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Review	Product Name	Vintage	Rating	Date Sort ascending	Favorite
Librandi - Wine & Spirits	Duca San Felice Cirò Rosso Classico Superiore Riserva DOC	2015	87	Jun-2020
Review “This wine’s brisk acidity, brambly red-berry flavors and rustic tannins make it a fun match with fatty salumi, like capocollo or pancetta.”
Librandi - Wine & Spirits	Magno Megonio Val di Neto Rosso IGT	2016	90	Jun-2020
Review “This rare single-variety bottling of magliocco, a native Calabrian variety, offers plummy fruit flavors layered with notes of licorice, fennel and grilled game. Its mild tannins provide just enough structure to keep the flavors in line and make it approachable now with smoked duck breast.”
Librandi - Vinous	Cirò Rosato DOC	2019	89	May-2020
Review “The 2019 Librandi Cirò Rosato, made from the indigenous Gaglioppo grape of Calabria, shows aromas of young peach, musky florals, and white smoke. It’s soft on the palate, contrasted by a mix of bright acids and minerals, as ripe orchard fruits wash across the senses. The finish is long, leaning toward the red fruit spectrum with a hint of tropical citrus and sweet spice.”
Librandi - Decanter	Cirò Rosato DOC	2018	92	May-2020
Review “Cherry-red colour. Initially a little closed on the nose, but then opening up with notes of mandarin and sweet cherry. A concentrated, round, ripe palate with body and length.”
Librandi - Vinepair	Cirò Rosato DOC	2019		Apr-2020
Review “Few will be familiar with Calabria’s native red variety Gaglioppo, but it’s time you became acquainted. The dark-skinned grape makes attractive, approachable rosés that over-deliver on a budget. This one is energetic, with notes of cherry hard candies, ripe peaches, and grapefruit zest. A fuller, more rounded style, this is a great pizza wine.”
Librandi - Red Wine with Breakfast	Duca San Felice Cirò Rosso Classico Superiore Riserva DOC	2015		Mar-2020
Review “From limestone and clay soils in the toe of Italy’s boot, also known at Calabria, Librandi Duca San Felice Ciro Rosso Classico Superiore Riserva DOC 2015 is full-bodied and powerful, with big tannin and acidity. By fermenting and aging in stainless steel for 3 years, followed by a bit of bottle aging before releasing the wine to the marketplace, the wine softens to create a well-rounded and balanced palate, with dried cherry, pomegranate, and wet stone.”
Librandi - Vinous	Gravello Val di Neto Rosso IGT	2016	90	Feb-2020
Review “Saturated ruby. Clean, fresh and refined on the nose and in the mouth, with none of the overtly green notes that characterized so many Gravellos of the past. This big fine red wine is the best young Gravello I remember tasting in quite some time, offering long, silky, and well balanced aromas and flavors of black fruit and graphite. A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Gaglioppo.”
Librandi - Vinous	Magno Megonio Val di Neto Rosso IGT	2015	92	Feb-2020
Review “Moderately saturated ruby-red. Aromas and flavors of smoke, flint, licorice and black fruit. Deep, juicy and well balanced, this finishes soft bright and long. Made with Magliocco Dolce.”
Librandi - Vinous	Efeso Mantonico Val di Neto IGT	2018	92	Feb-2020
Review “Deep straw yellow. Honey, apricot, baked apples and poached pear aromas. Big broad and rich, but not at all over the top, with flavors similar to the aromas. Lovely wine. 100% Mantonico.”
Librandi - Vinous	Cirò Rosato DOC	2018	88	Feb-2020
Review “Limpid pink. Orange zest, herbs and strawberry on the nose, plus a floral quality with aeration. A juicy, light-bodied Rosato that packs very good punch, offering gentle sweet citrus and melon flavors. Very fresh on the medium-long finish. Gaglioppo.”

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