(2006) A blend of Sangiovese and Canaiolo, with one-third aged in barriques. There's a lot of very bold, forward, clove-scented cherry fruit on the nose of this wine, as well as a bloody, vegetal streak or herbs and damp earth. On the palate it has very sweet, bold and ripe fruit that has a juicy black cherry and blackcurrant quality, wrapped in a sheen of smoky oak. The tannins are firm and grainy, and there is decent acidity here in a wine that packs a lot of personality at the price.