black plums and blueberry pie with a waft of bay leaves

the 1997 Solaia was super-concentrated

creamy wine that shows incredible intensity of flavor without excess weight

a wonderfully broad array of spice elements

The deep garnet-purple colored 2016 Roberta's Reserve State Lane Vineyard (100% Merlot) has a totally seductive nose of Indian spices

Montevertine, Toscana Rosso other_regions black plums and blueberry pieThe 2015 Montevertine has closed down massively since it was bottled in February 2018. Beams of tannin dominate over the radiant fruit that was much more expressive when the wine was in barrel. Readers will have to be patient with the 2015, as it needs at least a few years in bottle to show the natural richness of the vintage that was so evident when the wine was in barrel. This should be an especially cellar worthy 2015. Antonio Galloni