Tuscany

Iacopo Morgante's flagship wine improves year on year as he gets to know the plots better. Good weight and typical Chianti identity - lovely soft feel of plummy, morello cherry fruit a little pep...(read more)

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)

Morellino is the local name for this Sangiovese clone found along the wild coast of southern Tuscany, the Maremma. Loaded with firm blackberry and black cherry fruit, nice purity and directness....(read more)

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)

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)

Light cherry red. Vanilla-laced cherry sweetness on the nose. Sweetly spiced with a touch of pepper. Delicious tension to the liveliest of fruit, mouth-watering and long. Incredibly moreish. GV

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)

Lustrous ruby. Minerally, savoury cherry nose that is a little shy. Mouth-filling, tangy cherry fruit with a big layer of gorgeous, long, chewy tannins. Tactile and generous, yet with great preci...(read more)

Mid smudgy crimson. Very peppery, even a touch floral then more savoury on the palate, more meaty and dark-fruited. Some dried fruits too but fresh. Dry, firm and maybe starting to lose fruit?

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)