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...(read more)

Fragrant herbs, meat, cassis, cedar, tobacco, rosemary. Palate also has fragrant herb, supple cassis and damson, tobacco, balsamic, earthy, cedar drive, rich tannins giving grip and length.

Gorgeously aromatic, blueberry, damson and cassis, touch of mocha/chocolate. Palate is sleek and ripe, bright acidity, rich dark fruit core, blueberry, cassis and plum, then complexing oak, dark...(read more)

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)

What a pleasure it is to taste the 2010 Lupicaia. Fresh and brilliant on the palate, the 2010 boasts superb energy and precision throughout. Rose petal, mint and succulent red-fleshed fruit are a...(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)

On the herbal side, but that meshes with the cherry, currant and cedar aromas and flavors, providing a Bordeaux-like profile. Elegant and harmonious, featuring a discreet, underlying structure, w...(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)

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)