Saturated, dark ruby-garnet. Sweet, ripe, oaky nose features spice and resin notes but plenty of plum and black cherry fruit as well. Full, powerful, and long, with the strong spicy character following through in the mouth. Dense and strong in extract but quite velvety as well. Very international in style but unquestionably an excellent wine. I have had some discussions-entirely amicable-with Siro Pacenti about the specific personality of his wines: he is far more convinced than I of the suitabil...

Community Tasting Notes (average 90.3 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 6 notes)

Rating for Italy-Tuscany: 88 (slightly better than average year)<br/><br/>Drinkability: too young, let it sit<br/>