2020 Südtirol / Alto Adige DOC Riserva Cuvée, "Linticlarus", Alto Adige, Italy

Slightly tobacco, herbaceous and cocoa-spicy nose, more black than red berries, partly preserved, with plum tones, some leather, roasted root vegetables, nuts and tobacco ash. Taut and tart in the mouth, ripe, partly preserved fruit with bitter chocolate, some soot, tobacco and tobacco ash, hints of tomato in the background, liquorice and a little vanilla, warming alcohol, crumbly-sandy tannins, juniper-ethereal notes, lots of power, some depth, slightly jammy fruit on the finish, sooty-smoky wood, tomatoes, salt and dark ethereal spice.

Best to drink: Mitte 2024 bis 2030+. What our ratings mean