Super Tuscans

Plum, cassis and dark cherries, touch of underbrush, pencil lead, smoked tea, nicely fragrant. Sleek, succulent and ripe with lovely core of plum and cassis, supple rich tannic frame, tobacco and gently smoked tea note,...(read more)

Up front there is the pure fresh-edged feel of blueberry flesh, but this dances across the palate with juicy brightness and a good depth of red and black berry fruit. A really attractive Tassinaia with such pure fruit ex...(read more)

50% Merlot, 20% Cab Sauv & Franc, 10% Syrah, aged in stainless steel and older oak then concrete. Black cherry, blackberry and plum fruit, good fruit density, dark and nicely delivered with chocolate and spice on the...(read more)

Plums and cassis, some tobacco and graphite, fragrant and enticing. Richly layered, dark core of plum and cassis, dark chocolate, tobacco and graphite once more. Intense, concentrated, but fine and layered.

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)

50/50 Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. 18–24 months in new tonneaux. 2016 was cooler than 2011. Mid garnet. Rich, deep, dark-sweet fruit with the start of dried cherry and leather. Smooth and leathery on the palate,...(read more)

Evolved or balsam notes have already begun to appear in the 2012 Lupicaia. There is even a button-mushroom note and more minerality in the mouth with lingering notes of licorice and smoke. The wine possesses an incredibl...(read more)

Blueberry, sweet cherry, blackberry fruit, bold and aromatic with good density. In the mouth there is a pure blackberry, cherry fruit profile, sleek and richly adorned with mocha and coffee notes, rich and satisfying wit...(read more)

One of Italy's most lauded Cabernet Francs, this opens with aromas of new oak, cassis, crushed violet, tobacco, graphite and a whiff of espresso. The tightly wound palate delivers dried blackcurrant, black raspberry, clo...(read more)

Aged in a mixture of stainless steel, oak, ceramic amphor and stone jar. Smoky, blackberry, violets and sweet spice. Pure and fresh, deep black fruit core, taut and sleek with energy and drive, fresh and wound in will ta...(read more)

The 2005 Messorio is just beginning to show the first signs of aromatic complexity, the stage at which Messorio starts to get really exciting, in my view. Exotic flowers, white truffles, spices and black cherries are sup...(read more)