Dan's pick of the week, intervallo di quattro

Okay...I'm breaking my rule for this one. I think I'd typed before that these would not be things from that week's tasting. This one is. It's such a good deal, though, I had to get the word out.

This week we have Avulisi, a Nero d'Avola from highly respected producer Feudo di Santa Tresa. Nero is the great black grape of Sicily, producing a relatively full-bodied but elegant wine full of black fruit and earthy complexity. This one is a 2003, so it's a nice opportunity to experience a wine with a little age on it. This one has lots of these secondary age characteristics like cedar, leather, raisin and black olive.

The best part is that this is a vintage closeout. It's $12 off until it's gone!