This special wine is aged for 18 months in oak and shows a massively long and intense finish, with evolving notes of black fruit, ash, prune, spice, leather and bitter black chocolate. It showcases the hard work achieved by Feudi di San Gregorio over the years. This should age for 10 years or more. — (2/1/2013) —94

This vineyard-designate Taurasi Riserva is probably one of the biggest, boldest wines produced in Italy. It opens with an inky black color and intense aromas of black fruit, toast, spice, espresso bean and bitter black chocolate. The jackhammer tannins are steady and firm, and there’s a long tail of prune and black fruit on the finish. — (6/1/2012) —94

Lead pencil, graphite, campfire, black mineral, blackberry, prunes and plums shape a first-class vintage of this famous Taurasi Riserva. The wine is dense and thick in concentration and offers excellent length and quality of tannins. Keep this wine in your cellar until 2010.——M.L.(10/1/2008)—— 93

A blockbuster wine: big, bold and opulent on every front, you’ll be seduced and subdued by its concentrated and immediate aromas of black berry fruit, pencil lead, licorice, chocolate fudge and the pretty ashen nuances. It’s a masculine and multi-layered wine with expertly extracted flavors. This is a hearty wine that will cellar for many more years. — (8/1/2007) —93