A not-so-good Italian red wine from Montevertine, a luxe winery that I have heard great things about. Montevertine is situated in the heart of the Chianti district, halfway between Florence and Siena in the village of Radda. In 1981, the winery gave up its Chianti Classico designation in order to produce wines almost entirely of Sangiovese. The 2006 Pian del Ciampolo is nearly all Sangiovese with a small amount of Canaiolo blended in, and is the basic wine of the estate. Aged eighteen months in Slavonian oak. Montevertine states that the Pian del Ciampolo is the most "precocious" of their wines. Precocious, indeed. I found the wine watery and thin; completely devoid of substance. Absolutely no finish to speak of. Nice, smokey/earthy nose, however. Because of all the good press, I will, however, give the wine another shot.
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