Best Tuscan wines: Latest-release Chianti Classico, Brunello and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano

Fontodi's Vigna del Sorbo sits in front of the estate. Southwest facing on galestro soil, the vineyard totals 8ha at an altitude of 450 metres....

The south-facing Rancia vineyard reaches altitudes of 420 metres, overlooking the lower-lying vineyards of Colli Senesi. It boasts complex soils of calcareous clay layered with...

First released as a single vineyard bottling in 1985, Casuccia was replanted in 2007, introducing terraces to manage the slope and maximise exposure. The vines...

Surrounded by forest, Colonia is the highest part of the 9ha Poggio a Rancia vineyard, on very rocky soil rich in minerals. It typically gives...

This hails from a single vineyard planted exclusively to Sangiovese. Despite a north to northeastern exposure, it always tends to yield the estate's healthiest and...

Established in 1971 by Englishman John Dunkley and his wife Palmina Abbagnano, Riecine released its first Chianti Classico in 1975 –John felt that the addition...

Born in 1978, Bellavista was one of the first single-vineyard bottlings in Chianti Classico. The high percentage of Malvasia Nera is historical and Castello di...

Paula Papini Cook has been making wine under the Le Miccine label since 2010. Her Gran Selezione is a single parcel, single clone selection and...

Castello di Monsanto is in a warm pocket but the vineyards are well-ventilated by sea breezes and temperatures fall sharply at night. The Bianchi family...

Ugolaia is a 1.7ha southwest-facing plot that looks out toward the sea, where temperature swings between day and night are significant. Here, the estate's oldest...

Francesco Ripaccioli only has 11 harvests under his belt but calls 2013 the most beautiful one so far. This is also the first year in...

Alessandro Mori has 42 harvests under his belt yet this is the very first vintage in which he has released a Riserva. Sourced from his...

I last tasted this upon its release in 2019. It was rigid and closed yet with promising intensity and concentration. Just over three years later,...

If Montosoli is Montalcino's great cru of the north, then the area of Sesta between Castelnuovo dell'Abate and Sant’Angelo in Colle is its southern counterpart....

Gianni Brunelli's Riserva always contains a high percentage of the estate's Vigna Olmo plot. A warm, south-facing site, it gives the wine its richness, however...

The 2013 is just starting to come around. Aromas are quite discreet as chestnut nuances make way for juniper, rose and moist earth. The palate...

The southern part of the Montalcino region in the relatively cool 2013 vintage shows the greatest of balance. The savoury minerality of Poggio di Sotto...

Poggio al Vento is a gently sloping south-facing ridge at 300 to 350 metres above sea level. It sits on an ancient seabed, so the...

Boscarelli is located in the revered area of Cervognano. Established in 1962, it's now run by third-generation brothers Luca and Nicolò De Ferrari, who have...

This historical 19th century estate has been in the della Seta Ferrari Corbelli family's hands since the mid-1900s and since the new generation took over...

Avignonesi has always vinified their different plots separately, assembling them after ageing. In 2015 however, the estate started bottling small quantities of several single vineyards...