This old vine chianti riserva offers serious structure and complex flavours suggesting savoury, leathery and herbal notes. It’s developing nicely with a core of sweet red fruit flavours that ...

“Old vine” is a commonly used term in the world of high-end wine. It seems to imply something regal about a wine, a greater sense of depth, concentration or profundity of character.

Nearby, the remains of 1.1 million vines that once comprised one of Australia's largest vineyards were piled in heaps of gnarled and twisted wood as far as the eye could see. Red wine has suffered ...