Bacio Divino, Pazzo, Napa Valley

Dark with ruby highlights. Dark candied cherry and spice nose. Medium to full bodied, crushed raspberries, cherry pie, baking spices, soft tannins, a bit of heat, and a long finish. Fun to drink and a good value.

2016 vintage

A Sangiovese blend from Napa, CA. Deep ruby, opaque, almost black core and syrupy/viscous @14.9% abv (sic). Aromas of black fruit, licorice and leather. Dry-off dry, medium acidity, medium(-) tannin, high alcohol with heat, and full body. Palate follows noses with blackberry, dried black prunes, kalamata olives, licorice. Velvety texture, with medium high-alcohol sweet-ish finish. Fairly linear, lacks elegance, structure and spine. A concentrated, over-extracted crowd-pleaser.

2016 vintage

Very full bodied super Tuscan. Ripe black berries with licorice and tannins

2016 vintage

Liked it

2016 vintage

Better than expected based on previous reviews. Nicely followed a Chardonnay earlier in the evening. I’m a huge fan of the big Janzen reds but I enjoyed this one too. Only one I have but I’d buy more if I could.

2016 vintage

Disappointing Used to be a great pizza wine. This is the second 2016 and equally disappointing as the first bottle. 2016 is just not their vintage. Weird taste on the finish.

2016 vintage

PNP, open for business. Dark purple. Nose of black cherry. On the palate, sweet ripe purple and red fruit. Cherry and some tartness from the majority Sangiovese. Vanilla. Smooth tannins, slightly chewy finish. Lovely fruit forward weekday wine. Drink up.

2016 vintage

Disappointing as this was one of my absolute favorite pizza wines.

2016 vintage

Sweet and easy drinking red. No backbone, and lacks structure but went well with a red sauce bolognese made with sweet italian sausage. Perfect weekday pizza/pasta wine. Would buy again at $22.

2016 vintage

Great wine. Fruit. A little sweet. Good body. Color dark. Will buy again.

2016 vintage

This wine oozes red cherry cocktail, although it was easy enough to finish drinking. The nice acidity kept it fresh and palatable given the relatively thin body. There is structure but it's all high register and quick to dissipate on the finish... like the wine version of an undercut hairstyle.

2016 vintage

Last Bottle - great QPR. Would buy again

2016 vintage

Too sweet. Too bad.

2016 vintage

Solid red blend, fruit forward

2016 vintage

A rich complex Sangiovese blend

2016 vintage

No flaws in this wine. Very well balenced, high acid. Delightful wine!

2016 vintage

3-Day Napa Cab Taste-Off: Vice Versa, B Cellars, Memento Mori, Alpha Omega, Purlieu, Janzen, Realm, Myriad, MACDONALD, Maybach, and more...; 2/7/2018-2/9/2018 (Napa) : A bit too fruity and plumy for my taste. A fun red meat pasta at Olive Garden type of wine, but that’s about it. A red cherry note competed with an alcohol-covered spice flavor that thinned out the delivery overall.

2016 vintage

nice, a little on the strong side but very smooth wine. will buy more.

2005 vintage

Alcohol on the nose, ripe berry in a compelling ok for a Tuesday night way

2005 vintage

Good solid sangiovese. Nothing really special. Held up pretty well for drinking the next day.

2005 vintage

taste is overripe -- raisin sweetness dominates the palate like overripe zinfandel

2005 vintage

Beginning to turn brick color and showing some age since last tasted. Strong strawberry jam aromas intertwined with oak flavours. Medium finish and lighter mouthfeel.

2005 vintage

Nice wine with a spicy finish.

2005 vintage

drank over a year ago--no formal notes taken but it's a perfect pizza night wine

2005 vintage

Nice wine, not too heavy, good fruit and favor, spice with a good finish.

2005 vintage

Pizza Night with Walt (Chris and Brig's House) : nose of sweet, honey, stewed fruit, and mushroom. I took me a good half hour of repeadily whiffing the decanter to finally put the pieces together. I would argue for extending the drinking windown on this wine, it's sitting in a very nice place right now.

2005 vintage

This was actually very ideal with pizza

2005 vintage

Great

2005 vintage

Very nice, had a Tiganello 2000 last night, this was not as complex, but much the same tone

2005 vintage

A decent attempt to make a memorable wine. An almost crazy blend of Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Sirah, Viognier, Syrah, and Muscat Canelli. The result is a fruit forward, full bodied, but smooth mouth full of very good red wine. It just works. Dark color. All kinds of stuff going on with the nose. Big spicy black fruit with some currant. Hungarian oak. Balanced with enough tannin and acidity to hang with food, but also able to drink alone as …

2005 vintage

Tight nose. Sour cherry and raspberry on the palate. Finish a bit disjointed. Not a fan. Won't buy more. Much better rosso from Italy for less

2005 vintage

i've been up and down on this wine, but last night the fruit and light vanilla were in perfect concert with dinner - grilled pumpkin swordfish with fruit salsa - think this wine is always about finding the right food to pair it with - on its own I think it's a bit flabby and obvious.

2005 vintage

Opened a couple of hours prior and initially poured through a Vituri. On the nose it had bright raspberries, cherries and earthy cocoa.On the palate it has a good silky feel, and the raspberries and cherries continuing with a little brushy earthiness on a smooth finish. I was expecting a big in your face Cali blend but this was nicely balanced and restrained. It is not the most complex wine and it seemed to lack some acidity on the back …

2005 vintage

Fruit forward, medium finish, dark berry front side. What I like about this wine is the mouth feel, Silky yet crisp. I "vinturi" this one right out of the bottle.

2005 vintage

A very well made wine, and very pleasing in its style. Forthcoming smell of strawberry and raspberry. Smooth and pleasant taste albeit lacking some real character and depth. A wine that most people would like but not a wine for bigger analysis.

2005 vintage

Nose: Cherry with sage, underbrush and earth. Palate: Pleasant bright red fruits but a bit one dimensional, a tad bitter, and quick on the finish. Too bad the palate doesn't live up to what the nose promises. Decently made but not worth the mid $20s retail price asked, and don't stare at the funky label too long or even an opthalmologist won't be able to help you. If you want Sangiovese go Italian. Way better interpretation and way better QPR.

2005 vintage

Drank at Jack's after a really great cab/merlot blend (from BC)!, so was disapointing

2005 vintage

Interesting nose with lots of perfumed, red fruit dancing about. Huge fruit on the front, but a bit uni-dimensional from there (never leaves the front palette). A medium bodied fruit bomb with limited complexity.

2005 vintage

cherry raspberry nose with hints of underbrush and vanilla. Sweet and focused vanilla and cherry aspect. One dimension. Low to med acid. med length finish. Had this blind guessed new world sang-cab blend....nice..

2005 vintage

Not a very serious wine. Pleasant - the type of wine that folks who are not normally into wine find that they quite like.

2005 vintage

Martin Scott Portfolio Tasting 2008 (East Side of Central Park, NYC) : Blend: 73% Sangiovese 14% Cab 7% petite sirah 4% viognier 1% muscat Some pyrazines. Can't hear the rest of my notes, unfortunately. rp91

2005 vintage

nose: a quality sangiovese nose(which has been a problem with new world sangioveses for me) of dark cherry, plum, chocolate, and a bit of earth too. taste: nice plush feel with dark cherries, plum, chocolate, bits of tobbacco, and a bit of earth too overall: this is a quality american sangiovese. More chianti in style then brunello, this isn't over fruited and is well balanced. Nice plush attack of dark cherry that gives way to a earthen+plum finish

2005 vintage

This was not as ready to rock as the last bottle (which may have been a touch advanced due to improper storage). It was also opened during along night of many other wines. Some leftovers the next day (stored in fridge) were more user-friendly, but still clearly not drinking at potential.

2002 vintage

Decanted 20 minutes. Delicious. Far more Sangiovese character than I remembered, although the fruit is roided-out a bit and the finish is softened up. All the same, wish I had more...

2002 vintage

Heritage: Rip blkberry, spicey rasp., nice med. bod, good brite t’s, a’s. This is very tasty and good terroir/varietal mix.

2002 vintage

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