this is a mouth-filling

savoury nose

Wood toast and reductive aromas serve as a pungent introduction to the sleeker if less powerful flavors that possess a highly appealing underlying tension that also contrasts somewhat with the firm and chewy finish that does deliver excellent length

with a perfect fruit profile and orange oil character

satiny and rich white that’s broad and enveloping with a fleshy core of fruit

Luigi d'Alessandro (Manzano), Syrah Migliara Vintage:2008 this is a mouth-fillingThe single vineyard 2008 Cortona Syrah Migliara fleshes out beautifully in the glass with layers of dark red fruit that fill out the wines broad shouldered frame nicely. The Migliara is at once more perfumed and higher toned than Il Bosco, with an expression of fruit that tends towards the red end of the spectrum. Fine, polished tannins round out the creamy finish. Here, too, the wine remains extremely primary with little in the way of aromatic