La Primavera Dozen
Three bottles of each of four Italian wines that are perfect for springtime: Le Tende, Custoza, 2024; Fiorano, Donna Orgilla, Pecorino, 2024; Talosa, Chianti Colli Senesi, 2024; and Taliano, Barbera d'Alba, A Bon Rendre, 2023.
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Le Tende, Custoza, 2024
Despite having its DOC since 1971, Custoza is one of the hidden gems of Italian whites. Located between Verona and Lake Garda, it has long been in the shadow of wines such as Soave and Gavi. It deserves much better recognition – especially when made this well. A blend of Garganega, Tocai, Cortese, Trebbianello, this (certified) organic white is fresh, zesty and full of citrus fruit with some mineral notes too. It is fantastic with seafood, lighter pastas and salads. Now-2026
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ColourWhite
RegionVeneto
Grape VarietyGarganega, Cortese & Trebbiano
Vintage2024
ABV12.5%
Bottle75cl
MethodOrganic
CodeLET124
Garganega
Garganega is a white grape variety grown widely in the Veneto region of North East Italy where it is most famous for the production of Soave.
Though it can be inoffensively neutral, it has a distinct pea-pod character, and can deliver considerable weight and character.
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Fiorano, Donna Orgilla, Offida Pecorino, 2024
"Scented with lime, fresh herbs, even a little minty. On the palate, all those aromas are expressed with impressive intensity, vibrant and deep. Bone dry with crisp acidity but so much fruit as to be in perfect balance – though may not be suited to anyone who doesn’t like acidity. Long, mouth-watering herbal and citrus aftertaste. A precise wine made by a small, independent winemaker. Really pure and persistent. I started out with a score of 16.5 but the flavour lasted so long, I...
ColourWhite
RegionMarche
Sub RegionOffida
GrowerFiorano
Grape VarietyPecorino
Vintage2024
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
MethodOrganic
DietaryVegan
CodeFIO624
Fiorano
Cossignano, Marche, Italy
We started working with Paolo Beretta (formerly a dentist) and Paola Massi (a research pharmacologist) in 2015, with immediate success.
Their wines exemplify perfectly the virtues of small-scale - they tend just 10 hectares of vines - organic cultivation. All exhibit an entrancing purity of fruit, and all are bottled with minimal sulphur...
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Jancis Robinson
We get super excited when Jancis Robinson (or one of her team) write about our wine!
Voted the world's most influential wine critic in polls in the US, France and internationally in 2018, Jancis views herself as a wine writer rather than a wine critic.
She writes daily for JancisRobinson.com and weekly for the Financial Times. She is founder-editor of The Oxford Companion...
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Talosa, Chianti Colli Senesi, 2024
This wine comes in part from the younger vines in Montepulciano vineyards near the hill town; 85% Sangiovese with 12% Canaiolo and 3% Mammolo. As ever, a light, perfectly correct Chianti, with bright raspberry and red cherry flavours, balance, sappy bite, and an authentic tannic stiffening. But there's an impressive, perfumed finish too: this is so complete. Now–2027
ColourRed
RegionTuscany
GrowerTalosa
Grape VarietySangiovese
Vintage2024
ABV13%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeTAK324
Sangiovese
Sangiovese
Sangiovese is Chianti. fresh, perfumed fruit with a fine spice of acidity and clean refined palate - can age well.
Origins
- Originally known in its wild form by the Etruscans in the area around what is now Florence as Sanguis Jovis, or ‘Blood of...
Taliano, Barbera d'Alba, A Bon Rendre, 2023
A bon rendre - it delivers you goodness. About 1/3 of the wine is aged in old vats. Lovely purple hue. This is crafted in a supple, easy-drinking style, with forward, juicy, berry and plum flavours. Bright and fresh, a crowd-pleaser. Now-2027
The brothers Alberto and Ezio Taliano, third generation growers, make wines which are transparent, true to the grapes and vineyards, and offer excellent value in an area where prices are often challenging. They farm 13 hectares assembled over...
ColourRed
RegionPiedmont
Sub RegionAlba
GrowerTaliano
Grape VarietyBarbera
Vintage2023
ABV13.5%
Bottle75cl
ClosureCork
CodeTAN123
Michele Taliano
Montà d'Alba, Italy
The brothers Alberto and Ezio Taliano, third-generation growers, lack land in the grandest Piedmont sites, with 13 hectares assembled over quite a wide area, largely in Roero, which is just to the north of the river Tanaro, but also across the river in Langhe, source of their Nebbiolo d’Alba and Barbaresco.
But their wines are transparent,...
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La Primavera Dozen
Three bottles of each of four Italian wines that are perfect for springtime: Le Tende, Custoza, 2024; Fiorano, Donna Orgilla, Pecorino, 2024; Talosa, Chianti Colli Senesi, 2024; and Taliano, Barbera d'Alba, A Bon Rendre, 2023.
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