From the very good 2001 vintage and scoring 93100 parker points the superb 2001 gabbro sangiovese and cabernet franc manages to surpass its stable mate a somber inky ruby its powerful aromas of black currants sweet herbs and minerals are matched by a concentration richness and complexity on the palate a fullness and iron power which promise twenty years of excellent drinking fabio chiarelotto who returned to his native tuscany from switzerland to run the estate is a tireless work