Italians

2006 Biondi-Santi Rosso di Montalcino;
Bright ruby, coffee, red fruit meat, cherries and morellos, fresh and youthfull, some cherry stones. Fresh acidity, almost crisp, fruit tea, long, clean and elegant finish. 86

1998 Marchesi di Gresy, Barbaresco Martinenga Camp Gros;
Bright ruby, brick rim. Starting to mature, liquorice, cherries, tobacco, cigars, violets, tar and roses, very complex. Fresh acidity, mouthwatering, ripe tannins, very fresh aftertaste, long, lasts many years still. 90

2004 Biondi-Santi, Brunello di Montalcino Annata;
Ruby red, garnet rim. Cherries, stone fruits, blackberries, leather and liquorice. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fresh, complex, very long finish. Transparant and layered, very elegant. 91