Vecchie Terre di Montefili, Anfiteatro Vintage:1996 silky polish that unfolds into

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

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

orange peel and minerals

This is also packed with development potential and is a wine that should amply repay a decade or so of cellaring

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

Vecchie Terre di Montefili, Anfiteatro Vintage:1996 silky polish that unfolds intoA 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