The 2007 Copertino Riserva Divoto is totally over the top for my tastes. The blend is 70% Negroamaro and 30% Montepulciano, aged in French oak for 24 months. Divoto opens to a black, impenetrable appearance and delivers a blast of scorched earth, blackened almond husk, popcorn and toasted coconut shavings. The intensity is too much of a good thing. At its core, the wine shows jammy fruit marmalade and a powerful blast of alcoholic heat. Only a palate of steel can take all of this in.