This super Tuscan shows fine aromatics with a ripe and dark cherry, cream, cedar and chocolate nose. Balanced and dry, it offers a ripe, slightly viscous mouthfeel with black cherry, espresso and toast flavors. Very appealing in the modern manner, it’s satisfying, if not terrifically subtle. There’s an underlying sense that more depth and intensity could come from the fruit here, even as one enjoys it for its undeniable suave appeal.——W.E.(3/1/2002)—— 88