It’s a beauty. Leathery but deep, floral, substantial, almost salty and bitter but not quite either, and with a cloth of tannin wrapped tight about it all. The sensuous side of seriousness. It’s a treat to have it bottled like this. No amelioration, no real adornment; the authority of Tuscany and of Brunello captured between pincers.

For the last few years I have been making annual trips to talk to wineries with similar philosophies to not only import and represent these wineries in Australia but to also work on a special little project focusing on wines under our Fratelli D’Anna label. when you visit the cellars of a winery, there are always barrels that stand out and having a label like Fratelli D’Anna, it will give us the opportunity to purchase these barrels or wines to showcase on their own (rather than being blended back with other barrels).