Good bright red-ruby. Complex nose melds cherry, licorice, tar, leather, dried herbs and smoky oak. Sweet, concentrated and nicely fresh, with flavors of red berries, licorice, milk chocolate, smoke and wild herbs sexed up by a suggestion of exotic fruits. An enticing edge of acidity and firm tannins give this complex sangiovese good backbone for further development. I appreciate this wine all the more, now that truly interesting sangiovese from our West Coast seems to be dying out.

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The 2006 Sangiovese is dark ruby-colored with a fragrant nose of cigar box, damp earth and smoky black cherry. Supple, ripe, and intense on the palate, it has plenty of savory, spicy cherry fruit, some underlying structure, and exceptional length. It will evolve for several years and drink well through 2018.

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Polished, refined and open-textured, brimming with strawberry, raspberry and peppery floral flavors that flow easily through the long, expressive finish. Drink now through 2016.

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