Riecine, La Gioia, Rosso Toscana, Italy, 2016

Toscana Rosso pushing £60 per bottle, let’s see what it’s all about. This is certainly not vino tavola but the new kid on the Super Tuscan block & flouting the DOC regs because, quite simply, they feel they’ll make a better wine that way.

Described by some as one of the purest expressions of Sangiovese you’re likely to find & I couldn’t agree more. This is a textbook expression of the cultivar. Black cherry, new leather, graphite slate, blueberry jam, violet petals, black plum and smeared red lipstick ?