Coffee, leather, licorice and plum cake flavors are deeply concentrated on this rich, opulent wine. There’s fruit here too, in the form of cherry liqueur and blackberry pie. This is a robust and generous wine that will appeal to those who appreciate a darker side of Brunello. — (5/1/2013) —90

Here’s a Brunello with thick concentration and broad aromas of mesquite smoke, black cherry and Indian spice. Despite that bold bouquet the wine is actually tight and compact in the mouth, where it performs with easy elegance thanks to its bright acidity and lively wild berry flavors.——M.L.(6/1/2009)—— 90

Sweet vanilla and toasted almond are backed by mature notes of berry fruit and exotic spice. The aromas are bold and penetrating but the wine falls short in the mouth because of its firm, bitter tannins.——M.L.(5/1/2009)—— 87