Villa Raiano Taurasi

A magnificent example of southern Italy's greatest red - rich, dense and complex yet suprisingly accessible. With fine tannins, plummy fruit and focused minerality, this strikes a perfect balance of rustic charm and urbane sophistication.

Ripe black fruits and sour cherry on the nose with spicy, smoky, and meaty notes. Intense and finely-tuned on the palate with layers of spicy black fruits, liquorice and dark chocolate. With ripe tannins, and dry, savoury and lightly rustic notes, yet has deceptive finesse. This should happily keep for 10-15 years but is perfectly accessible now.