Winemaker Notes
Perfect with complex and structured main courses, slow cooked meat and spicy courses.
Blend: 100% Cabernet Franc
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
This is 100% Cabernet Franc from a seven-hectare site at a cool 500 meters in elevation in the Orcia Valley of Tuscany. The Podere Forte 2018 Guardiavigna Orniello opens to medium-dark intensity with plush dark fruit aromas and a good amount of oak spice to soften the load. Blackberry and black cherry are framed by nutmeg and toasted cinnamon. The mouthfeel works very nicely here, showing elegance and a rather streamlined style. This wine gracefully resists any temptation for heaviness or over-ripeness.
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James Suckling
Another pure, straight shooting sangiovese from this producer. The sort of wine that will fit at any table, serviced by a carapace of bony tannins and saline freshness, corralling bing cherry, tomato leaf, sage, a sluice of briny licorice and a twine of rosemary. Sappy, punchy and beautifully poised, with freshness over overt concentration the modus. From biodynamically grown grapes with Demeter certification.
Legendary in Italy for its Renaissance art and striking landscape, Tuscany is also home to many of the country’s best red wines. Sangiovese reigns supreme here, as either the single varietal, or a dominant player, in almost all of Tuscany’s best.
A remarkable Chianti, named for its region of origin, will have a bright acidity, supple tannins and plenty of cherry fruit character. From the hills and valleys surrounding the medieval village of Montalcino, come the distinguished and age-worthy wines based on Brunello (Sangiovese). Earning global acclaim since the 1970s, the Tuscan Blends are composed solely of international grape varieties or a mix of international and Sangiovese. The wine called Vine Nobile di Montepulciano, composed of Prognolo Gentile (Sangiovese) and is recognized both for finesse and power.