2016 Italy

Faraone, Abruzzo, Ready, but will keep,

Italy > Abruzzo > Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

2 Reviews

Bottle

£13.13

Case price (12)

£157.56

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2016 Soave Classico, Monte del Fra, Veneto

Monte del Fra, Drink now,

Owned and run by brothers Eligio and Claudio Bonomo in the heart of Custoza, the Monte del Frà estate believes that work in the vineyard is the key to producing great wine. Modern winemaking techniques and exceptional attention to detail preserve the grapes’ character, making for fresh, fruit-driven wines.

Made from 100% Garganega, this has classic aromas of camomile and herbs. Fresh and light in the body, it has a clean and elegant mouth-feel. The acidity is enhanced by the minerality and finely textured palate. Drink now.

Italy > Veneto > Soave

Bottle

£13.90

Case price (12)

£166.80

Bottle 12 x 75cl 13cs

£112.08

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2016 Roero Arneis, Vezza d'Alba, Luisin, Piedmont

Cascina Luisin, Piedmont, Ready, but will keep,

Yellow flowers and ripe peach are underpinned by notes which hint at wet stone. There is an elegant minerality and scented freshness that leads to a long, concentrated finish. It’s drinking beautifully now. Drink now to 2019.

Italy > Piedmont > Barbera d'Alba

Bottle

£17.15

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2016 Pitasso, Colli Tortonesi, Claudio Mariotto, Tortona

Claudio Mariotto, Drink now,

Italy > Piedmont > Colli Tortonesi

Bottle

£18.60

Case price (6)

£111.60

Bottle 6 x 75cl 3cs

£79.56

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2016 Pecorino dei Colli Aprutini, Collepietro, Faraone, Abruzzo

Faraone, Abruzzo, Ready, but will keep,

Pecorino is a white grape, traditionally from the hills of Abruzzo, where it is adept at growing in a slightly cooler climate and on clay soil. It is the last grape to flower in the Spring and the first to be harvested in September. Vinified in a traditional white wine-way, the nose shows off notes of white flowers while the ageing sur lie gives it a full body. Sometimes it is described as a red wine dressed as white.

Italy > Abruzzo > Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

3 Reviews

Bottle

£18.75

Case price (12)

£225.00

Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs

£160.68

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2016 Rosso di Montalcino, Scopetone, Tuscany

Scopetone, Tuscany, Ready, but will keep,

Baby Brunello (coming from 17-year-old vines) shows its pedigree with its precision and intensity. Notes of bramble fruit, raspberry and kirsch lead on to a structured palate, but it’s deliciously crunchy thanks to its lively acidity. More approachable than Brunello, this is a lot of fun on the table.
Davy yw, Wine Buyer (winter 2018)

Italy > Tuscany > Rosso di Montalcino

7 Reviews

Bottle

£23.00

Case price (6)

£138.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£101.58

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2016 Barbera d'Alba, Cascina Fontana, Piedmont

Cascina Mario Fontana, Piedmont, Ready, but will keep,

The 2016 shows incredible intensity of fruit, while retaining great freshness and energy. Mario’s Barbera hails from Sinio (famed for its fruit-rich wines) and from high pedigree, Castiglione. Half of the blend stays in cement tank, half in older barrels, giving the wine rounder edges and enjoyability. Raspberry ripple, black and red cherry fruit and bright berry freshness give way to succulence and supple, vivid, blue-fruit freshness. Drink now to 2028.
Davy Zyw, Wine Buyer

Italy > Piedmont > Barbera d'Alba

Bottle

£23.70

Case price (12)

£284.40

Bottle 12 x 75cl 3cs

£210.12

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2016 Rosso, Colli della Toscana,Centrale Monte Bernardi, Tuscany, Italy

Ready, but will keep,

Italy > Tuscany > Chianti Classico

Bottle

£26.95

Case price (12)

£323.40

Bottle 12 x 75cl 9cs

£242.64

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2016 Rosso di Montalcino, Máté, Tuscany

Ready, but will keep,

Bottle

£27.30

Case price (12)

£327.60

Bottle 12 x 75cl 2cs

£246.12

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2016 Rosso di Montalcino, Lisini, Tuscany, Italy

Lisini, Tuscany, Ready, but will keep,

Lisini is one of Montalcino’s oldest wine estates. The Clementi family, being of Jewish origin from Venice, fought alongside the Medicis in their conquest of Montalcino. Today, signor Filippo Paoletti is responsible for making traditional wines, using cement and large oak casks.

This is a beautiful, lucid cherry colour with purple flashes. The nose is a tightly woven with ripe cherries, grained leather and Tuscan garden herbs. The palate is cleansing and bright, with crunchy cranberries, sour cherries and a ripe plum character, showing the generosity and richness of the vintage. The fruit flavours, framed by silky tannins give way to sweet spices, and a wonderful savoury edge, typical of Sangiovese. Drink now to 2024.

Italy > Tuscany > Rosso di Montalcino

Bottle

£29.00

Case price (6)

£174.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 3cs

£131.58

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£120.00

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2016 Jurosa Chardonnay, Lis Neris, Friuli, Italy

Lis Neris, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Ready, but will keep,

Italy > Friuli

Bottle

£33.00

Case price (12)

£396.00

Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs

£303.12

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2016 Siccagno, Nero d'Avola, Arianna Occhipinti, Sicily

Arianna Occhipinti, Sicily, Ready, but will keep,

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2016 Langhe Nebbiolo, Giuseppe Mascarello e Figli

Giuseppe Mascarello e Figli, For laying down,

Italy > Piedmont > Langhe

Bottle

£37.50

Case price (12)

£450.00

Bottle 12 x 75cl 6cs

£348.12

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2016 Chardonnay, Isole e Olena, Tuscany

Isole e Olena, Ready, but will keep,

Italy > Tuscany > IGT Tuscany

Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)

£252.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 65cs

£179.94

Case price (Magnum 1 x 150cl)

£89.35

Magnum 1 x 150cl 15cs

£69.99

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2016 Etna Bianco, Contrada da Arcuria, Graci, Passopisciaro, Sicilia

Graci, Sicily, Ready, but will keep,

Italy > Sicily

Bottle

£47.00

Case price (6)

£282.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 9cs

£221.58

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2016 Etna Rosso, Feudo di Mezzo, Graci, Passopisciaro, Sicily, Italy

Graci, Sicily, Ready, but will improve,

Italy > Sicily

Bottle

£51.00

Case price (6)

£306.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 4cs

£241.56

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2016 Tignanello, Tenuta Antinori

Antinori, For laying down,

Italy > Tuscany > IGT Tuscany

Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs

£550.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£575.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£595.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£645.00

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2016 Ornellaia, Bolgheri Superiore, Tuscany, Italy

Ornellaia, For laying down,

Italy > Tuscany > Bolgheri

Case price (Magnum 1 x 150cl)

£445.00

Magnum 1 x 150cl 2cs

£360.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£1,100.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£1,200.00

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2016 Custoza, Monte del Frà, Veneto

Monte del Fra, Drink now,

Vague, blossomy cloud of a nose, pear drops. A gentle, soft wine that tastes of white flowers, and fruit-flavoured candy. Without strong character but easy to drink and it provides a useful canvas for a meal in which you want the food to play the leading role, and also surprisingly good with white asparagus.
Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com. 19th May 2017.

Italy > Veneto > Bianco di Custoza

2 Reviews

Bottle 12 x 75cl 9cs

£90.60

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2016 Guidalberto, Tenuta San Guido, Tuscany

Ready, but will keep,

This wine is showing exceptionally well in this classic vintage. The 2016 Guidalberto (Cabernet Sauvignon and a smaller percentage of Merlot) opens to a full and generous bouquet and a beautifully rich and velvety appearance. This edition of Tenuta San Guido's mid-level wine offers a bigger aromatic profile, more texture and more volume as well. Dark cherry and blackberry segue to spice, tar, leather and sweet fruit at the end. The mouthfeel is elegantly shaped, silky and nuanced. This may well be the best vintage of Guidalberto I have yet to tasteand you can get this wine at a great price too.
Monica Larner - 28/02/2018

Italy > Tuscany > IGT Tuscany

4 Reviews

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£154.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs

£155.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£240.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£285.00

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2016 Le Serre Nuove, Tenuta dell'Ornellaia

Ornellaia, Ready, but will keep,

Italy > Tuscany > Bolgheri

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£174.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£195.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£314.00

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2016 Il Bruciato, Bolgheri DOC, Guado al Tasso

Antinori, Drink now,

Lovely glossy crimson in colour, this exhibits a wholly Italianate sensibility attesting perhaps, to the supremacy of Bolgheri’s terroir for this style of wine. A dark, brooding, spicy core is overlain with bonfire embers, chocolate cherries and leaf-litter. Some tried thyme, rose petals and crushed raspberry eventually battle their way to the fore of a nose whose complexity truly belies this wine’s price point. At this stage it is richly textured with black plum and more herbal flavours on the palate while a touch of liquorice/aniseed at the end keeps you on your toes. It really is very complete and very difficult to fault, I struggle so see anybody being disappointed on drinking this in a year or so’s time. Drink 2019-2022.
Jared Ehret, Private Account Manger

Italy > Tuscany > Bolgheri

6 Reviews

New To BBX

Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs

£100.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£120.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs

£130.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 6cs

£190.00

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2016 Giusto di Notri, Tua Rita, Tuscany

Tua Rita, Ready, but will improve,

Italy > Tuscany

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£290.00

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2016 Tua Rita, Keir

Tua Rita, For laying down,

Italy > Tuscany

Bottle 3 x 75cl 1cs

£280.00

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2016 Sassicaia, Bolgheri Sassicaia, Tenuta San Guido, Tuscany

For laying down,

This has amazing power, elegance and finesse on the nose – with a black-fruit perfume that is so gentle and subtle, so Sassicaia! It’s tremendously elegant on the palate too, but with latent power – building in the mouth, with layers of rich, dark fruit. It’s a real iron fist in a velvet glove. With beautifully balanced acidity and ripe, rounded tannins, it’s a superbly elegant glass of wine with a long and very fine finish. This will age endlessly. Drink 2024-2050+.
Chris Pollington, Private Account Manager (February 2019)

Italy > Tuscany > Bolgheri

New To BBX

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£1,358.00

New To BBX

Bottle 6 x 75cl 5cs

£1,360.00

New To BBX

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£1,750.00

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£2,000.00

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2016 Rosso di Montalcino, La Magia, Tuscany

Ready, but will keep,

Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs

£199.00

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2016 Langhe Nebbiolo, Cascina Fontana, Piedmont

Cascina Mario Fontana, Piedmont, Ready, but will keep,

A blend of fresh, fruity Sinio Nebbiolo and more structured Castiglione Falletto fruit from Mario’s Pozzo vineyard, this wine is pure and suave. The palate shows the refinement and class of Castiglione Falletto, with bright fruity focus and crunchy blackberry charm. There’s a lovely, flattering roll of fruit, along with more crystalline, ethereal flavours that point to ancient, calcareous clay soils. Ten months in Slovenian oak has given softness and a sweet frame, retaining incredible energy and enjoyability. Drink now to 2028.
Davy Zyw, Wine Buyer

Italy > Piedmont > Langhe

Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs

£249.00

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2016 Solea, Langhe Bianco, Roagna, Piedmont

Roagna, Piedmont, Ready, but will improve,

Cut-lime, butter, fruit, chalk, oxidative edges, wild camomile and warm spices sing from the glass. The palate is firm, with panna cotta joy, but it’s mineral and serious. Flavours of citrus, golden apple and white peach play in harmony with a bitter and zippy depth. The finish is dominated by blood orange and oak spice, with a mineral twang. Drink 2022-2035+.
Davy yw, Wine Buyer

Italy > Piedmont

Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs

£275.00

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2014 Barbaresco Rabajà, Cascina Luisin, Piedmont

Cascina Luisin, Piedmont, Ready, but will improve,

Barbaresco was 40 percent drier than Barolo during the 2014 vintage and the wines do show a different profile because of it. Roberto’s Rabajà vineyard is one of the great sites of Barbaresco; west-facing with deep, grey, marlclay soils. The nose is fine and compact; dried roses, truffle and bright fruit jump from the glass. Broad and mineral, it has a plump mid-palate fruit core and loads of juicy, fruity flavours, seasoned by flashes of minerality and floral top-notes. Charming and serious. Drink 2022-2040.
Davy Zyw, Wine Buyer

Italy > Piedmont > Barbaresco

Bottle 6 x 75cl 10cs

£218.82