Italy

From just outside Lecce in the heart of Salento comes this cracking example of Primitivo. Bright and perky this has a fine zippy line that makes it not only food friendly but very moreish. Cherry skin and cooked damson a...(read more)

This is an absolute beauty, deeply fruity, with black cherry, blueberry and plum fruit, all underpinned with a delicious floral note. In the mouth the wine is lithe and supple, perfumed violets, red and black fruits, tou...(read more)

Carefully fermented at low temperatures in steel tanks, to avoid too much extraction, this perky juice then spends 6 months in oldish barrels which really helps smooth this out and gives the super sleek feel and racy dri...(read more)

Bright fresh fruits, raspberry, blueberry and cherry flesh. Sleek and joyous in the mouth with fresh woodland fruits, boysenberry and damson, some cocoa powder adding complexity.

An old variety from the north of the region, a high yielder that is finding favour again. Name means 'little donkey'. Six months in American oak. Mid crimson. Sweet-smelling, a suggestion of cough linctus. Much more mark...(read more)

95% Sangiovese, 5% Syrah. Rocky soils, and low pH in the wines. Aged in concrete and then in bottle. Mid ruby. Savoury, lightly smoky dark-red fruit with a slight savoury/meaty quality (but clean). Smooth, gently chewy t...(read more)

The 2023 Dolcetto d'Alba Bric del Salto jumps out of the glass with an exotic mélange of blueberry, spice, graphite and game. The flavor profile is very much Dolcetto, with just a touch of reduction, but the struc...(read more)

Super expressive red fruits, cherry and raspberry with floral violet hints. The palate is filled with fresh bright fruits, great energy and drive, crisp tannins and bright acid.

Oliviero tells us that Refosco is really not easy to grow, you must be very cautious about the maturity of the grapes. Not all the bunch matures evenly and so you usually have to chop the bottom of the bunches off.. So t...(read more)

Very pure cherry fruits with some drak cocoa nib abd dried roses. Bright and fruit filled, joyous, lipsmacking cherries, loganberries with lovely shape and drive.

Spicy cherry, damson and a gently peppery perfume on the nose. In the mouth the wine is succulent, lovely ripe fruit weight, darker aspect, woodland fruits, generous but balanced with a rich tannic frame and fabulous bol...(read more)