This Nero d’Avola is the inaugural Sicilian wine from Antonio Moretti, proprietor of Sette Ponti in Tuscany. It’s big and stylish, with baked, spicy black fruit and a good deal of French oak. Expressive on the palate, with plum, boysenberry and chocolate. Finishes with some typical raisin and earth. More polished and woody than your standard Southern Italian wine.——M.S.(2/1/2005)—— 90