Color: Intense red, thick and deep with lightly garnet reflections. 
Nose: Mature, with notes of red berries as blackberry, raspberry and cherry, floral notes of violet and hints of tobacco and vanilla coming from the aging in wood. 
Palate: Soft and juicy with elegant and fine tannins, this wine shows excellent structure and body.
Pairings: Ideal with seasoned cheeses and cold cuts, ragù first courses, red meat and baked fish. Reserva wines in Italy are usually older than the standard wines, and have seen more work – French oak in this case. There are juicy red fruits here mixed with charcuterie, earthy notes, touches of tar and licorice. Fine-grained tannins complete the wine, which might improve with more time but I can’t see the point – it’s such good drinking now.
92 pts - Ken Gargett (Wine Pilot)This is pointy end Nero d’Avola from Sicily. The team source fruit from two different zones to enhance the complexity. 30% of the fruit spends time in steel while the remaining 70% spends the best part of a year in French oak barrels. After this, the two components are blended and spend further time in steel before bottling and sitting in the estate cellars for a year before release. Opaque maroon in colour, the nose offers an intriguing array of aromas including smoked meats, bay leaves, plums, mulberries, earthy notes, bacon fat, aniseed and soy. This is intense, yet with good focus and serious length. There is a supple texture through to fine tannins. It would benefit from a little more time to allow it to build even further. In any event, enjoy this over the next eight to ten years.
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