"More open, slightly darker and more foresty initially, this is a more muscular wine and also a blunter weapon to be unsheathed for meatier dishes and colder nights. Smoky, sylvan and fertile, this is a more traditional style with a shorter, but broader attack, and I like its hearty attack and sense of gusto." 18.5/20 Points, Matthew Jukes

"Like the estate’s 2020, this is a more brawny, pagan wine. It has spice, earth, tension, dryness, and bitterness, and it reminds me of a more traditional, more medieval style of Il Marroneto. Jump in a time machine and visit an era when the wines were more imposing and forceful, and you have this mighty 2020! Traditionalists and nostalgics will...

"Only one barrel was made of this, the second Riserva release of this wine (2013 was the first). Only the best bunches with the smallest berries make the cut, and no stems are utilised. This is, in effect, a pre-selected-grape wine, not a wine selection. Interestingly, this wine seems to have taken masses of charm, breeding and nobility from the...

"This is an amazingly floral and earthy wine with pure, rose petal and cherry blossom hints on the nose, bounded by superb rigidity on its flanks. There is a sensationally voluminous palate here, and the experience is amazingly long. Somehow, it maintains control throughout, travelling directly and steadily across the palate, never wavering or changing pace. Relentless, beautiful and resonant,...

"Take the estate 2021 above, turn up the volume, add trumpeters to sound its arrival, and roll out a red carpet on your tongue. Goodness me, this wine took my breath away. It redefines the notion of a Grand Cru wine. Perhaps we can add Ultra Grand to the vinous lexicon? This is an awe-inspiring wine, and the second ‘perfect...

"The Madonna delle Grazie further ups the game. At this stage it’s showing a brooding nose with tightly wound texture, a magnified version of its peer Brunello. Layers of dark, juicy berries lifted by blood orange, wild undergrowth and its mineral character. Long and intense, it fully showcases how the 2021 combines both 2019’s succulence with 2020’s power. Spellbinding. Tasted...

"The 2021 Brunello di Montalcino impresses straight away for its exuberance, tell-tale of the vintage: its alluring perfume and ethereal profile hide the underlying concentration and depth of this wine. A dense core of steeped violets and rose petals is wrapped around a layer of juicy, ripe wild berries and spice. The acid backbone and fine-grained, velvety tannins lifting the...