Cuvées

Avignonesi Occhio di Pernice Vin Santo

4.9

Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

AvignonesiTuscany€€€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito

Cult Vin Santo from raisined Sangiovese (Prugnolo Gentile), 10+ years in caratelli; one of Italy's most fabled sweet wines.

Capezzana Vin Santo di Carmignano Riserva

4.7

Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Tenuta di CapezzanaTuscany€€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito

Capezzana's flagship Vin Santo from raisined Trebbiano and San Colombano, 8 to 10 years in caratelli.

Galatrona

4.9

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold

PetroloTuscany€€€€€€€€€Still Red

Italy's reference 100 percent Merlot away from Bolgheri. Black cherry, blackberry and violet over a graphite-iron mineral spine, with polished oak and firm tannin in support.

Le Fonti Vin Santo del Chianti Classico

4.4

Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Fattoria Le FontiTuscany€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito

Traditional Vin Santo del Chianti Classico from Le Fonti, raisined grapes aged 10 years in caratelli.

Le Pergole Torte

4.9

Dry · Medium-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

MontevertineTuscany€€€€€€€€€€Still Red

The canonical pure-Sangiovese IGT. Red cherry, rose and dried herbs over a tobacco-and-iron core; long, linear finish that rewards a decade or more in bottle.

Masseto

5.0

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative

MassetoTuscany€€€€€€€€€€Still Red

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

Tenuta dell'OrnellaiaTuscany€€€€€€€€€€Still Red

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.

Poggio di Sotto Brunello di Montalcino

4.9

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Poggio di SottoTuscany€€€€€€€€€Still Red

Classical southeastern Montalcino Brunello: rose-and-dried-cherry aromatics, iron-and-leather core, finely chiselled tannins, very long finish.

Poggio di Sotto Brunello di Montalcino Riserva

4.9

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Poggio di SottoTuscany€€€€€€€€€€Still Red

The Riserva amplifies the house signature: rose-petal and dried-cherry depth, iron-and-leather backbone, a very long balsamic finish. Released only in exceptional vintages.

Sassicaia

5.0

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant

Tenuta San GuidoTuscany€€€€€€€€€€Still Red

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.