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Good for a cheaper bottle of wine. Needs to breathe would purchase again.

This has been my 'go-to' wine for some time now and I never grow tired of it. Straight-forward, it offers few surprises but delivers archetypal sangiovese character. It's an excellent food wine for those work-week dinners as it pairs well with oily fish, pizza, fowl, pork, casseroles, and pastas. It never gets in the way or competes with my meal. The price point seals the deal for one of the most compelling 'house wines' on the market. My best surprise …

This is like 5PM drinking wine, or maybe wine for the white wine drinker thinking about going red. A little on the simple side, there is still lots to like here. Very easy drinking. The fruit is very fresh, ripe heavy duty blackberry, blueberry and plum. There is not a lot of structure. We can catch a little of the bing cherry from the Sangiovese, some of the bramble from the Zinfandel, and a little mid palate depth from the …

Bright dark ruby. Weedy, briary zin driven nose of red bramble fruits & vanilla. Soft, slightly sweet entry of luscious red fruits with a distinct herbal element. Slightly hot finish. Nice, quaffing wine for simple fare. OK - good value.

Drinkable with sweet fruits, floral and mild spice. Made for the sweet tooth wine drinker.

Dark with a red core, spicey nose, soft fruity palate, nice but short finish. A decent, well-priced quaffer.