Tuscany


The main UK importers told me this wouldn’t be available any time soon – shame, because it’s very good… UPDATE!!! Contact Robb Brothers in Portadown, who’ve been importing Dievole for 15 years Dievole Chianti Classico 2014, Tuscany, Italy (~£19 Robb Brothers,  Alivini) Friendly yet knowing wine, warm and welcoming, with no shortage of cherry […]

Dievole Chianti Classico 2014, Tuscany, Italy


Little brother, big brother… Il Colle Rosso di Montalcino 2012, Tuscany, Italy (£15.15 Haynes Hanson & Clark – they’ve now moved onto the 2013) Lots of juicy dark fruit, flavours, Morello cherry especially, and notes of cola and slightly cooked tomato too, nearly very good, but it’s let down by just […]

Two reds from Montalcino


Thought long and hard before giving these low silver medals rather than high bronzes, but since they deliver so much pleasure and I’m in a good mood… Campriano Chianti Colli Senesi 2013, Tuscany, Italy (£11.45/£10.17 by the case Haynes Hanson & Clark) A friendly, juicy gush of dark cherry, red berry […]

Two Chiantis



Barone Ricasoli Brolio Chianti Classico 2012, Tuscany, Italy (£17.49 The Bottle Stop, The Wine Chambers, Wine Store at No 4, Lewis and Cooper, Cambridge Wine Merchants, Italian Continental, Southwick Court Fine Wines, Noble Green Wines, Four Vintners, Flagship Wines, Pallant of Arundel, Hedonism, Dike and Son) This is all about […]

Three Chianti Classicos from Barone Ricasoli


Bit confused by this wine – some sips I liked more than others… Piccini Chianti Classico Riserva 2009, Tuscany, Italy (£11.49 Morrisons) Plus points: I really like the supple woody cherry flavour, notes of herbs and tea, and the light edge of volatility that lifts the flavours rather than murders them, […]

Piccini Chianti Classico Riserva 2009, Tuscany, Italy


Vigneti Trebbio 2010, IGT Toscana, Italy (£21.50 Butlers Wine Cellar, Imbibros, Duncan Murray Wines) Warm-hearted wine that has shed its youthful perkiness and is now entering early middle age. There’s a warm, dusty, almost Spanish feel to the ripe cherry and berry flavours, along with a hint of vanilla, but […]

Wine Tasting Video: Reds from the Douro & Tuscany