Tenuta di Biserno, Toscana Lodovico

Tenuta di Biserno, Toscana LodovicoThe 2015 Lodovico is a wine of real character and personality. Espresso, mocha, blackberry, spice, leather, cedar and a host of Cabernet Franc infused aromas and flavors race out of the glass. Deep and brooding in voice, the 2015 speaks with real authority. A hint of reduction is going to need time in bottle to dissipate. Antonio Galloni

That provides a very long aftertaste and almost citric flavors with a mineral

The Fonseca is probably more powerful in the Fladgate Group offerings in this vintage (and

licorice and a kiss of barrique

and graphite are just some of the nuances here

There is a lovely sense of underlying tension to the mineral-inflected

or upper slope Montrachet)

Reduction once again dominates the nose

This is only a couple of steps behind the 2010 albeit cut from a different clothe

Note that this well-made effort is going to require at least a few years of patience first

which allowed the Cabernet Franc to complete the final ripening phase in a uniform fashion

age it a few more years for additional nuance

It's still very young and tight