This is a full-bodied, baritone wine made with certified organic fruit. The Máté 2019 Syrah Banditone reveals an inky black appearance with black fruit aromas and dried blackberry. The wine shows a heavy-duty 15% alcohol content that is a lot to take in. Luckily, much of that heat is absorbed by the thicker volume and concentration that you get with Syrah from sunny Tuscany (that sees 18 months of aging in barrique). The finish is soft and supported, with oak-driven oak spice and toast, but not especially persistent. Only 479 bottles exist.

Candace Máté and her team are among the few to bet on the Syrah grape in the relatively cooler climate of Montalcino in Tuscany. The 2012 Syrah Banditone stands out in this Sangiovese-based part of Tuscany, thanks to its wide and broad display of aromas. Syrah feels lazy and slow in terms of its aromatic delivery next to the decidedly more nervous and quick-footed Sangiovese. Dark fruit and blackberry segues to leather and smoked bacon. The wine shows long and wide characteristics in terms of mouthfeel. It wraps thickly over the palate—although there is enough acidity to tingle your tongue. A mere 900 bottles were produced.