A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon with indigenous grapes (mostly Cannonau), the 2009 Alghero Tanca Farrà is a deep and penetrating wine with a long list of aromatic qualifiers. The budding complexity of the wine is impressive and the nose is greeting with competing tones of dark berry, grilled herb, crushed granite, licorice and soft spice. The mouthfeel is tight and streamlined, but not thin. In fact, this wine offers a good level of heft and density on the close. It can age five years or more.