Monte Antico Rosso (75cl, 12.5%)

A Tuscan red wine from the Toscana IGT, made from 85% Sangiovese, 10% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. The fruit comes from around 50 vineyard sites across Tuscany and the wine is aged for one year in 80% Slavonian oak barrels and 20% French barriques, then aged a further year in bottle. The nose shows black cherry, raspberry, leather, licorice, floral notes, mushroom, chestnut, vanilla and toasted coconut. The palate has strawberry-cherry fruit, spice, earthiness, milk chocolate and fine chewy tannins. The finish is long, dry and savoury with licorice, cola and dark fruit.