Tasting Notes: This is one of the most sought after wines coming from Tuscany. This is a wine we have shipped back to Europe because demand is so high. The wine is a collaboration between two greats of Tuscany, Avignonesi and Capannelle. Each house supplies half the grapes. Capannelle's 50% is Sangiovese and Avignonesi's 50% is Merlot. The wine spends 36 months in Barrique and bottle aged another year prior to being released. Itasted the wine Thursday 11/4/10 and it is as good as it gets. One of the true great reds of Tuscany. The bouquet is intense and delicate, opening with wild fruits and evolving into a spicy fragrance of rich and persistent vanilla, tobacco and leather; it is warm and smooth on the palate, wide, complex, long and persistent; there is good balance between the alcohol and acidic components; great in structure and longevity.