Super Tuscans

Cassis, mint, cherries and dark chocolate, quite a plush, elegant but concentrated feel. In the mouth it is sleek and bold, rich pure tannins, an aromatic fruit profile, cassis and cherries, dark chocolate, mint and toba...(read more)

The 2021 Guidalberto, San Guido's blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, is soft, succulent and alluring right out of the gate. The supple contours of Merlot lend fleshiness to this mid-weight, racy Maremma blend. Ripe...(read more)

Quite a dense core of blackberry and plum fruit, spice, dark chocolate, damson and mulberry. Good succulent fruit weight, quite bold and mouthfilling, a touch of fleshiness and sweetness, with chocolate and spice on the...(read more)

The 2020 Saffredi is compelling. Deep yet quite structured, 2020 is unlike any Saffredi I can recall tasting because of its balance of intense dark fruit and vertical structure. Plum, blackberry, pencil shavings, lavende...(read more)

Leads with cedar, cassis, mocha, balsamic, roasted meat. Palate again good energy, more evolved, macerated cherries and cassis, chocolate, tannins frame the whole.

Quite a centred concentrated nose of cassis and plum, dark cherry, mint chocolate. Good energy, fruit quite plush, plum and tobacco, cedar and chocolate.

The 2020 Bolgheri Superiore Guado al Tasso is a rich, resonant wine that captures the natural radiance of the Tuscan Coast. Blackberry jam, mocha, plum, chocolate, spice and espresso all build in a mid-weight yet succule...(read more)

Just bottled, the 2017 Saffredi is a huge, unctuous wine that captures all the natural richness of the year in spades. Rich and super-concentrated, with huge fruit, the 2017 is going to need a number of years to shed som...(read more)