2002 "Santa Cristina" Sangiovese

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2002 Santa Cristina Sangiovese Tuscana

I was looking for a basic Chianti but this was the closest thing I found. It seemed to be a straighforward, decent sangiovese. Aroma of cherry pie on first opening, tasting of dark sweet cherries with a nice, clean finish. Nothing fancy but it did the trick and was better than some basic Chiantis I´ve tried. I´ve heard that 2002 was a particularily bad year for Tuscany. Anyone else heard this? It seemed to me the producer managed to scrape together some decent grapes for this wine, though it would probably hard to judge much from a wine like this.