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Before we left for Italy I called a great wine shop in Napa called the Bounty Hunter, where I have bought wine now for the last couple of years. I asked about winery recommendations for Italy and they gave me the name of Isole e Olena just outside of Florence. Unfortunately Isabell and I were not able to make it to the winery, but while strolling through the medieval town of San Gimignano I spotted the wine in a local enoteca. So, we bought a bottle of the 2004 vintage. It was a great wine with cherry and beery fruits on the nose and palate, followed up a touch of chocolate on the finish. No meal with this wine - but we did enjoy it from our hotel room in Rome for New Year's!