Castello di Volpaia 2019 Balifico 750ml

Composed of 65% Sangiovese and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2019 Balifico is unfolding with complex layers of tobacco, leather, plum, and violets. Fleshy and supple, with a round texture and finely polished tannins, it offers ripe and weightless notes of black cherry, forest floor, and mocha.

Score: 95 points -- Audrey Frick, jebdunnuck.com, 2023