Everything is in the right place in the 2006 Pian del Ciampolo (Sangioveto, Canaiolo and Colorino). The heat of the vintage has given this wine an additonal level of ripeness without fundamentally altering it style. This medium-bodied, weightless wine reveals highly attractive, almost Pinot-like fruit, with tobacco and wild herb overtones that develop in the glass. It offers excellent length and finessed tannins. If it develops additional complexity in bottle, it could very well merit a higher score. This is an absolutely delicious wine from Montevertine. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2016. Readers looking for delicate, perfumed Sangiovese and Sangiovese-based wines need look no further than Montevertine. The estate is located in Radda, one of the cooler, fresher micro-climates in Tuscany. The wines have always required bottle age to develop, yet these are wines that showcase an aromatic side of Sangiovese that shares much in common with Pinot Noir and Nebbiolo, rather than the more overt fruit-driven wines that are made elsewhere. Readers who have visited the property know the facilities are cramped. As a result of space constraints all the wines see multiple bottlings and small variations are therefore possible. Importer: Rosenthal Wine Merchants, Pine Plains, NY; tel. (800) 910-1990