Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Cult Vin Santo from raisined Sangiovese (Prugnolo Gentile), 10+ years in caratelli; one of Italy's most fabled sweet wines.
Cuvées
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Released only in exceptional vintages, the Riserva is one of the world's most fabled wines for cellar capacity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Single-vineyard Brunello from Casanova di Neri's Cerretalto cru, one of Montalcino's most concentrated cuvees.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Castello di Ama's cult 100 percent Merlot Toscana IGT from a tiny Gaiole parcel, plush and graphite-mineral.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Cult 100 percent Merlot Toscana IGT from Le Macchiole, often compared to its Masseto neighbour.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Italy's most celebrated pure Cabernet Franc Toscana IGT, from Le Macchiole at Bolgheri.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Savoury
Le Macchiole's pure Syrah Toscana IGT, peppery and savoury with a coastal Bolgheri mineral edge.
Masseto
5.0
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
100 percent Merlot from a 7-hectare blue-clay parcel inside the Ornellaia estate. Widely considered Italy's most prestigious Merlot and a global benchmark for the variety outside Bordeaux.
Ornellaia
4.9
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Lodovico Antinori's Bolgheri Bordeaux-blend, founded 1981. Bolgheri Superiore DOC under Frescobaldi ownership; Wine Spectator Wine of the Year 2001 for the 1998 vintage.
Sassicaia
5.0
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The founding Super Tuscan: a Bordeaux blend planted at Bolgheri in 1944 by Mario Incisa della Rocchetta. Granted its own single-estate DOC in 1994.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Single-vineyard Sangiovese from the Intistieti parcel, the sibling cuvee to Case Basse with subtle iron-and-iris perfume.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Soldera's flagship pure Sangiovese, now under Toscana IGT after withdrawing from Brunello DOCG. Ethereal, perfumed, profound.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Tua Rita's flagship 100 percent Merlot Toscana IGT from Suvereto on the Val di Cornia, awarded 100 points by Wine Advocate for the 2000 vintage.