Italy

From just outside Lecce in the heart of Salento comes this cracking example of Primitivo. Bright and perky this has a fine zippy line that makes it not only food friendly but very moreish. Cherry skin and cooked damson a...(read more)

Another absolute cracker from Cantine de Falco, bursting from the glass with aromas of cherries, blueberries and strawberries and a distinct herbal top note. In the mouth this is fresh and lithe, sleekly fruity, berried...(read more)

This is a lighter bodied style with a lighter crimson hue to match. Lovely intensity of strawberry, cherry and raspberry fruit, the palate has a gentle extraction of ripe acid, that underpins a succulent fruitiness, roun...(read more)

This fabulously inviting, sparkling red bursts all the myths about Lambrusco by being dry and joyously drinkable. Grown organically on clay and limestone soils the results are fantastic. Fresh bright black cherry, blackb...(read more)

A sleek and supple style, aromatics are subtly spicy, with blueberry, blackberry fruit core. There are notes of earth, tobacco and something a little savoury swirl around on the lithe and fulsome palate. Decent grip of r...(read more)

From up in the hills of Emilia-Romagna, this is always so much fun, sleek and pure with cherry, tobacco, plum and mocha aromas and flavours. Unencumbered by oak, it delivers a bright, direct and easy drinking style.

Andrea has been turning out an incredible array of wines for many years now and this, his 2018 Dolcetto, is just another example of his brilliance. The Dolcetto is seen as a bit of a workhorse, but this displays so much...(read more)

Graziana Grassini is the oenologist for Sassicaia but also here at Fattoria di Magliano and has been making the wine since their first harvest back in 2001. Heba is a beautiful 'Morellino di Scansano' the local name for...(read more)

A beautifully pale, delicately structured style that delivers intense strawberry and cherry fruits, floral notes and just a touch of hawthorn. The palate is fresh and supple, lovely red fruit intensity, with an undercurr...(read more)

Fresh red fruits, cherry, raspberry, crisp, with grip and tension, dark fleshy fruit core, quite serious.

Always a charmer the 2019 is distinctly lovely. 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 len...(read more)