The 2001 Cortaccio, the estate’s Cabernet, is virtually inky in color, very powerful in its nose of black currants and blackberries, mocha and mint, dense and potent in its flavors, focused and shaped on the flow and very warm and concentrated on the close. It is the epitome of central Tuscan Cabernet, and it is no accident that the vines of Castello dei Rampolla are a mere shouting distance away. Drink: 2006-2020. Importer: Classic Wine Imports, West Roxbury, MA; tel. (800) 362-4429

This Cab offers big blackberry aromas, brown sugar, dark concentration and a brooding disposition. It’s plush and modern, and a true bruiser, with firm tannins and opulent flavors of toast and plum. Ready to drink.——M.L.(4/1/2008)—— 92