An expressive and measured sangiovese whose deep fragrance of blood plums, redcurrants and eastern spices precedes a deeply ripened, handsomely oaked but restrained palate of medium to fullish weight. It’s stylish and fine-grained, with a pleasing length of faintly sour-edged berry/cherry/plum fruit wrapped in a typically brisk acidity. It’s now building richness and weight as it develops bottle-age.

A heady bouquet of lavender, lime and lemon becomes more mineral as the wine breathes in the glass. Typically long and supple, it reveals a luscious, pristine core of piercing citrus flavour that moves down a fine, slatey palate towards savoury and almost briny finish of minerals and green apple acids. It will evolve superbly.