Fattoria di Bagnolo – Alfonte 2019 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini Riserva

Fattoria di Bagnolo – Alfonte 2019 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini Riserva

The nose is a bit tight and offers a fine gourmet side. It reveals notes of fleshy strawberry, crushed redcurrants and small notes of blackberry combined with touches of toast, toasted hazelnut, sage as well as a discreet hint of clove and pepper. The mouth is fruity and offers juiciness, a fine minerality as well…

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Tenuta San Vito – Madiere 2020 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini Riserva

Tenuta San Vito – Madiere 2020 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini Riserva

The nose offers a little toasted side. It reveals notes of warm spices associated with fine hints of crushed strawberry, sage as well as a discreet hint of violet and a subtle hint of pepper. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers a certain energy as well as a fine fat . On the palate,…

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Cantina Sociale Colli Fiorentini – Collerosso 2018 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini

Cantina Sociale Colli Fiorentini – Collerosso 2018 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini

The nose is racy and offers minerality as well as a slightly tight grain. It reveals notes of pulpy/fresh raspberry and slight hints of violet associated with fine touches of sage/local garrigue, toasted hazelnut as well as a discreet hint of fresh tobacco. The mouth is fruity and offers a fresh frame, minerality, a very…

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Castello di Poppiano, Guicciadini – Il Cortile 2020 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini

Castello di Poppiano, Guicciadini – Il Cortile 2020 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini

The nose offers a little intensity, a certain gourmadize as well as a fine grain. It reveals notes of creamy raspberry, small pulpy red berries and small notes of crème de cassis associated with small touches of violet/lily as well as slight hints of vanilla, toasted hazelnut and a discreet hint of black olive. The…

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Cannetta – I Mori 2020 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini

Cannetta – I Mori 2020 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini

The nose is fruity and offers a certain gluttony as well as a slight richness in freshness and balance. It reveals notes of wild strawberry, rose and small notes of quite ripe small red fruits associated with small touches of olive tree as well as a discreet hint of undergrowth/clove (in the background). The mouth…

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Fattoria San Michele a Torri 2021 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini

Fattoria San Michele a Torri 2021 – Chianti Colli Fiorentini

The nose is fresh and a bit tight. The wine needs to be decanted. It reveals notes of wild strawberry, wild blackberry and small notes of lily/lilac associated with fine touches of olive, spices, tea as well as a very discreet hint of chocolate. The palate is fruity and offers minerality as well as a…

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Château Hanteillan 2022 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois

Château Hanteillan 2022 – Haut-Médoc Cru Bourgeois

The nose is reserved, but it offers concentration and accuracy. It expresses notes of roasted red cherry, fresh morello cherry, blackcurrant, blueberry jam, crushed strawberry and red currant jam, combined with notes of dried mint, licorice, white pepper, as well as dried herbs and flowers (thyme, bay leaf, cornflower and violet). On the palate, the…

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Château La Croix Lartigue 2022 – Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux

Château La Croix Lartigue 2022 – Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux

The nose is fruity, fresh, racy. It expresses a little peppery, spicy side, notes of pulpy blackberry, pulpy raspberry and more slightly – crushed cherry associated with touches of licorice stick, camphor and fresh blond tobacco. The palate is fresh, mineral and offers juiciness, tension, roundness, smoothness, a mineral/fresh frame, a certain tension. It expresses…

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Evoke – Cuvée Spéciale 2022 – Saint-Julien

Evoke – Cuvée Spéciale 2022 – Saint-Julien

The nose is fresh and offers fruit, notes of small red berries, pistil, and more slightly – black cherry associated with small varietal hints and a fine hint of liquorice. The palate is mineral, fresh and offers fruit, roundness, smoothness and a little fat. It expresses notes of fresh/pulpy blackberry, crunchy cherry and more slightly…

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Château Martin 2022 – Haut-Médoc

Château Martin 2022 – Haut-Médoc

The nose is roasted, and offers some spiciness. It expresses notes of pepper, toast and more slightly – of torrefaction, associated with touches of crushed blackberry, as well as fine hints of fresh nutmeg. The palate offers substance, minerality, smoothness, a certain fatness, roundness, gourmandise, finesse in its fatness, a fine spherical side on the…

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