Tuscany

Each vintage this wine seems to improve as Iacopo gets to know the plots better and better. Good weight and typical Chianti identity to this vintage - lovely soft feel of plummy, morello cherry f...(read more)

A real joy, svelte, with lots of woodland fruits, a hint of earth and tobacco, a gentle soul, with balance and great drinkability.

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)

Although it is composed almost entirely from a blend of Bordeaux varieties, dominated by Cabernet (with an addition of 10% Alicante Bouschet), Caburnio tastes quintessentially Italian and of the...(read more)

Bright bramble, dark cherry fruit, nice oak mocha & coffee. Rich, juicy with lovely fruit grip, plum, blackberry, cherry good flesh, but ripe and delicious.

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)