Tenuta di Trinoro Cabernet Franc Toscana IGT Campo di Magnacosta 2023 (750ml) *

Cabernet Franc rarely stands alone in Tuscany, where it more often plays a supporting role in a blend, but here it fills the whole frame. This is a single-varietal bottling from Tenuta di Trinoro, labeled Toscana IGT and drawn from the Campo di Magnacosta parcel, a small plot of about a hectare and a half planted densely on an old gravelly river bed. The 2023 was fermented in stainless steel and aged in a mix of barrique and cement, an approach that lets the fruit speak without heavy oak. Production is small.

There is a generous, softer edge to this vintage, with richness that runs straight from the nose through the palate. Blackberry preserves, baked plum and sweet spice lead, shaded by darker notes of mocha and espresso and lifted by rose petal through the middle. The brighter, more saline side of the grape holds it all in check: red cherry, iron, chalk, a flick of mint and white pepper, and a squeeze of blood orange. The close turns flinty and mineral, all crushed stone and cooling embers, so the structure keeps pace with the fruit.