Tinata 2013 Monteverro

Professionele reviews

Robert Parker (94)

This Rhône-inspired Italian blend sees Syrah and Grenache from the Southern side of Coastal Tuscany. The 2013 Tinata is a lovely wine with bright berry fruit that is expressed with vigor and intensity. This wine is especially opulent and full-bodied. Soft layers of black fruit are backed by exotic spice and cured meat. The finish is richly textured and generous with soft tannins

James Suckling (94)

I love the balance to this wine with ultra-fine tannins and delicacy. Perfumed and floral. Medium body, light strawberry, cherry and blueberry character. Extremely long and refined. It's so drinkable now. Made from 2.3 hectares of syrah and grenache. Why wait?

BOW (8.50)

Jancis Robinson (16)

Bottle number 2,257 out of 6,557. 70% Syrah and 30% Grenache from a single block on the estate. Clay and limestone with eroded stones. 7,575 vines/ha oriented north/south. Hand-picked, yields 40 hl/ha, extreme block selection. Fermentation in stainless steel and barrel, natural fermentations, 100% gravity, punchdowns by hand. 70% spent 16 months in French oak barrels with 40% new oak, the remaining 30% aged in concrete eggs. No fining, no filtering.
Smells very slightly meaty – as in bresaola rather than roast beef – but with sweet ripe fruits to the fore. Deliciously jammy! (Thought I’d never say that about a wine.) This is stickily rich, ripe fruit, big and bold and we’re talking deep cherry pie and juicy plum tarts here, with just a very fine, almost unnoticeable skein of menthol/eucalyptus freshness. Tannins so fine and fitted that they could have been spray-painted on to all that outrageously, unashamedly voluptuous fruit. But the freshness is what dominates the finish and this is why this burlesque, crazy, just-shouldn’t-work, rhône-gone-AWOL-in-Tuscany wine is not remotely Italian but gets away with it. Forgiveness is better than permission.

Jeb Dunnuck (92)

Made from a blend of Syrah and Grenache, the 2013 Tinata is a downright charming, incredibly elegant, yet also voluptuous effort that has plenty of darker fruits (plums, blackberries), licorice, and cured meat-like aromas and flavors. It’s upfront, has a supple, soft texture, sweet tannin, and no hard edges, all of which make it a joy to drink. It should keep through 2026.