So - as I noted upthread, the Michael’s of Brooklyn was amazing and I WILL be buying more. Tried the Carbone some time over the summer (amd started a draft of this reply and left it until I tried another brand…see below).-
The Carbone’s was OK. Not as fresh-tomatoey as I had hoped. But it’s good. I’d have to compare taste-to-taste against Rao’s.
Had also purchased Silver Palate Low Sodium, Carmine’s of NY, Alessi, and Mutti (both marinara and passata).
I tried the Carmine’s of NY tonight (10/01/25). Tasted it straight out of the jar and got…nothing. I found it incredibly flat-tasting. Dug a bit deeper in the jar. Nope, same thing. Absolutely nothing to write home about.
I used most of the jar for a meat sauce (ground beef, squozen sweet sausage, onions, mushrooms and red bell pepper, tomato paste, dried oregano, basil, and parsley, a bay leaf, s/p and a Parm-Reg rind. It became serviceable for this purpose.
Will update the thread as I try more. 
