Tuscany

A blend of 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 typical Chianti id...(read more)

Just such a sleek and supple style, filled with woodland fruits, briar, plum and fragrant herbs. Lovely feel and grip, lots of ripe berry fruit in the core, then delicate aniseed and herbs. Great with stews, roasts and o...(read more)

Jancis Robinson's Favourite Reds 2021
An intense mix of Bordeaux grapes and southern Tuscan style, to be drunk any time over the next few years.

Lovely nose, bright bramble, dark cherry fruit, nice oak mocha & coffee. Palate has great grip, rich black fruit core, fine tannins, some sweetness and bright acidity, leather and cedar. This wine, that Piero calls h...(read more)

A very refined and delicious Chianti - bright cherry and raspberry fruit and good acidity makes this instantly juicy and sappy and supple-textured. Very refined and long.

Mid ruby. Low-key but quite intriguing nose. Relatively soft with tannins that are already resolved. Well mannered for current drinking with some tannins evident on the finish providing reassurance for the medium term.

Another soaring beauty from Padelletti, layered aromatics of dried flowers, herbs and plums, that remain poised and gentle. In the mouth there is a dark fruitiness, cherry and plum, just a hint of savouriness and then th...(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)