Italy

Bright fresh and zippy with rich citrus, peach and white flowers, palate has nice intensity with Apple, lemon and peach fruit, crisp and lively, decent mousse, good length.

The 2021 Le Paglie has a richer, weightier nose than the last release, but that breadth is well tempered with a good line acidity too. On the palate there is a good weight of fruit, nothing too heavy though. Fine, hefty...(read more)

This gorgeous Orvieto spends about 4-5 months on the lees. is a blend of 4 grapes - Trebbiano Toscano, Grechetto, Verdelho and Sauvignon Blanc - each adding extra depth, fruit and texture - but perfectly melded in to a g...(read more)

Always so fresh and bright with nectarine, lime and almond blossom aromas and flavours. Persistent with lovely fresh fruit weight in the mouth, citrus and stone fruit, just a touch of fresh almond. The acidity lifts the...(read more)

Lovely, gentle whiff of honey, with some quince and white flowers too. Fresh and the palate has lovely fruit concentration, with good texture, beautifully well balanced and with great length.

Lemon sherbert, tropical fruit, papaya, passion fruit. Lovely textural feel, papaya flesh, good acid undercut, weight and depth.

From the hills north of Venice this fresh bright white is loaded with wild flowers and citrus and the tang of crisp pineapple. Yet there is nice weight, with good balance and length, great freshness to the fruit and some...(read more)

A very inviting nose of firm pear fruit and yellow plum with verbena notes. On the palate this is bright with lively lemon cut and spicy, softer yellow flesh. Delightfully perky but with texture too, the palate shows nic...(read more)

Oliviero never stops finessing how he makes this perennial favourite of ours. Again this year he has reached new heights. The detail increases annually and his use of Amphorae for a small proportion of the juice adds pur...(read more)