Italy

Apple, pear, spice and just a hint of something herbal. Good weight on the palate, richer, with ripe pear and peach, then some delicate spice on the finish.

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.

This is not the Greco di Tufo of Campania, but Greco di Matera of Basilicata – an attractive alfresco sipper with a pleasingly spicy quality backed up by juicy stone fruit flavours and etched with a citrusy freshness on...(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)

More honey, quince and white flowers, palate has lovely fruit concentration, texture is good, balanced with great length.

The 2020 Ribona is delicate and understated in the glass, showing sweet white flowers, wet stone and peach skins. The Ribona then takes a turn toward the savory spectrum, silky in feel and cool-toned, with citrus-laced o...(read more)

Nose is tight, pear and gentle spiciness, palate is nicely layered with rich fruit, pear, touch creamy and spicy, good length.

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 touch of hawthorn, fresh nut paste and citrus fruit abound on the nose. In the mouth this is fresh, nicely direct, gently nutty and pure with a touch of wet stone, tangy citrus fruit and wild flower blossom.

After soft pressing without oxygen and fermentation with controlled temperature, the wine matures long over fine lees (sur lie). Intense and bright yellow straw colour. Floral and fruity perfume with mineral hints associ...(read more)

The Maremma Vermentino Pagliatura ’19 combines intense aromas of a light touch of hay and citrus sensations, with a lively and continuous evolution on the palate that returns to herb memories, characterised by a particul...(read more)

The 2020 Grechetto from Tenuta di Salviano is a real gem of a wine. Sleek, well polished with a bit of backbone, beautifully balanced it is certainly a wine which pushes above its weight in terms of value for money.