Tasting notes: Antonelli's Chiusa di Pannone Sagrantino is sourced from the estate's best massal selection grafts, 2.70 hectares with southern exposure with rows following the slopes. Aged in large oak barrels for at least... Read More
Tasting Notes: Tropical fruit and yellow peach aromas alongside floral notes of hawthorn and a pleasing chalkiness on the finish mark the Caprai Grechetto as a great white for fresh fish or antipasti.... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Castellare di Castellina Vin Santo del Chianti Classico San Niccolo is from Malvasia Bianca and a small amount of Trebbiano grapes dried out in an aired area on “cannicci” (special wicker mats).... Read More
Tasting Notes: One of the stars of the Cirelli lineup, this example of Trebbiano has notes of citrus fruits, green apple, and white flowers, with subtle hints of almond and honey. The key factor here is the use of terracotta amphora,... Read More
Tasting Notes: The indigenous Molise varietal Tintilia deserves to put this forgotten about region on the wine map for good, especially from its best producer, Claudio Cipressi. A delight for anyone who loves the unusual and authentic... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Col d’Orcia Brunello di Montalcino is a ripe and seductive wine, simply bursting from the glass with red berries and woodland notes. Rich and powerful on the palate, this is not a shy wine, absolutely... Read More
Tasting Notes: The nose is full of spicy, fruity notes with fine hints of dried flowers and rose petals. The palate has a warm, slightly tannic mouth feel with well-integrated herbal notes. One of the defining wines of Alpine... Read More
Tasting Notes: Piante a Lapio is made from 80-to-100-year-old Fiano planted in Lapio’s high-altitude volcanic soils, it is fermented spontaneously in casks of chestnut and acacia from local forests, and aged in those same... Read More
Tasting Notes: The baby to their high-end Boca, Le Piane's Mimmo is a Nebbiolo-based Alto-Piemontese blend that is equally pretty as it is playful. This wine is an ode to the winery's' friend and consultant, who helped... Read More
Tasting Notes: Deep plummy purple in the glass the Luigi Tecce (formally a Taurasi Riserva that he declassified to Campania Aglianco) Puro Sangue blooms with a nose of ripe beach plums, violets and earthy thyme. On the palate... Read More
Estate History: Marabino, situated in the south-east of Sicily, is in the Buonivini district in the heart of Noto valley, on a latitude south of Tunis. The vinyards extend over thirty hectares and are situated on low hills, enjoying... Read More
Tasting Notes: The more powerful, virile side of Chianti comes through in the Monteraponi Toscana Rosso Baron'ugo. An intense bouquet of red fruity aromas of cherry and red currants, and of lifted floral notes of violet. Cedar... Read More
