2004 Südtirol / Alto Adige DOC Riserva ANTICUS Baron Salvadori, Alto Adige, Italy

Black berries, preserved cherries and red berries on the nose, lactic and herbaceous traces, light smoky notes, sweetish spicy oak. Smoky again on the palate with spicy oak, more herbaceous and lactic notes, preserved ripe fruit, hint of chocolate, fine tannins, quite full-bodied and creamy, hint of rum punch in the background, fairly persistent, still youthful, more jammy fruit and some lactic as well as chocolatey notes on a good finish.

Best to drink: Bis 2012+. What our ratings mean