Luce

LuceA blend of equal parts of Sangiovese and Merlot (in a heavy glass bottle), the Tenuta Luce 2020 Luce della Vite is sweet, chewy and oak driven with a very toasted quality that includes cinnamon, fennel seed, roasted eggplant and dried pomegranate. There is a sweet note as well with exotic rose apple. The wine offers lots of volume and fruit fiber in this hot vintage and it makes a big impact on the palate. Likewise, the tannins hit hard. This is an in

with ample fruit in reserve

Dark crimson with a little age at the rim

Enough reduction is present to mask all but wisps of citrus character

20% of them new

blueberry and cassis fruit along with some truffle and forest floor

Tasted twice

110-year-old vineyard in Barossa Valley’s Marananga subregion

profound Pinot Noir can be enjoyed anytime over the coming decade or more

is very direct and pointed

Drink in 2022

Deep ruby/plum/garnet with a wonderfully sweet and flamboyant nose of kirsch liqueur

while the dense