Tuscany

90% Sangiovese 5% Canaiolo and 5% Malvasia Nera. Jacopo Morganti's flagship wine improves year on year as he gets to know the plots better and the average vine age increases. Good weight and typi...(read more)

A joy-filled load of ripe brambling berries and some deep, red cherry flesh splash across the palate. Nicely pinned back from being too broad by a pique of classic sangiovese bite and a lovely te...(read more)

Piero says his 2016s have a greater ‘verticality’ than the richer, rounder 2015s. When you taste the il Labirinto, it's easy to see what he means. This is simply bursting with energy. The bright...(read more)

Morellino is the local name for this Sangiovese clone found along the wild coast of southern Tuscany, the Maremma. Loaded with firm blackberry and black cherry fruit, nice purity and directness....(read more)

Dei's 'Rosso' is a fine-textured Sangiovese with excellent fruit and the same rounded dry texture of the Vino Nobile in a gentler form. Open on the palate, the spicy fruit is also gentle and easy...(read more)

2014 was not the easiest vintage in Tuscany, with a damp start only saved by a long dry autumn and late harvesting, but the team here have made a fabulous Caburnio - rightly gaining the coveted '...(read more)

Light cherry red. Vanilla-laced cherry sweetness on the nose. Sweetly spiced with a touch of pepper. Delicious tension to the liveliest of fruit, mouth-watering and long. Incredibly moreish. GV

Poggerino's 2016 Chianti Classico is gorgeous. Aromatically lifted and juicy on the palate, the 2016 has much to offer. Black cherry, plum, tobacco, new leather, licorice and spice are pushed for...(read more)

Some floral characters on the nose, with bright blackcurrant top notes. Strong tannic structure and a long, full finish.

Mid smudgy crimson. Very peppery, even a touch floral then more savoury on the palate, more meaty and dark-fruited. Some dried fruits too but fresh. Dry, firm and maybe starting to lose fruit?

As ever the blend is Merlot, Cabernet and some Syrah. This is again an unbelievably smart wine from the team here. Intense, complex and individual - but with such satisfying feel and depth it is hard t...(read more)

Deeply-coloured and richly flavoured, with dark, spicy fruit intensity, the 2015 Vino Nobile is quite a big wine with a big structure, but the ripeness of the fruit is more than equal to the tann...(read more)