The 2013 Terre di Cosenza Pollino Magliocco Riserva Graneta is evolved with little primary fruit left at this stage. This wine is powerful and tightly knit with a dark and dry approach. Given that we are already five years out from the harvest, I would not expect this wine to evolve at a much faster pace. It seems to be moving very slowly. The mouthfeel is thin, streamlined and dusty in texture. Some 25,000 bottles were made.

The 2011 Terre di Cosenza Pollino Magliocco Riserva Graneta offers a fascinating window onto this little-known red grape variety found only in Calabria, or the "toe of the boot of Italy." Riserva Graneta opens to dark concentration and a richly saturated appearance. On the nose, the wine offers integrated fruit tones and moderate aromas overall. There are distant shadings of oak spice and tobacco at the back, but the wood tones are more contained compared to the over-the-top Riserva Don Rosario. Riserva Graneta is aged six months in larger tonneaux vessels. The wine shows soft tannins with balsam herbs and dried oregano on the finish.