Country: Italy / Exubera
Variety: Sagrantino Central Italy
Winery: Terre de la Custodia / Montefalco Sagrantino
This brawny, earthy 11-year-old opens with aromas of leather, game, tobacco, graphite and mature plum. Given its age, it’s surprisingly youthful, displaying dried dark cherry, fig, prune, black pepper and tobacco flavors alongside an assertive, tannic backbone. Drink through 2018.