This fruity Nero d’Avola offers distinctively warm and earthy tones of blackberry, dried currant berry, espresso and candied cherry. There’s balance and harmony here, and the wine delivers thick density and chewy cherry flavors.——M.L.(11/1/2008)—— 87

This is a heavily toasted Nero d’Avola that puts blackberry and plum on equal footing with vanilla, roasted nuts and wood notes. It’s a New World-style wine made with an Old World grape. Ends with dusty tannins. ——M.L.(7/1/2006)—— 88