The brilliant garnet-pink color of this wine makes a great first impression but the wine loses a few points on the nose where Camembert cheese or Parmigiano-like aromas are a distraction. Red-berry fruit fragrances do work their way to the top and the wine has an attractive crisp, spicy close.——M.L.(12/1/2007)—— 86

One of Italy's reliable roses year after year, the 2005 is getting a bit long in the tooth, but still boasts scents of dried rose petals tinged with leather and earth. There's plenty of richness, weight and complexity, but drink up, or look for the 2006, which should arrive in the U.S. this summer.——J.C.(7/1/2007)—— 88