The 2016 Sapaio shows abundant dark chocolate and spice all balanced out by the rich sweetness of the fruit. Blackberry, plum and dark currant emerge from the bouquet. The harvest required that much of the fruit for this wine come from vineyards in Bibbona (outside the Bolgheri appellation), and that's why this wine is classified as a Toscana IGT. The results are well-balanced, fragrant and absolutely seamless. Some 20,000 bottles were made.

Sapaio is a boutique winery in Bolgheri producing hand-crafted wines. This 2016 is full of complexity, with aromas of cedar wood, leather, hints of minerality and a slightly herbal capsicum tone. On the palate it's a bit overextracted and chewy, not without savoury length, with a sweet tobacco finish. It will evolve well, integrating the youthful tannins.