2020 Biserno

Very attractive nose with ripe blackcurrants, spiced chocolate, grilled thyme, hazelnuts and bacon. Notes of tobacco and cedar, too. Full-bodied, so refined and polished with layers of finely chiselled tannins spread evenly across the wine and beautifully integrated. Blooming fruit with spicy herbs, peppermint and violets. Very long and persistent with a steady, mineral sensation in the finish. Drink or hold.

The 2020 Biserno is a blend of Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and a small part Petit Verdot. This is an enriched and profound wine with round tones of black fruit, spice, cured tobacco and tarry smoke. Biserno is shapely and generous with a full-bodied approach that is accented by crushed stone and pencil shaving. You get a lot of intensity and texture with this opulent, cellar-worthy wine.

A blast of underbrush and mint leaf on the opening moments, then expands and softens through the mid palate. This is really on point, with bilberry fruits, finely boned tannins, liqourice root, generous but with plenty of grip. Director Niccolo Marzichi Lenzi, Swedish winemaker Helena Lindberg previously worked for Antinori, and Nautilus in New Zealand, and studied oenology in Bordeaux.