Francesco Rinaldi & Figli Winery

a fairly intense yet somewhat simple nose of sweet fruit and orange oil is followed by a very round entry with classic proportions. This is unusually polished for this producer yet has excellent balance and classic...

Figgy and very spicy on the nose with nuanced tones of white pepper and tobacco. Very sweet up front then the extracted tannins dry out the palate but this has lots of life ahead. An awkward time to be opening these, try...

AWE blind tasting - sweetly fruited, a touch of peach here, sour cherry, burnt match stick, a bit dilute, nice ripeness but easy styled with moderately intense wild cherry fruit, a bit more structure than fruit, a touch of...

AWE blind tasting - smells sweetly fruited, candied, roasted herbs, red fruit , touch of red hots, diluted, still some nice crisp, fresh wild raspberry fruits here with mineral tones and a lovely transparency, well made...

Dusty and evolved with bookbinders glue, chocolate pound cake, rum raisin ice cream and light wrapper tobacco leaf tones, except it didn't smell quite as good as all that. It's a touch hot in the mouth and has good length...

This opens with an assertively tarry nose yet there are interesting grace notes of truffle and rust. With time aromatic root tones emerge then a burst of expressiveness follows with lilacs, anise fronds, prune, and dried...

Resolved and beautifully pure with ripe red fruits, orange rind, and dried floral tones. In the mouth the bit of tannin that remained added some volume and balance though the acidity remains very assertive here. About as...