Girasole, Sangiovese, Mendocino, California 2008

100% Sangiovese. Silky with ripe fruit flavors of blackberry and cassis - this wine is bursting with flavor. Its tannins are soft and well integrated and it surprises with a wonderfully long lasting finish. Girasole Vineyards, has been making wine since 1955, growing fully organic grapes for the past twenty years. Girasole (pronounced "jeer-ah-so-lay") translates to "turning into the sun" and thus is symbolized by the sunflower. Ideal with: Chesapeake crabcakes, paella, catfish.