2013 Italy

This ruby red wine shows a deep aroma of warm spices, floral notes and bright red fruit. The palate is round and silky, framed by supple tannins and flavours of dried fruits, savoury notes and ripe black cherries, characteristic of the finest Nebbiolos. Drink now to 2025.
Davy Zyw, Wine Buyer

Young vines from Serralunga go into the Langhe Nebbiolo. Fermentation carried out in cement, then moved to stainless steel or big botti. Dark ruby in colour with notes of violets and red cherries. Attractive spice on the palate that adds depth and complexity. Juicy fruit that is balanced with vibrant acidity and firm tannins, that don’t dominate and make this wine very accessible.
Fiona Hayes - Buyer The Langhe Nebbiolo DOC is the classification Barolo andBarbaresco producers use to give consumers to the fruity expression of Nebbiolo (while Barolo or Barbaresco wines reflect their terroir); an option they’ve had only since 1995. Vinified in static stainless-steel and cement, along with a passage in large Fontainebleau Forest French oak casks, this ready to drink Nebbiolo is both fleshy as well as poised, vibrant and totally polished.
From vintage 2012 Davide blends in fruit from his new Valle del Mondo vineyard in the village of Roddino above Serralunga.

Smoky notes black cherry and graphite introduce a more brooding Barbaresco. The palate structure is incredible with taut tannins and vibrant acidity forming the foundation for the densely-packed fruit. A lesson in purity, balance and precision. Drink from 2025+
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer

Seductive aromas of bright red and black fruit, with a smoky top note, reminiscent of lapsang, adding complexity. The palate displays a muscular form with fine tannins and an energetic streak of acidity providing a clear backbone. Long and savoury on the finish. Drink from 2021+.
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer

Assam, cherry and chalky minerals on the nose and palate support the forthright tannins typical of this amazing site. A masterclass in elegance and power, with deceptive concentration, depth and persistence. Drink from 2022+.
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer

Single vineyard site. Yellow sandy soils give the wine an orange hue. Wonderfully concentrated perfume on the nose, with notes of black cherry, wild raspberry and crushed petals. Silky and elegant tannins, clarity and precision of fruit, subtle and well integrated sweet spice notes, energetic and compelling. Drink from 2021+
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer

Very concentrated and seductive nose, with black and morella cherry fruit, crushed roses and sandalwood and nutmeg, with forest floor lingering underneath. Bright acidity, fleshy and muscular with an expansive quality to the palate. Wonderful concentration of fruit from iron rich soils. Charming and long. Drink from 2021+
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer

Darker soils than the Serralunga, with more clay, and bigger, more compact berries. Aromas of black cherry and florest floor an the nose, leading to a core of purple fruit on the palate, with finely grained tannins and a mineral spine. Structured and opulent. Drink 2022+
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer

The Barbabecchi vineyard is a two-hectare plot of 100-year-old Nerello Mascalese grown at its limit, at 1,000 metres above sea-level. Elegance and richness are balanced with layers of fruit (kirsch, blood orange and cherry pit) and more savoury notes (smoky minerality and tobacco spice). The tannins are refined and seamlessly bound with the fruit on the mid-palate. Delicious in its youth, this is definitely capable of ageing with grace. Drink now to 2025.

From the Cerequio vineyard in La Morra.  Breadth and scale on the nose with a subtle lifted richness…ripe but restrained with minerality dominating, nicely complemented by delicate notes of wild cherry.  More plushness as the wine opens, but also a sense of coolness and finesse.  On the palate, substantial but soft-edged structure, with nicely-judged weight.  Some generosity too, with the warmth of the vintage balanced by firm acidity.  Delicate and restrained, there is nothing overt here, but the mouth-filling fine-grained tannins coat the palate and need time.  Beautifully made in an accessible but also classic style that will have huge appeal given time to reach its full potential. 2022-2030+
Adrian Brice, BBR Fine Wine Buyer

Lustrous mid ruby. Quite intense nose of red fruit and oak and perfectly integrated. Still quite closed and backward on the palate with bags of powdery tannins. Powerful structure on the finish. Very long and balanced, yet undeniably oaky for the moment.
Walter Speller - jancisrobinson.com, Oct 2016

Just mid ruby with orange tinges. A little more fruit driven than the straight Barbaresco. Cherry and raspberry with a cool edge to it and the merest suggestion of oak. Beautiful, supple, mid-weight palate of red fruit, and complemented with quite demanding tannins, at least for the moment. Precise.
Walter Speller - jancisrobinson.com, Oct 2016

Tignanello’s origins lie in a single vineyard Chianti Classico known simply as “Vigneto Tignanello” made for the 1970 vintage. From 1971 the wine was classified as lowly Vino da Tavola, and the Cabernets were added to the Sangiovese for the first time. The original Super Tuscan was born. The 2013 is the first release since the passing of the great Giacomo Tachis, Head Winemaker at Antinori from the late 1960s through to the 1990s and creator of Tignanello, Sassicaia, Solaia and many of the notable wines of Tuscany and Italy. The 2013 is a fitting tribute to this very talented man.