How’d my local wine shop rep do?

I’ve been an entry level wine drinker for a decade. Usually bought a 15 dollar, mass-produced red blend to serve with steaks, lamb, etc. I drink white (almost exclusively sauv blanc) in the summer on Friday-Sunday evenings. Never really explored much or found what I liked. I usually just said a wine I drank tasted like wine. That was pretty much it. I liked it well enough. Never found anything worth taking the deep dive over. THEN, over Christmas I tried an Italian Sangiovese that blew me away. I was finally able to notice the smell beyond just “smelling like red wine” and the taste was the same. It was much better and more complex than things I’ve tried in the past. The bottle I had over Christmas was called barco reale di carmignano. That sent me on a journey in 2026. Trying Rhône valley. Cab sav. Pinots. And nothing compared to that Italian Sangiovese. So, I walked into my local wine shop today and explained all of this to one of the employees. I told him I wanted to spend between 25-50 per bottle on a couple of bottles of wines I would really love. And he sent me home with the two wines pictured above. My question, how do you think he did with his recommendations?