The Brunello di Montalcino Le Potazzine 2012 is a splendid Brunello, a bottle that needs no introduction and no long preamble. Like all the wines from the Le Potazzine winery, it is refined and elegantly recounts one of Italy's most renowned terroirs. It expresses itself elegantly on the nose: it is deep and broad, with romantic nuances of red fruit, accompanied by hints of aromatic herbs and spices. On tasting it reveals its noble character, its austere tannins capable of giving a sensation of very fine harmony and an immense materiality in communicating the splendid hillocks on which the "potazzine" fly gracefully. A great Brunello di Montalcino, aged in large casks for 40 months.

From some of the best vineyards of the Pacenti estate comes the Brunello di Montalcino DOCG Pelagrilli. It offers delicate nuances on the one hand and decisive and powerful characters on the other. It rests for two years in French oak barriques and is completed with a period of refinement in the bottle. It is a beautiful intense garnet red colour. Complex on the nose, with hints of ripe cherries, plums and sour cherries, which are enriched by precious tertiary tones, such as liquorice, tobacco and star anise. In the mouth, the tannins are well-chiselled and promise to sustain the wine for many years to come. The length is excellent and the finish is spicy and meaty.

The Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Gli Angeli La Gerla 2007 comes from 25 year old vines located at 300 metres above sea level and trained on the spurred cordon system. Production is limited to very few bunches per vine (50 Qli/ha), the grapes are harvested by hand and the bunches are selected. Vinification takes place with soft pressing of the bunches, temperature control during fermentation (30°C), micro-oxygenation and maceration (15) days, 2 racking per year. It has a beautiful bright garnet red colour. On the nose, tertiary hints of wet earth, mushrooms and graphite are the intense prelude to the sweet succession of currants, jam and dried petals. The taste is balanced and elegant, savoury, warm, with a persistent finish in which very pleasant trails of mint and liquorice alterna

Masciarelli's Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Villa Gemma is the winery's iconic wine. It is a tribute to the great Abruzzo grape variety and its rich and intense charm. It is a version that can offer enthusiasts a high-level bottle, capable of competing with the great reds of Italy. In the glass, it is dark ruby red in colour, almost impenetrable. On the nose it offers broad, rich and intense aromas, with scents of ripe red fruit, blackberry, plum, berry jam, hints of humus and undergrowth, aromas of herbs, liquorice root, bitter cocoa and dark chocolate. The taste is powerful and structured, with an important tannic texture, well integrated with a dense and rich fruit, enhanced by elegant evolutionary notes. The finish is harmonious and very persistent.

The 2018 Nicolucci Predappio Vigna del Generale Riserva shows a transparent and brilliant ruby red colour. The nose plunges into a bed of voluptuous sensations that recall the undergrowth, through scents of raspberries, blueberries, wild cherries and sloes, among whiffs of ferns, sandalwood bark and cinchona. This is followed by dark tobacco, coffee and chocolate, a memory of black rye bread and hints of graphite and iron. Flexuosity is the key to understanding the taste, caressed by silky tannins and invigorating acidity. There is a long, pseudo-caloric sensation in the finish, reminiscent of red fruit chocolate. Matures 24 months in oak casks and 3 months in the bottle.

Barbaresco Riserva Montefico dei Produttori del Barbaresco is produced from grapes grown at an altitude of about 250 metres, with a south, south-west exposure, in the Montefico cru of the same name. 

Fermentation takes place in steel tanks at controlled temperature, with a period of maceration on the skins of about 4 weeks. The wine then matures for 36 months in oak barrels and completes its refinement with 12 months in the bottle. 

In the glass it has a ruby red colour tending towards garnet and offers floral scents, aromas of small red berries, sensations of spices and liquorice root. 

The taste is dynamic and vertical, with a delicate centre of the mouth and a very fresh and mineral finish. 

A great Barbaresco with a refined taste.

Barbaresco Riserva Montestefano dei Produttori del Barbaresco comes from south-facing vineyards located in the Langhe region between 200 and 400 metres above sea level, with a clayey soil rich in limestone, and a climate based on hot summers and cold winters. 

The harvest is done by hand and is brought forward a few days with respect to that of Barolo, after which the must is fermented in steel at a controlled temperature of 28°-30°C for 15-24 days and then begins ageing in wood for at least 36 months, resting then in the bottle for at least 6 months before release. 

Barbaresco Montestefano is a wine born for ageing, less austere than Barolo, but certainly more ready to drink; we are dealing with an elegant and full-bodied wine, structured, complex and full.

Barolo Villero comes from one of the most suitable cru in the Castiglione Falletto area. The Fenocchio family enhances the production of its own vineyards, creating wines with a strong territorial character, as in this case. 

Barolo Villero exalts the calcareous and clayey richness of the original soils with an aromatic bouquet of great breadth and an enveloping tannic texture, capable of sustaining very long ageing.

Giacomo Fenocchio's Barolo Bussia Riserva has very long, natural maceration and fermentation using only indigenous yeasts. The result is a noble and demanding wine that is produced without forcing, following the time of the grape and its rules. 

The Riserva Bussia is produced at 300 metres above sea level, on soil rich in clayey, calcareous and iron-rich sediments, on vines over 30 years old. This is a Barolo Riserva that spends 3 years in large Slavonian oak barrels. 

In the glass it is a beautiful, intense garnet red and offers complex aromas of red fruit and a spicy, intense finish. 

It is elegant in nature, rich and velvety. It is a great wine, produced by a great producer. 

Absolutely worth trying.

Farm di Felsina's Fontalloro is a legendary wine. First produced in 1983, Fontalloro represents the highest expression of Castelnuovo Berardenga's Sangiovese.

Left to mature for almost two years in small oak barrels and at least another year in the bottle, Toscana Sangiovese IGT Fontalloro is a wine of rare elegance, long and relaxed, capable of a truly uncommon longevity but at the same time already capable of expressing itself with a unique balance.

Domaine de Montille's 1er Cru Beaune Les Sizies is named after the 18th century owner of the Maison, Renaud de Sessie, a great entrepreneur of the time. Like any other area of Burgundy, the soil plays a fundamental role in defining the wine and here in Beaune the clayey soil gives us a Premier Cru of great pleasantness and balance.

It can also be drunk young, but it has an immense capacity for ageing and can be drunk in 15 to 20 years.

Fontodi's Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna del Sorbo is the result of an accurate blend. 

Alongside 90% Sangiovese, the absolute protagonist of the Tuscan terroir, we also find 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, an international grape that has amply demonstrated its ability to achieve excellent levels of quality within the regional borders.

The grapes, cultivated on 40 year-old plants in vineyards facing south-west, are harvested and brought to the winemaking facilities, where they ferment spontaneously thanks to the presence of indigenous yeasts in stainless steel containers, macerating at a controlled temperature for 3 weeks. The wine is then aged for 24 months in 50% new Troncais and Allier barriques. Exceptional!