Italy

Again this is a winner from Gabrielle and Marco - such lift and energy delivered with brilliant, bright red fruits. Such a deliciously fresh and juicy feel to this wine. Bright mulberry, damson a...(read more)

Good dark berries. Some toffee, some cocoa. A gorgeous, brambling crunch of deep fruit. There is a good intensity here. Nicely sweet middle - but not hairy and no thickness, just good flow and ni...(read more)

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 typi...(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 br...(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)

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 supe...(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)

Although Rafaella has been working to organic principals since the outset - it is now official! From the 2016 vintage she is now certified as Organic. It was a very nice vintage here - and this i...(read more)

This is a brilliant new arrival from Basilicata and our first ever Primitivo from the Matera DOC. It jumps out of the glass at you with some complex spices and nice note of evolution on the nose,...(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)

A classic example of Piedmont's most joyous grape variety, Dolcetto. Bright, quite crunchy red berry fruit, very clean with lifted freshness; ripe but on the light side of medium bodied, little b...(read more)

Gorgeous. A really pleasing style of Dolcetto. Great classic character but with a soft and beautifully 'easy' side too. Dark and yet with a bright crack of cherry skin too that adds lift and a fr...(read more)