2000 Fontalloro Super-Tuscan Sangiovese

Those of you local to Portland should really check this place out. Martinottis' has all sorts of interesting things from imported trinkets to an impressive wine selection. Bottle after bottle I was continually surprised.

When I entered, I walked to the most obvious wine shelf. Bottles there tended to be in the $15 to $20 range. The owner of course asked if he could help out, and then directed me to the other side of the store for more wine selections. I was not expecting to find cases and cases, wine racks, bottles stacked every which way---bottles as expensive as $900. There were a range of years, the oldest I saw was 1963 but I was only there for five minutes.

Entering that shop is how I remembered the other bottle we shared with friends the other night at dinner.

2000 Fontalloro Super-Tuscan Sangiovese (Tuscany)
The thing I remember most about this wine was that it tasted good, and that at first, my poor flavor indicator couldn't really decide exactly what it tasted like. It was pointed out to me that it had a heavy cherry flavor, which I then immediately recognized. It was an enjoyable bottle, also quite expensive, and definitely one I would want again sometime. This wine was very different than the Altamura Cab. Not being comparable on a flavor level, I can offer up that the Fontalloro had more discernible tannins. That fact did not negatively impact the likeability, however.