Antica Torino Vermouth di Torino

Antica Torino is a partnership and project of passion between Vittorio Zoppi and Umbrian wine maker Filippo Antonelli. Rather than seeking out the exotic, often imported botanicals that go into more modern styled vermouth, Antica Torino takes a page out of the history books, a time when vermouth was created utilizing what was readily available locally. The decision was made to produce a vermouth that was "of the garden", packed with fresh rosemary, bay laurel, thyme, oregano, wormwood, gentian, rhubarb, … more

Country: Italy
Region: Piedmont

Antinori Santa Cristina Rosato 2017

Sangiovese/Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot/Syrah.

The wine is pink in colour. The nose is characterised by fresh and fruity aromas which recall wild strawberries, cherries, and pears. The palate is balanced, soft, fragrant, and endowed with a fruity finish and aftertaste.

Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany IGT

Antinori Santa Cristina Toscana IGT 2016

The 2016 Santa Cristina Rosso shows a ruby red colour with purple highlights. On the nose, delicate notes of cherries and ripe red fruit, typical of Sangiovese and Syrah, mingle with the characteristic balsamic sensations of Merlot. The palate is ample and supple and the finish and aftertaste are fruity.

Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany IGT

Antinori Solaia 2015

The nose of this Solaia is truly phenomenal with currants, blackberries, rose and violets. So perfumed. Full bodied and everything is in check and harmony with polished tannins that last for minutes. Purity and focus. Is it the greatest Solaia ever? So drinkable already, but this is a wine for ages ahead.

100 Points, James Suckling.

Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany IGT

Antonio Camillo Principio Cilegiolo 2017

Ciliegiolo is an ancient relative of Sangiovese and has been grown in Tuscany's Maremma for centuries.

Principio is made from organically grown, forty year old Ciliegiolo vines at over 1000m altitude. Bright ruby in colour, yet very pale in intensity, this shows fresh, bright red cherry, raspberry and blueberry, fruit with violet top notes. Ripe (ripeness is rarely an issue in the Maremma), but dry and light-to-medium-bodied with zesty acids and minerality and firm tannins on the finish. This is … more

Country: Italy
Region: Tuscany

Antonio Pinot Grigio 2018

"'Antonio' Pinot Grigio is a from famed Soave producer Antonio Fattori. The brief - to take parcels of Soave-zone Pinot Grigio to craft a racy dry white wine with all the hallmarks of Venezie IGT PG (as of 2017 to be labelled as DOC); body, texture and complexity, purity expressed through clear lines of structure and tingling acidity. The herbal and grassy elements are subdued, the icy pear and melon a little more pronounced. The texture is creamy and mouthfeel … more

Country: Italy
Region: Veneto

Azienda Agricola Cavalchina Bardolino Classico 2016

Bardolino's time has come! The junior sibling to it's neighbour Valpolicella, Bardolino is 'Italy's Beaujolais'. These lighter, even chillable but still red, reds are ideal for much of the style of modern Australian eating

Country: Italy
Region: Veneto

Azienda Agricola Cos Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico DOCG 2015

Nero d'Avola 60%, Frappato 40%

Founded in 1980 by three friends, COS is today synonymous with Cerasuolo di Vittoria.

Country: Italy
Region: Sicily

Azienda Agricola Giovanni Sordo Barbaresco 2016

Already nominated as a likely legendary year for Barbaresco, and this does as expected. The three comunes do their bit; Barbaresco provides vivid red fruits, Treiso the flesh and plump, and Neive that tightening element, a core of darker fruits and disciplining structure. Perfect testimony to a great vintage. Similar vinification to the Nebb, with a few months more in the large botte.

Country: Italy
Region: Piedmont
Sub Region: Barbaresco

Azienda Agricola Giovanni Sordo Barolo Gabutti 2015 Magnum

No chance to mistake this, with its abundance of darker things; stock, porcini, graphite, smoke and black cherry. Under this very typical Serralunga 'tarry/earthy' mantle though, are other complexities of dried roses, orange and spices. The firm and enlivening structure of a great Serralunga is here to underpin all this. Strong black tea tannins at present. All components are here.

Country: Italy
Region: Piedmont
Sub Region: Barolo