2020 Guidalberto Tenuta San Guido
The 2020 Guidalberto presents a refined, contemporary expression of Bolgheri, balancing generosity with precision. The nose opens with ripe black cherry, cassis, and plum, layered with cedar, graphite, and a touch of Mediterranean herbs. There is an immediate sense of polish, but also a cool undertone that keeps the wine composed.
On the palate, the wine is supple and fluid, its dark fruit framed by smooth, finely integrated tannins. Fresh acidity provides lift and definition, allowing flavours of blackcurrant, cocoa, and subtle spice to unfold with clarity. The texture is rounded yet focused, carrying into a clean, persistent finish marked by fruit and mineral tones. A confident, elegant Guidalberto, offering early approachability with underlying structure.
2021 Petrolo Torrione
The 2021 Petrolo is striking in its purity and restraint, a wine that speaks clearly of its Tuscan hillside origins. The nose is finely detailed, offering red cherry, wild strawberry, and dried rose, intertwined with notes of tobacco leaf, earthy spice, and a subtle mineral edge. Everything feels precise and unforced.
On the palate, the wine is linear and poised, its fruit bright and focused, carried by lively acidity that gives the wine a sense of verticality. Tannins are finely grained and supportive rather than dominant, allowing flavours of red fruit, herbs, and gentle spice to unfold seamlessly. The finish is long, fresh, and quietly savoury, leaving impressions of stone and dried flowers. A composed, expressive Sangiovese of clarity and balance.
2013 Barolo Castiglione Vietti
The 2013 Barolo Castiglione shows classical Nebbiolo character with clarity and restraint. The nose opens with sour cherry, dried rose, and orange peel, layered with anise, spice, and crushed stone. There is a lifted, transparent quality to the aromatics that speaks clearly of the vintage.
On the palate, the wine is firm and structured, driven by vibrant acidity and chalky tannins that give it shape and direction. The fruit is precise and gradually unfolding, revealing savoury herbal and mineral tones as it opens. The finish is long and focused, echoing citrus peel, cherry skin, and stone. A finely proportioned Barolo, serious in structure yet elegantly composed.
2017 Taurasi Radici Mastroberardino
The 2017 Radici Taurasi is deep, expressive, and resolutely southern, yet shaped by balance rather than force. The nose is intense and complex, offering black cherry, plum, and dried fig, layered with notes of leather, volcanic earth, and savoury herbs. There is a brooding depth to the aromatics, lifted by subtle spice.
On the palate, the wine is powerful and structured, the Aglianico fruit dense and dark, supported by firm, gripping tannins. Acidity remains vibrant, giving the wine energy and length despite the warmth of the vintage. Flavours of dark fruit, tobacco, and mineral tones build steadily, carrying into a long, savoury finish marked by spice and earth. A serious, age-worthy Taurasi, capturing the strength and character of Radici with clarity and resolve.
