Variety: Sangiovese
Region: Tuscany
Country: Italy
Year: 2006
Price: $60 (retail)
Winery review: At sight the wine looks clear, brilliant, burgundy with ruby light. It gives out a persisting, strong smell with nuances from the underwood, aromatic wood, soft fruit, vanilla and preserve. At taste the wine is round and full-bodied, dry with an aromatic persistence. Time is a trustworthy friend for it: in fact, if it is properly kept in a dark, cool place, with a constant temperature, and the bottle laid down, it gets better and better as the time goes by. It tastes at its best with read and roast meats, with wildfowl and furred game as well as with mature cheese.
My review: This wine is dark ruby red indicating that it has spent some valuable time with grape skins. It also means that it has absorbed a lot of the tannin component of the skins. It's not extremely acidic, but it makes up for it with a pretty dry mouthfeel. It feels heavy and full-bodied, but not so much that it feels like it needs to be chewed before being swallowed. I think this wine would pair nicely with a grilled chicken dish.
I had this wine without food.
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