92
points
Poggio Verrano 2007 Dròmos Red (Maremma)
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$50
Founded in 2000, Poggio Verrano, with calcium-rich clay soils on the Tuscan coast, is one of Maremma’s most interesting wine estates. This blended red wine delivers ripe aromas of black cherry and blackberry backed by chocolate, rum cake and spice. It exhibits a tight, polished finish.
— M.L.
(2/1/2012)
92
points
Poggio Verrano 2004 Dròmos Red (Maremma)
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$60
Although it is too young to drink now, the second edition of Drómos (an intricate blend of five red varieties) already boasts beautiful development with notes of blackberry, cherry fruit, smoke, granite, clove, spice with oak balance. It's smooth, creamy and mouth-wateringly succulent in the mouth.
— M.L.
(11/15/2006)
90
points
Poggio Verrano 2003 Dròmos Red (Maremma)
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$60
Francesco Bolla is a man with a mission: To make the best red blend in Maremma. This beautifully balanced assembly of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Sangiovese, Alicante and Cabernet Franc is the estate’s sole product. It has weighty plum and red cherry fruit, ground coffee bean, hay, white peppercorn, dried rose petal and leather. It is firmly tannic and persistent…
— W.E.
(9/1/2006)