Super Tuscans

Touch smoky, cherry and herb, blackberry and plum, mint and tobacco. Lovely weight in the mouth, bright, deeply fruited core, some flesh, cassis and cherries, rich tannic frame, but beautifully ripe and balanced.

From the off, this is laden with charm and a broad array of joyous perfumes. Cassis, mint, cherries and dark chocolate, quite a plush, elegant but concentrated feel. In the mouth it is sleek and bold, rich pure tannins,...(read more)

Quite a dense core of blackberry and plum fruit, spice, dark chocolate, damson and mulberry. Good succulent fruit weight, quite bold and mouthfilling, a touch of fleshiness and sweetness, with chocolate and spice on the...(read more)

Sparkling, rich ruby ​​garnet. Intense nose, opens with spicy notes of cardamom and dark pepper, a little ink lead, dark berries, cedar wood in the background. Dense and full-bodied on the palate, opens with plenty of de...(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)

The 2020 Saffredi is compelling. Deep yet quite structured, 2020 is unlike any Saffredi I can recall tasting because of its balance of intense dark fruit and vertical structure. Plum, blackberry, pencil shavings, lavende...(read more)

Leads with cedar, cassis, mocha, balsamic, roasted meat. Palate again good energy, more evolved, macerated cherries and cassis, chocolate, tannins frame the whole.

Quite a centred concentrated nose of cassis and plum, dark cherry, mint chocolate. Good energy, fruit quite plush, plum and tobacco, cedar and chocolate.

Evolved or balsam notes have already begun to appear in the 2012 Lupicaia. There is even a button-mushroom note and more minerality in the mouth with lingering notes of licorice and smoke. The wine possesses an incredibl...(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)

This wine brought to mind precise imagery of tailcoats, striped dress pants, wingtip collar shirts and other gentlemen's fashion choices from the Roaring Twenties. Sporting a retro but classic personality, the Marchesi A...(read more)

Just bottled, the 2017 Saffredi is a huge, unctuous wine that captures all the natural richness of the year in spades. Rich and super-concentrated, with huge fruit, the 2017 is going to need a number of years to shed som...(read more)