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"A pleasant red, with blackberry and a hint of vanilla. Medium-bodied, with tight, young tannins, lots of fresh fruit and a medium finish. Best after 2006."

"A deep purple color greets you before aromas of woody tobacco, walnuts and dried cherry invite you in. The texture of the dusty tannins shelters flavors of earthy red fruit, spice and sun-dried tomatoes. Serve with fresh pasta and herb pesto.

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"The wine has a pleasing softness and juicy cherry-plum fruit that's easy to decipher and will match up with most pasta dishes."

Powerful in it's black ruby-red appearance, this wine displays aromas of black super-ripe fruit and cooking spices with sour cherry. Opens up into huge cherry notes supported by plum, licorice and coffee-spice that wrap around smooth tannins for a fine finish. Calls for a bit, thick grilled rib eye with a side of garlic spinach.

"Aromas of plum and tobacco-tinged oak folllow through to a medium-bodied palate, with fine tannins and a lightly firm finish. Best after 2006."

A deep eggplant purple, this wine smells of blackberry, black cherry, mushroom, vanilla, allspice and leather. Pleasantly dry with full flavors of oak, strawberry, blackberry and coffee bean. Muscular tannins lead to a long, complex finish. Serve with braised lamb shanks for a match made in heaven.

"Bright aromas of cherry and pencil show excellent balance. Sweet-tart flavors of black cherry, nutmeg and minerals. Wood tannins mark the close."

"The 2003 Sant.Ippolito, Merlot and Syrah, is the best wine of the trio with its spicy blackberry and plum fruit, peppery and vigorous flavors, good roundness, and significant volume on the mid-palate and finish. Drink: 2006 – 2014"

The 2001 Sant'Ippolito, Syrah but with a percentage of Merlot, possesses a powerful nose, peppery like a Rhone wine but with abundant plum and blackberry fruit, and is forceful and intense on the palate, concentrated, dense and with a swelling volume and firmness on the close. Drink: 2005-2015.

"Beautiful mineral, blackberry and currant aromas and flavors. Full-bodied, with silky and refined tannins and a long finish. Lots of new wood. Needs to open. Very well done for a debut wine. Tasted twice, with consistent notes. Best after 2006."

"Reserved aromas of cherry, pencil, cedar and dust. Tangy acidity and ripe tannins frame perfectly balanced flavors of dried cherry, nutmeg, mocha and brown sugar that sweeten up considerably with airing. Youthful kick in the finish."

"Silky and refined with blackberry and cherry character. Medium-bodied, with fine tannins and a fresh finish. Delicious and well done."

"A medium-bodied, silky wine that delivers generous whiffs of coffee, vanilla, maple syrup and sweet fruit. There's an herbal tea quality to the berry-driven flavors. Power and tannins back a vein of refreshing crispness."