 1/2 hrs and continued to improve until gone at the end of the night. Beginning to take on a brick red hue and has a nose of rhubarb, cranberry, and cedar. Nice flavors of cherry, dried cranberry and cedar. There are some warm spice notes with hints of dried herbs or sage. The finish is long and leaves coats the mouth with a drying tannin …
2005 vintage
Taster #4303
· Jun 21, 2012
89/100
A doCG - not quite the same as linked
2005 vintage
Taster #3524
· Feb 29, 2012
88/100
Decanted 2 hrs Nice brick color and medium bodied. Cherry and vanilla with a little sandlewood. Medium finish with hints of spice. Still seems a little tight but not sure what else it has to give.
2005 vintage
Taster #5845
· Jan 18, 2012
91/100
The wine looks Brick colored. It tastes like Vanilla, and Black Pepper. The body is Medium/Full. The wine has Silky texture and finishes Long. So far is the best Italian wine i had. The tannins were very soft and elegant and fited perfectly my bisteca fiorentina
2005 vintage
Taster #6133
· Dec 25, 2011
89/100
A nice sangiovese to begin the Christmas feasting for the day.
2005 vintage
Taster #3713
· Oct 5, 2011
84/100
First night it showed some off odors, perhaps corked / brett, even though underlying fruit was good. Second night much of the off odors had subsided leaving a decent if less interesting wine. QPR is questionable.
2005 vintage
Taster #8288
· Sep 9, 2011
87/100
Garnet core. Redolent nose of cherries, plums, earth, vanilla, and sandalwood. Tart, sour cherry palate, stiff spine, strident acidity, and a ferrous character that lingers on the finish. Good potential but needs time. Decant.
2005 vintage
Taster #8979
· Jun 8, 2011
88/100
drinks like a Rosso di Montalcino once it opens up, takes quite a while to relax. Strinkingly harsh at first but seemed like the deal of the century as I polished off the bottle solo 3hrs later. Def a good buy for $16 @ TJ's.
2005 vintage
Taster #0913
· May 24, 2011
90/100
Comparing this wine to a more well known Brunello is one thing; comparing it to other reds — particularly other Sangioveses — is another. In short, the Lontano is a great value. It certainly compares well to Rossos di Montalcino in its price range and blows away most California Sangioveses, which, regrettably, have yet to achieve what can be accomplished in Tuscany. Nitpick all you like, this wine is a great value.
2005 vintage
Taster #6277
· May 10, 2011
87/100
Light color, fruit-earth-smoke nose, not much punch with the aftertaste. Good, smooth, medium-bodied red.
2005 vintage
Taster #4711
· Mar 9, 2011
85/100
Passable
2005 vintage
Taster #3926
· Jan 29, 2011
84/100
$17 from Trader Joe's. Never had a cheapo BdM before; not sure what I was expecting, but this bottle exhibited some traits that were dead-on Brunello and others that definitely weren't. Opened 30 minutes before first tasting, and in classic Brunello style, the wine was still undrinkably tight, started to wake up at about the 2-hour mark. Beautiful, distinctive color: a deep, shimmering, rusty red, too young for any bricking. The nose and the taste were distinctively Tuscan, but didn't …
2005 vintage