Super extracted and thick, you'd hardly recognize the 2010 Tauleto is 90% Sangiovese (with 10% Uva Longanesi). The wine opens to a dark, blackish color and shows an enormous level of aromatic intensity. You get blackberry jam, exotic spice, cinnamon, vanilla, leather and tobacco. Winemaking and oak use has definitely overpowered any fruit. But this was also a very hot vintage and this edition of Tauleto feels very muscular and brawny as a result.