Tuscany

A sleek and supple style, aromatics are subtly spicy, with blueberry, blackberry fruit core. There are notes of earth, tobacco and something a little savoury swirl around on the lithe and fulsome palate. Decent grip of r...(read more)

Graziana Grassini is the oenologist for Sassicaia but also here at Fattoria di Magliano and has been making the wine since their first harvest back in 2001. Heba is a beautiful 'Morellino di Scansano' the local name for...(read more)

Always a charmer the 2019 is distinctly lovely. Quite plush plum and blackberry fruit nose with a gentle touch of hedgerow and wood spice. Sleek delivery, with barely-there, ripe tannins, a decadent ripeness and good len...(read more)

The 2015 Caburnio is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with smaller parts Merlot, Alicante Bouschet, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc from the beautiful beach community of Capalbio on the Tuscan Coast just a few hours' drive nort...(read more)

We really are in a sweet spot with Tuscan releases at the moment and this is the first of two consecutive vintages of simply cracking wines. The 2015 is slightly more muscular and powerful, plenty of rich berry and damso...(read more)

Piero has crafted another beauty in 2019. This wine, that he calls his 'business card', is one of the most reliably delicious and complex wines you will find for under £20. Bursting with ripe cherry fruit, with tha...(read more)

A very refined and delicious Chianti - bright cherry and raspberry fruit which has depth and dark fruit and spicy, polished wood-notes too. Good acidity makes this instantly juicy and yet supple-textured. Very refined an...(read more)

Lots of orange peel to the ripe and beautiful cherries. It’s full-bodied with chewy tannins and a flavorful finish. A gorgeous, intense wine. One of the best basic VNMs from here for a long time. Drink or hold.

(Merlot 40%, Cabernet Franc 20%, Cabernet Sauvignon 20%, Syrah 20%). Fermentation and maceration for about 15 days in steel tanks. Then aged for 10 months, 80% in oak barriques (2nd, 3rd and 4th use) and the other 20% in...(read more)

The Castello del Terriccio 2017 Tassinaia is Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah with a generous and rich style that speaks of the vintage and the warm growing conditions on the Tuscan Coast. Like many of the other blen...(read more)

Grown in very hard-to-manage narrow terraces on a precipitous slope, with each vine on a pole, so everything has to be done by hand. Undoubtedly hideously hard work but the result is one of the most complete and refined...(read more)