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)

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)

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 chocolate and coffee note...(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)

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 nose, cassis, plums, touch...(read more)

Again nicely fragrant nose, violets, macerated cherries and plums, with chocolate and tobacco. Generous to start with, nice ripe acid driving the palate forward, richly fruited, cherry and plum again, then twists in to a...(read more)

Cherry and dark mint chocolate, tobacco, cassis and plum fruit, open and accessible. Delicious mint chocolate, cassis, herbs, plum and tobacco, lovely acid drive, rich tannins, rounded, shapely but distinct. Very nicely...(read more)

Another sensational Messorio, firmly placing it among the world's greatest Merlots. As ever, powerful and concentrated, yet very elegant with tremendous length.

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)