Amerighi/Stefano Syrah Cortona 2020

98 points Ned Goodwin MW (JamesSuckling.com): "This springs from the glass with a crescendo of violet, clove and summer red fruits, with pithy dark cherries and plums. Anise, black olive and charcuterie, too. This is a doppelganger for a modernist Cote-Rotie, such is the flare and polish. So bright, yet densely packed and forceful of extract, tannic exactitude and prodigious length. Wow! This is a wonderful wine from the semi-arid heat of Cortona, a place whence I never expected quality such as this based on uninteresting wines from there in the past. A dichotomous meld of power with a balletic friskiness. Kerpow! Liquid brilliance. Drink or hold. (Jan 2024)"

95 points Aldo Fiordelli (Decanter): "Stefano Amerighi is a talented winemaker from Cortona, in southeast Tuscany. He is most likely the best Syrah producer in Italy, focused on biodynamic viticulture since the beginning. Now, with the latest releases, his wines are becoming serious Syrah, more than just a crunchy and detailed Cortona red wine. He works precisely with no destemming and minimal use of oak. The 2020 vintage is a masterpiece of complexity, displaying cinnamon spice, mace, black olives, cassis and blood orange which flow through the palate with balance, grace and without any roughness. It is fresh, savoury and long, easily able to compete with the best Northern Rhone examples. Drinking window 2023-2030 (2023)"