Super Tuscans

50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 50% Merlot. Lovely clean attack. Bright with good edge and an enticing Bordeaux grip - not firm, just a lovely feel. The fruit is perfectly 'a point'. Clever stuff in this tric...(read more)

Aromatic plum, cherry, and mint chocolate. Sappy, fleshy, plums and cherries, nice richness, decent weight, ripe tannins and a sleek macerated fruit finish, with hints of tobacco and chocolate.

Stainless steel ferment, then mix of tonneau & Barrique for 14 months, 50% new and one year old. Oriental spice, ginger, pepper and blackberry on the nose, palate is generous and full with ripe r...(read more)

A big, dark, extracted red with loads of luscious dark fruit, oodles of toasty oak and a thick rather syrupy palate. Impressive in its way, but it won't win any prizes for subtlety.

Castello del Terriccio's 2011 Lupicaia, the estate's Cabernet Sauvignon/Petit Verdot blend, is dark, sensual and inviting. Scents of tobacco, grilled herbs, licorice, espresso and French oak meld...(read more)

Raspberry, floral, gentle sweet, cooked spice, aromatic and elegant, cherry and blackberry. The palate has drive and grip, taut tannins, deep core of dark fruit, blackberry and raspberry, envelop...(read more)

Hugely impressive, and the first vintage in which Cinzia has cut back on the new oak so that the Syrah is altogether more expressive.

I have tasted this wine a number of times and it ranges from 97 to 98 points in my scoring. The subtlety and depth to this is amazing. Aromas of ripe fruit, chili powder, and toasted oak with hin...(read more)

stainless steel and concrete ferment 24 different passes through the vineyard, all fermented separately, blended then in to barrel for 18 months 75% new and 25% one year. Nice freshness on the no...(read more)

Rich, ripe and dense, sporting black cherry and leather flavors and hints of tar and tobacco leaf. Powerful and well-structured, with a long, tobacco- and mineral-inflected finish. Merlot. Drink...(read more)

The 2010 Messorio is another superstar in this blockbuster vertical of Italian Merlot greatness. This was a hot vintage that has resulted in a softly contoured and more immediate wine. You can either drink it...(read more)

Medium-deep colour. A very immediate and lovely nose of dark fruit with a sheen of oak. Palate is silky, at once delicate and intense, a fresh acidity gives a lively brightness, and behind there...(read more)