San Ferdinando’s Chianti ‘Il Gargaiolo’ takes its name from the eponymous stream that runs along the Sangiovese vineyard.  This vintage, the blend is 85% Sangiovese, 10% Ciliegiolo, and 5% ancient co-planted varietals; the grapes come from vineyards at 350m, facing south-southeast on light sandy...

75% Merlot, 20% Petit Verdot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 18 months in French Oak barrels. 4000 bottles produced.  

100% Prugnolo Gentile. This 2020 IGT Rosso is a brand-new addition to Sanguineto's small line-up and an outlier in a few ways: it is their only IGT wine; their only one from a young plantation (2017) of Prugnolo Gentile; and the only monovarietal wine from Sanguineto. As for vignaiola Dora Forsoni'...

100% Sangiovese. Fonterenza's Sangiovese vines occupy 4.2 hilly, contiguous hectares in San Polo, just southeast of Montalcino. All of it qualifies as Brunello turf technically, but the legal constraints on Brunello production were very tight when the Padovani sisters started Fonterenza in the late...

100% Pecorino from De Angelis’ vineyards in Offida. Made in stainless steel.

100% Negroamaro. Perrini's Negroamarro comes from estate vines averaging 30-35 years old, with some getting up to 60 years, with full southern exposure on flat and slightly hilly sites. The soils are a mix of sand, limestone and clay, with a rockier nature on the slightly higher-elevation sites....

100% Lagrein. From Nusserhof's oldest vines, up to 90 years old. The tiny-production "Gloria" has been made only 4 times so far: 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015. As for all of the Mayr family's vines, the farming is certified organic and harvest is by hand. Typically, all of their red wines are made with...

“Vecchio Samperi” is the starting and departure point for De Bartoli marsalas and in fact for its whole raison d’être. Marco De Bartoli first commercially released this wine in 1980, in homage to the very first, the true original marsala wine of the 18th century. Called stravecchio or “extra old”,...