Mineral-ridden grandmother’s house black cherry and back-roads raspberry, sumptuous mall oak and clean airport funk, all vie for dominance in a sweaty atmosphere of fruit and brett and candy-stalls and meat-counters and gelato-vendors and chestnut-roasters. Magnificent fruit-driven 100% Sangiovese, clean and bright and sooo new-worldy but never losing either the thin bright rapture of Sangiovese to concentration or the brilliant cellar barnyard of Toscana to “clean” Cali ideals. A powerhouse IGT, one well worth the search.

2013 POGGIO LA NOCE ‘Gigino’ Sangiovese IGT Toscana Italy  13.5

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