Nicolas Belfrage: Attractive color with brick rim. Clean cherry/oak nose, very come on. Classic Brunello with all the creaminess of palate, complexity of flavor, and firmness of grip you’d want. Lovely sweet-dry finish and very good length. 18

Roy Richards Dirty – second nose ditto. Same on palate. Second bottle – too much oak. Not stunning, but correct. 12

Franco Ziliani: Modern, stupid style, absolutely boring and déja vu! Great concentration of color, layers of ripe fruit, all the oak you “want”, with coffee, chocolate, spice, toasted notes,