The 1997 Saltapicchio (100% Sangiovese) offers an elegant, cherry, strawberry, and leathery-scented nose, medium body, good spice and ripeness, and a round, open-knit texture. It is meant to be drunk over the next 2-3 years.
A Marc de Grazia Selection, various American importers, including Michael Skurnik, Syosset, NY; tel. (516) 677-9300, Vin Divino, Chicago, IL; tel. (773) 334-6700, and Estate Wines, Ltd., San Rafael, CA; tel. (415) 492-9411