Vintages New Release Collection – May 10, 2025

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PIEDMONT ENRICO SERAFINO SANAVENTO BARBARESCO 2021 DOCG

CASTELLO DI RADDA CHIANTI CLASSICO 2021 DOCG

A fragrant, expressive nose with notes of iris, dark berries, tea leaf and a whiff of iodine preludes a palate with firm fibre and just the right touch of severity in the long savoury finish. This is a vibrant, thoroughbred Chianti Classico with a precise sense of place from an excellent vintage. Drinking 2024- 2030. Score: 96 (decanter.com, April 2024) Full-bodied & Firm 16448 (XD) 750 mL $22.95 2 4 Organic product

Enrico Serafino Sanavento 2021 Barbaresco is a dry, medium-plus-bodied 100% Nebbiolo concentrated with tart cherry, rose petal, dried sweet tobacco and subtle spicy flavours with a fresh and lingering finish. Tannins are velvety and rounded. The Serafino family have been making wine in the Piedmont wine region for over 140 years. Drink: 2024-2035. Score: 93 (nataliemaclean.com, Sept. 20, 2024) Full-bodied & Firm 157347 (XD) 750 mL $37.95 2

SICILY TORNATORE ETNA ROSSO 2021 DOC

FATTORIA DEI BARBI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2019 DOCG Offering a clean and bright fruit profile, the Fattoria dei Barbi 2019 Brunello di Montalcino shows plum, dark cherry and blackberry. The fruit presented in this vintage is fresh, velvety, nicely contoured and still tastes quite primary in nature. This bodes well for the wine’s future bottle evolution. The tannins are slightly chalky but supported by rich texture. Great job here. Drink date: 2025-[2040.] Score: 95 (Monica Larner, robertparker.com, Dec. 14, 2023) Full-bodied & Firm 372938 (XD) 750 mL $58.95 2

The most understandable and straightforward Etna Rosso there could be, mature and layered, of riches and earth, fruit and soil all in the mix. A volcanic paint by numbers canvas of realism and beauty, easily accessible and generous to a perfectly reasonable degree. Entry point for the DOC and once in, never to look back. Drink 2024-2026. Tasted May and September 2024. Score: 90 (Michael Godel, winealign.com) Full-bodied & Smooth 487090 (XD) 750 mL $24.95 2

TUSCANY CAPRAIA RISERVA CHIANTI CLASSICO 2020 DOCG

LA VITE LUCENTE 2022 IGT Toscana (Luce)

La Vite Lucente 2022 is a rich and medium-plus- bodied red wine blend of Merlot and Sangiovese, concentrated and elegant with blackberry, blue- berry, cassis, cedar brush spice and chocolate flavours that linger on the palate. Nicely balanced with juicy acidity for food, enjoy it with a Porchetta roast. Score: 95 (nataliemaclean.com, Nov. 30, 2024) Full-bodied & Smooth 747030 (XD) 750 mL $32.95 2

Juicy and vibrant in the primary matrix showing notes of cherries, lemon peel, wisteria flowers and guaranà. Medium bodied, rounded tannins of optimum craftsmanship and a really tasty, balanced finish. Drink now [through mid-late 2030s]. Score: 93 (Raffaele Vecchione, winescritic.com, Feb. 25, 2023) Medium-bodied & Fruity 23374 (XD) 750 mL $38.95 2

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