Tenuta Poggio al Tesoro-Mediterra-Toscana-Italy-2006-$17.98-A elegant nose of berry and chocolate, dark amber in color. A smooth easy drinking red, dark fruit, earth, a juicy wine that was flat out enjoyable. This is the second time I have had this wine in the past few months, similar results. WS-92 RP-90 CR-4.5 Good with veal, chicken, pasta.
Chappellet Vineyard-Merlot-Napa Valley-California-2006-$24.99-A nose of red currants and cedar, dark ruby in color. A smooth medium to full bodied red, red currants, cherries, spicy chocolate with a very good finish. I just started drinking Merlot again and this is a good one. WS-90 WE-90 CR-4-4.5 Good with chicken, pork and pasta.