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Piazzano 2004 Vinsanto White (Toscana)

Price $37

This golden amber-colored offering could pair with dried-fruit-based desserts or almond biscuits. A delicate wine, it is redolent of brown sugar, candied fruit, honey, dried flower and apricot. — M.L. (12/1/2012)

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Piazzano 1997 Rio Camerata Riserva Sangiovese (Chianti)

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Price $12

Very darkly fruited, this full-bodied wine offers layered bark-chocolate, cherry and espresso aromas and flavors. The palate is smooth and suavely textured, and this sleeper has refined tannins on the long, classy finish. — W.E. (4/1/2001)

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Piazzano 2006 Rio Camerata Sangiovese (Chianti)

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Price $24

Here’s a dark and deeply concentrated Chianti with lavish layers of spice, mature fruit, black plum, leather and earth. The wine is extremely plush and velvety in the mouth and offers long-lasting flavors of spice and cherry. — M.L. (11/1/2009)

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Piazzano 2004 Rio Camerata Riserva Sangiovese (Chianti)

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Price $35

Here’s a thick, nicely concentrated Chianti Riserva with aromas of black fruit, cola, natural rubber and spice. The wine is thick and chewy with soft sweetness and a plush, creamy mouthfeel. — M.L. (11/1/2009)

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Piazzano 2009 Syrah (Colli della Toscana Centrale)

Price $28

This shows a soft, velvety personality, with loads of ripe fruit, blackberry and cherry liqueur. Leather, exotic spice and dark chocolate notes complete the picture, giving the wine a rich, generous personality. — M.L. (12/31/2012)

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Piazzano 2006 Merlot (Colli della Toscana Centrale)

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Price $35

This is a cheerful Tuscan Merlot with an odd ensemble of aromas that includes red berry, spice, minerals and crushed vitamins. The wine is tart and fresh in the mouth with solid but smooth tannins and would pair well with gourmet hamburgers or chicken in barbecue sauce. — M.L. (11/1/2009)

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Piazzano 2005 Sangiovese (Colli della Toscana Centrale)

Price $35

Here’s a darkly concentrated, syrupy wine with impenetrable density and sweet aromas of coffee, chocolate, cinnamon and cherries. The wine is huge in the mouth with chewy succulence, astringency and enormous power: It’s almost too much of a good thing and has none of the delicate characteristics you usually associate with Sangiovese. — M.L. (11/1/2009)

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Piazzano 2007 Sangiovese (Chianti)

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Price $20

This is a pretty Chianti with a strong mineral element that recalls crushed stone and granite. You’ll also get background aromas of wild berry and raspberry that are enhanced by light shadings of spice and smoke. In the mouth, the wine is compact and bright. — M.L. (11/1/2009)

Most Reviewed Designations

Rio Camerata Rio Camerata Riserva Ventoso Vinsanto

Most Reviewed Varietals

Colorino Merlot Red Blend Sangiovese Syrah White Blend

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