BASILE Comandante
2020 • 750ml • 14.0%
- Italy > Tuscany > Maremma
- Merlot (50%), Sangiovese (50%)
- Seared tuna steak
A light and pretty wine! Aromas of sour cherry, and fresh plum. The palate is light with ripe notes fo cherry, blood orange and sweet oak. Don't be scared to put this in an ice bucket.
COLIN'S NOTE
Maremma is a region south of Tuscany that is famous for 2 things, great wines and a fluffy breed of sheepdog. The pooches look so happy.
IN SHORT
Bright, juicy, chillable Tuscan.
BASILE
Basile has been making organic wine in the hills of Maremma since 1999 — long before it was trendy. Giovan Battista Basile took over an abandoned estate and, together with his family and winemaker Maurizio Saettini, turned it into a thriving patch of vines surrounded by wild Tuscan woodland. Everything here is hands-on: no weedkillers, horse manure for fertiliser, hand-harvested grapes and small-batch winemaking in oak and steel. From pure Sangiovese to crisp Vermentino blends, the wines are elegant, honest and a true taste of southern Tuscany — proof that respect for land and family can make bottles sing.
