Low expectations foment suspicion, while high expectations lead to disappointment, so we are keen for you to approach this inexpensive with just the right level of circumspection. Imagine someone has invited you to a play in a room above a pub and you go along with understandable trepidation, but find that it is better than you had expected and you tell a few friends about it. That’s the frame of mind in which we would ask you to look at this humble Italian red. It’s a fun, approachable and unadorned Sangiovese, packed with bright and juicy sweet cherries straight off the tree with red fruits, notes of rosehip and the gentlest grip of tannins that never pinches. The perfect everyday red, with plenty of Italian personality. Saluti! 12.5% alc. Drink now – 2026.

“When I drink Italian wine, I see dead people.” - Shaun Ryder, The Happy Mondays