Tuscany

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 or steak from...(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)

95% Sangiovese, 5% Syrah. Rocky soils, and low pH in the wines. Aged in concrete and then in bottle. Mid ruby. Savoury, lightly smoky dark-red fruit with a slight savoury/meaty quality (but clean). Smooth, gently chewy t...(read more)

Plum, cassis and dark cherries, touch of underbrush, pencil lead, smoked tea, nicely fragrant. Sleek, succulent and ripe with lovely core of plum and cassis, supple rich tannic frame, tobacco and gently smoked tea note,...(read more)

Nice fruit concentration but perhaps a tad shy at the moment, cherries and damsons, touch herbal. In the mouth that bounce of the vintage, fresh but great fruit weight, damsons and cherries, earth, mocha and herbs.

Lovely and pure fruit forward style, plums and cherries, quite fleshy and plump, with some complexing spice and fragrant herbal notes. Plush and quite supple fruit core, plum flesh and blackberry, tannins are there but q...(read more)

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 length. This has a gracious ease and is delightfull...(read more)

Red cherry and damson, balsamic spice, as always very elegant. Bright acid on the entry, crisp woodland fruits, earth, tobacco and spice. Great length, this wine makes you salivate with a lovely push of liquorice on the...(read more)

50% Merlot, 20% Cab Sauv & Franc, 10% Syrah, aged in stainless steel and older oak then concrete. Black cherry, blackberry and plum fruit, good fruit density, dark and nicely delivered with chocolate and spice on the...(read more)

Up front there is the pure fresh-edged feel of blueberry flesh, but this dances across the palate with juicy brightness and a good depth of red and black berry fruit. A really attractive Tassinaia with such pure fruit ex...(read more)