Tasting notes:

“Everyone makes Sangiovese; we make Prugneto.” Valerio Ravaioli, the third generation of growers, created this strapline and label in the 1960s. Fabio and Celita, Valerio’s son and daughter, continue to produce top-class wines in this little pocket of rolling vineyards on the hills of Forlì, about 175m above the Adriatic coast. The wine, from a single vineyard, is delightful: mid-ruby in hue and with blackberry, cherry and dried cranberry fruit, with milk chocolate and vanilla oak notes. The mid-weight palate flavours are framed by crisp acidity and dense, savoury tannins. Good concentration and length. This wine will pair with spicy sausage and tomato sauce on spaghetti. (Patricia Stefanowicz MW)