Given the glut of mediocre and over-priced Sangioveses emerging from California, it is encouraging to find a Sangiovese with substance and depth. This dark ruby-colored wine exhibits a tight but promising nose of new saddle leather, strawberries, and cherries, and raspberry-flavored fruit. Structured in the mouth, but dense, medium-bodied, and pure, this is a well-made, tannic wine that should improve with 1-2 years of bottle age, and last for 4-5. Tel. (805) 736-1455