" The 2023 Pecorino Quarmari sneaks up on you with a bouquet that starts quite understated and coy but becomes explosive with time. A burst of crushed rocks and sage gives way to nuances of green apple and sweet spice. It possesses a deep, glycerol-like texture, nearly oily in feel, with tart orchard fruits and masses of stimulating citrus further...

" Spicy to the core, the 2022 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo wafts up with a blend of crushed cherries and wild berries, dusty violets, lavender and traces of incense. This is elegant in feel with silken textures and rich red and blue fruits. A crisp mineral sensation forms toward the close. The 2022 leaves the palate drenched in primary concentration, finishing with...

" Intense, the 2020 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Archivio seduces with its pungent aromatic display, blending cedar shavings with balsamic spices, cooling smoke, plum sauce and grilled herbs. Soothingly round and supple, this floods the palate with ripe wild berry fruits and hints of blood orange. A web of fine-grained tannins mounts toward the close. It finishes with staining length and structure,...

"Drinking window 2026-2036 The 2020 Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colle Vota is a spice box on the nose, with wilted violets and hints of spiced-orange, white smoke, clove and dried black cherries. It's pleasantly sweet upon entry, with a cool-toned feel and lavender-laced wild berry fruits that gain in tension and complexity as a flinty-mineral concentration forms toward the close. This resonates...

"The 2021 Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo is wickedly fresh and vibrant with a pale pink hue. It wafts up with an invigorating blend of young peach and orange sorbet accentuated by mint nuances. It flows easily across the palate, guided by brisk acidity as ripe strawberry fruit mingles with sweet spices and minerals. This leaves the palate reeling with youthful tension, puckering...

The 2018 Colle Vota is the first release since the 2014 vintage. A truly great red, Eric Guido of Vinous described the last release by asking “Is this Montepulciano or Grand Cru Burgundy – or maybe Chateau Rayas?” We found the comparison close to home with the 2018 vintage, which shows an earthy, spicy character and muscular frame that would...

"From a parcel located just above Grand Cru Les Blanchots. Clean and mineral with notes of lemon and white flowers. Classic, saline, pure and elegant. Lovely." Armit Wines