Casa D'Angelo

The wine list at Casa D'Angelo lands with the satisfying thud of something serious — 400 to 600 bottles deep, organized with intent, and clearly curated by someone who actually cares. This is a white-tablecloth Boca institution that treats its wine program the way it treats its osso buco: with time, care, and no shortcuts. Wine Spectator's Best of Award of Excellence isn't a surprise here; it feels like confirmation of what you already sense when you sit down.

Italy is the heart of this list and it beats loudly — Barolo from Gaja and Bruno Giacosa, Brunello from Biondi-Santi and Casanova di Neri, Amarone from Allegrini and Masi, Super Tuscans anchored by Antinori's Tignanello and Solaia, and Sassicaia from Tenuta San Guido rounding out the prestige column. Chianti Classico gets a proper seat at the table too, with Castello di Ama's Riserva showing that the region isn't just filler. California earns its place alongside Italy rather than as an afterthought, with Opus One and Caymus representing the heavy-hitter bracket. The list skews collector-friendly, which means if you're hunting for accessible mid-range Italian discovery, you'll need to dig — but the depth is unquestionably there.

Twenty to thirty pours by the glass is a generous program for a restaurant of this caliber, and the $14–$30 range suggests they're putting real bottles in the rack rather than padding it with grocery-store juice. We'd expect the by-the-glass rotation to reflect the Italian spine of the bottle list, though a formal rotation program doesn't appear to be in place. What's here is solid; just don't expect weekly surprises.