Vecchie Terre di Montefili, Anfiteatro Vintage:1996 intense and beautifully textured medium

intense and beautifully textured medium weight plus flavors possess focused power and fine detail on the balanced and strikingly long finish

flavors lack a bit of energy though I wouldn’t describe them as flat

with its lavender

Here too there is ample floral influence on the distinctly sauvage-inflected and very earthy wild red berry fruit aromas that display a mentholated top note

silky polish that unfolds into a layered but inward finish laden with sturdy

Vecchie Terre di Montefili, Anfiteatro Vintage:1996 intense and beautifully textured mediumA wonderfully aromatic wine, with gorgeous aromas of crushed berry, plum and chocolate. Medium bodied, with medium, silky tannins, crisp acidity and a fresh fruit finish. Needs a bit more fruit midpalate to be outstanding. Best after 1999. JS