A pure expression of Lazio's beloved Cesanese d'Affile grape, the 2015 Olevano Romano Cesanese Riserva Cirsium offers a mid-weight approach that is backed by generous fruit and plum. The wine's fruit flavors are painted with broad and wide brush strokes to show plum, spice and blackberry. What the wine lacks in finer detailing and intricacies, it makes up for with frankness and generosity. Some 5,000 bottles were made.

The 2010 Olevano Romano Cesanese Riserva Cirsium is a pure expression of Cesanese d'Affile that sees an ambitious aging regime of 18 months in large oak casks. The wine is smokey and savory in character with dark fruit flavors followed by spice and leather. The mouthfeel ends with a big dose of cherry fruit and the tannins are soft and yielding.