Santa Lucia Tore del Moro Riserva (Red)

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Santa Lucia Tore del Moro Riserva (Red)

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  • 2020

    Santa Lucia Tore del Moro Riserva (Red) 2020 - OutstandingTasted by Elizabeth Gabay MW & Ben Bernheim

    Semi-opaque. Lots of incense, spice, pot pourri, floral and perfume. Blood orange and black cherries. Incredibly powerful and intense, decadent, leading to a remarkably fine, classy, elegant, almost lacy palate. A hint of liquorice and salinity. Quite different to many others, as this opts for a refined, elegant charm that still translates into power and intensity. Black, inky, more perfume. Tannins are well-extracted but seem to sit on a knife-edge, cutting through the fruit and alcohol but then instantly retreating into the shadows. Despite all this, it still has the ripe fruit and almost laissez-faire easy charm of Morellino rather than the sulkiness of Sangiovese further inland. Gorgeous wine.

    Tasted September 2024

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We’re mother and son duo Elizabeth Gabay MW and Ben Bernheim. Between us, we’ve been involved in the wines of southern France for over 30 years. Elizabeth started working with the wines of Provence back in 1986, and for the past 20 years has lived on the eastern edge of south-east France. We’ve worked on three books on rosé: Rosé Understanding the Pink Wine Revolution (2018), Elizabeth Gabay’s Buyers Guide to the Rosés of Southern France (2021 e-guide) and, most recently Rosés of Southern France (2022).

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