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)

This is an absolute beauty, deeply fruity, with black cherry, blueberry and plum fruit, all underpinned with a delicious floral note. In the mouth the wine is lithe and supple, perfumed violets, red and black fruits, tou...(read more)

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)

When a sparkling red sings, like this example from Emilia-Romagna, it offers a lovely fusion of red fruit, grippy tannins and delicate acidity.

Carefully fermented at low temperatures in steel tanks, to avoid too much extraction, this perky juice then spends 6 months in oldish barrels which really helps smooth this out and gives the super sleek feel and racy dri...(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)

Bright fresh fruits, raspberry, blueberry and cherry flesh. Sleek and joyous in the mouth with fresh woodland fruits, boysenberry and damson, some cocoa powder adding complexity.

The 2022 Dolcetto d'Alba Bric del Salto is fabulous. It's one of the most refined editions of this wine I can remember tasting. It’s as if Sottimano has taken all the old-school intensity of Dolcetto, polished the edges...(read more)

30% aged in wood, rest in inox. Oliviero tells us that Refosco is really not easy to grow, must be cautious about the maturity. Not all the bunch matures evenly and so you usually have to chop the bottom of the bunches o...(read more)

Beautiful perfume of strawberries, cherries and mocha, succulent, gentle, silky red fruits, nice tactile tannins, great acid push.