Tuscany

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)

Blackberry and black cherry fruit, nice purity, directness. Ripe with lovely bright fruit palate, cherry, blackberry and plum fruit, silky, sleek and immediate.

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)

Piero calls this 'his business card' and why not? You will struggle to find a more complete Chianti Classico. Frankly, you'll struggle to find any wine under £20 that gives this much interest and pleasure. T...(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)

Lustrous ruby. A tad reductive on the nose and in need of lots of air. A hint of what looks like leather. Slumbering ripe cherry fruit. Very long and building up in aromatics on the finish with b...(read more)

Following the majestic 2008 was always going to be tricky for the Piemaggio team - but with this newly released 2012 - they have done it with aplomb! Not surprisingly this is a little more struct...(read more)

Notes of plum, blackberry and gentle herb note, aromatic with a touch of blueberry and menthol. Nice grip on the palate, dark fruit core, some earthiness, aromatic again, herb and touch of tobacc...(read more)

Bold and intense, black cherry, blackberry and tobacco. Sleek and bright with great freshness, cassis, cherry and a touch of dark chocolate, coffee and tobacco. This is a beautifully made, precis...(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)