Critic tasting note: (2000 vintage) “The cellar was so dark I picked the wrong vintage but no matter, this remains one of Italy’s best wines for quality. The color is a distinct garnet-red with a nice though unusual concentration for a Monfortino, perhaps due to a hot growing season that enhanced the texture. The intense aromas include black cherry jam, red fruit and watermelon along with typical mentholated and ethereal notes. The devastating mouthfeel achieves impossible balances between the citrus and spice components, while the persistence it eternal.” – Doctorwine