Tuscan Wine

Campo alla Casa Enrico Santini 2019

Poggio Al Moro Enrico Santini 2018

Riserva Chianti Classico dedicated to the noble Gherardini family who founded the picture-perfect Vignamaggio estate in the 14th Century.

This is a blend based on ripe, peppery Syrah, 38%, blended with Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot...it just works on this sandy/clay soil. This presents a wonderfully seductive array of dark fruit, blackberry and dark cherry, suffused with violets and pepper and a touch of balsamic sweetness. Beautifully balanced, this is impeccable with game dishes yet NB, slightly chilled, this makes a good, summery picnic and barbecue wine.

A pretty, fragrant blend of aromatic Cabernet Franc and powerful, evocative Syrah makes this rosé a truly wonderful treat.

With 30% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Syrah and 20% Sangiovese, all vinified separately, this is unusual, layered and complex, elegant, with noble tannins and hints of mocha - all rounded off with a blush of new French oak

Ultimate decadence! This traditional dessert wine oozes all the appeal of the stunning estate that makes it.

Le Cupole IGT Tenuta di Trinoro 2013

A wine that ticks every box for fine dining: approachable, succulent, oozing with sex appeal…and ridiculously priced given its pedigree.

Le Cupole IGT Tenuta di Trinoro 2015

Seductive and concentrated, top flight red from picturesque Tuscan estate, Villa Vignamaggio.

Le Cupole IGT Tenuta di Trinoro 2016

This, unusually 100% Cabernet Franc, is beautifully perfumed, fresh and upbeat, red and black fruit dominant, with grip and spice underscored by crushed stone minerals. There are hints of grilled fennel too, testament to a warm well-drained soil - stylish.

Deep ruby in colour, this presents an array of spiced red fruit on the nose. The palate is deliciously dark and concentrated, profound and aromatic, perfumed yet with grip. This is a wine, dark and brooding, which warrants a little time

Campo di Camagi Tenuta di Trinoro 2015

100% Cabernet Franc, Tenaglia, is sited at 520m altitude, west-facing. It is a mere 0.3 hectares in size, planted on friable limestone. A brilliant jet-ruby in colour, this is initially rather reticent, opening up to reveal pronounced dark fruit, on agitation. The palate is more gregarious than the nose suggests with focused cassis allied to a leafy, wild blackcurrant intensity. There is no doubting innate power here, yet it is delivered within an accessible, upbeat, fresh style, the abundant fruit complemented by light spice, all supported by a beautifully-integrated structure – velvet-textured. Monica Larner – 96 Points

Magnacosta Tenuta di Trinoro 2014

A wonderful example of what can be achieved when Cabernet Franc has the opportunity fully to ripen -old vine fruit intensity prevails throughout

Campo di Magnacosta Tenuta di Trinoro 2015

A wine that ticks every box for fine dining: approachable, succulent, oozing with sex appeal… and ridiculously priced given its pedigree.

100% Cabernet Franc, Magnacosta is a 1.5 hectare gravelly site where an old stream eats (magna) into a hillside (costa). The Cabernet Franc, grown from Pomerol cuttings is,very accessible. The 2018 offers a rather high-toned, focused nose, grape must and wild blackcurrant, layered with bitter cherry on the nose, rather lovely. The palate reflects the aromatics presented on the nose whilst laying some ground rules. This is no retiring violet, rather it is robust, positively vibrant and driven, embellished by floral purity.

100% Cabernet Franc, Magnacosta is a 1.5 hectare gravelly site where an old stream eats (magna) into a hillside (costa). The Cabernet Franc, grown from Pomerol cuttings is, in Andrea’s mind, the “lightest of the campi” It certainly tends to be the most accessible. The 2018 offers a rather high-toned, focused nose, grape must and wild blackcurrant, layered with bitter cherry on the nose, rather lovely. The palate reflects the aromatics presented on the nose whilst laying some ground rules. This is no retiring violet, rather it is robust, positively vibrant and driven, embellished by floral purity. Monica Larner – 95 Points

100% Cabernet Franc, Campo di Camagi comes from a 1.5 hectare plot planted in 1991-92 and is the oldest of the campi. In the early days, fruit from this site would have been incorporated in Le Cupole. Last year, Andrea describes this as the “most dramatic” of the campi. It certainly makes its presence felt even in embryonic form as when we tasted. To begin with, the colour is profound, bright and enticing. The nose then offers sweet summer berry fruit, layered with plump, ripe cherries, perfumed with violets. The palate is rather promiscuous in its display of vibrant berried fruit, blueberry dominant. The purity of fruit and the aromatics are such that the tannic structure – powerful – is something of a surprise. This warrants time and has considerable potential for the patient Monica Larner – 96+ Points

The fruit on the nose is sweet and rich – a blend of dark fruit earthiness and red berry high notes, hints of undergrowth and floral lift. The palate is luscious, sumptuous and yet graceful, supported by fruit-coated, ripe tannins. This is full of energy with hints of both chocolate and kirsch to finish – deeply impressive.

Biserno Tenuta di Biserno 2012

On the nose, there is a rather beguiling balance of bright playfulness and brooding sobriety - quite a feat, and very much part of the overall charm. There is abundant fruit here, fresh and upbeat, with hints of spice and dark coffee, complemented by almost citric freshness and an underlying saline seam of minerals. Beautifully balanced, even in its infancy, this will continue to improve. The floral aromatics on the attenuated finish add additional elegance and flair - lovely wine.

Savoury, sweet and smoky complexity here in 2012, a perfect celebratory, Sunday roast wine.

Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Donatella Cinelli Colombini 2007 Magnum

Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Donatella Cinelli Colombini 2006 Magnum

Tenaglia Tenuta di Trinoro 2014 Magnum