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Pinot Noir from Frescobaldi's high-altitude Castello di Pomino in the Florentine mountains, where elevation keeps this Tuscan red fresh and elegant. Wild strawberry, rose and cinnamon, fine silky tannins, a long finish. Around 33 to 38 pounds.
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Frescobaldi's Pomino Pinot Nero is elegant and velvety: a high-altitude Tuscan Pinot Noir with rose, wild strawberry, fine tannins and a long, juicy finish.
The flavours below are the signature of Pinot Nero in this style, shown here as shared reference. Tasting notes specific to this bottle are added when we research it.
Coffee
Rose petal
Black cherry
Forest berries
Strawberry
Geranium leaves
Cinnamon
Liquorice
CocoaUK listings for the 2022 cluster around 33 to 38 pounds, carried by specialist merchants including Great Wines Direct rather than the supermarkets.
75cl · 2022: £33.01 - £38.00, 2 UK retailers
75cl · 2024: £33.01 - £38.00, 2 UK retailers
How this elegant, food-flexible Tuscan Pinot Noir scores across the dimensions that matter when you are choosing a bottle.
Fresh, fine-tannin Pinot Noir is one of the most food-flexible Italian reds, from mushroom pasta to duck and salumi.
Light-bodied, aromatic and gently tannic, it is an easy, low-risk introduction to both Pinot Noir and high-altitude Tuscan reds.
An elegant, slightly off-piste Tuscan Pinot Nero from a famous family estate makes a considered dinner-party bottle.
At roughly 33 to 38 pounds it sits mid-band for a named-estate Tuscan Pinot Nero with a James Suckling 91; fair rather than a bargain.
Versatile and food-friendly, though the 33 pound-plus price keeps it as a treat midweek rather than a daily pour.
Pomino Pinot Nero sees twelve months in French oak barrels and drinks well over five to six years. It is not a long-haul cellar wine.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Pomino denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
2022 was hot and drought-marked across Tuscany, but Pomino's altitude protected acidity and lift; James Suckling scored this Pinot Nero 91 points.
A hot, drought-marked 2022 across Tuscany, but Pomino's elevation in the Florentine hills held onto freshness and acidity that the valley floor lost. James Suckling scored the 2022 Pomino Pinot Nero 91 points. Drinking well now and through the late 2020s.
A hot, drought-marked 2022 across Tuscany, but Pomino's elevation in the Florentine hills held onto freshness and acidity that the valley floor lost. James Suckling scored the 2022 Pomino Pinot Nero 91 points. Drinking well now and through the late 2020s.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
A famous Florentine family, a cool high-altitude estate and a notoriously tricky variety sit behind this wine's mid-thirties UK price.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Pomino is in the DOC tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Pomino falls within Tuscany.
Winery
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Producer: Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi, Firenze. Directions
Frescobaldi's Pomino vineyards sit high in the Florentine hills. Steep, cool-climate sites cost more to farm and yield less than valley-floor Tuscany, pushing the price up.
Pinot Noir is one of the hardest grapes to grow and make well. The care it needs in the cellar (gentle 60 hL oak-vat ferments, the cap pushed down by hand) lifts cost versus an everyday Sangiovese.
The wine matures a year in French oak barrels before bottling, adding barrel and cellar-time cost that feeds into the mid-thirties UK shelf price.
A 700-year Florentine wine family and a 91-point Suckling score for the 2022 carry a brand and critic premium over an anonymous Tuscan red.
At 13% ABV the 2026 HMRC still-wine duty is 2.67 pounds a bottle, and 20% VAT on a circa 35 pound price adds about 5.83 pounds. Together over 8 pounds of the shelf price is UK tax.
It reaches the UK through specialist merchants such as Great Wines Direct rather than high-volume supermarket buying. There is no scale discount on the price.
Dishes that go with this wine
Fine tannins and altitude-driven acidity make this a classic match for duck, mushroom and truffle pasta, braised beef and salumi. Chilli heat is its enemy.
Pinot Noir's forest-floor and red-berry aromatics bridge directly to mushroom and truffle. The Pomino's cool, savoury-spiced profile lifts earthy Italian primi without overwhelming them.
Try with: Porcini mushroom risotto · Tagliatelle al tartufo di Acqualagna · Truffle risotto · More pairings →
Roast duck and pheasant are the classic Pinot Noir match. There is enough richness to meet the bird, but a medium body and fresh acidity keep the plate lively. The Pomino's fine tannins flatter rather than fight delicate game.
Try with: Roast Duck · Roast Pheasant · More pairings →
Its acidity cuts the richness of braised beef while the spiced oak character echoes the long-cooked sauce. Stews and meat ragù are the pairing Frescobaldi itself suggests.
Try with: Brasato al Barolo · Venison Stew · Beef stew
The bright, altitude-driven acidity in this Pinot Nero mirrors the acidity of tomato and meat ragù. That structural match keeps both the wine and the sauce fresh on the palate.
Try with: Agnello Ragu Lucano · Tagliatelle al tartufo di Acqualagna · More pairings →
A platter of cold cuts is an excellent match. The wine's freshness and gentle tannin reset the palate between salty, fatty slices of salumi.
Try with: Melton Mowbray Pork Pie · Roast Pheasant · More pairings →
This is a fresh, lighter-framed Pinot Noir built on finesse. High chilli heat and heavy sweet-sour sauces flatten its delicate aromatics and exaggerate the tannin and alcohol, drowning the wine's elegance.
Skip with: Szechuan chicken · Sweet and sour pork · Chicken madras · Pairing guide →
Twelve months in French oak barrels give this Pinot Nero structure for five to six years. It rewards drinking for freshness rather than long cellaring.
Pour it straight from the bottle.
Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.
Pomino Pinot Nero sees twelve months in French oak barrels and drinks well over five to six years. It is not a long-haul cellar wine.
£21.90 for a 75cl bottle of the 2023, at Vino.com, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
Read directly from each retailer’s public product page several times a week. Last refresh: 6 Nov 2026, 05:55 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.
Confidence · HighA style read drawn from the grape and the appellation, not from this exact bottle. We mark these notes openly so you know what you are reading.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, from how this wine is made, UK duty and VAT and the price shops charge for it today. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumAny advice here on keeping this wine is general, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand. Drinking years, where shown, belong to the vintage named beside them.
Confidence · MediumIt is a pure Pinot Noir (Pinot Nero). Frescobaldi grows it at the high-altitude Castello di Pomino estate in the Pomino DOC, above Rufina in eastern Tuscany. The cool elevation suits the variety.
Ruby with garnet hints, it leads with rose, wild strawberry and black cherry over cinnamon spice and a faint cocoa note from oak. The palate is fresh and dry with fine, silky tannins and a long, juicy finish, more elegant and Burgundian than a typical valley-floor Tuscan red.
Pomino sits high in the Florentine mountains, far cooler than the warm valleys of Chianti or Montalcino. That altitude preserves acidity and aromatic lift, so the wines, including this Pinot Noir, are fresher and more elegant than the region's bigger Sangiovese reds.
Classic Pinot Noir matches: roast duck and pheasant, porcini or truffle pasta and risotto, braised beef and meat ragu, and platters of cured salumi. Avoid very spicy, chilli-heavy dishes, which overwhelm its delicate frame.
Yes. 2022 was hot and dry across Tuscany, but Pomino's elevation held onto freshness, and James Suckling scored this wine 91 points. It is drinking well now and should hold through the late 2020s.
Current UK listings sit at roughly 33 to 38 pounds a bottle for the 2022, sold by specialist merchants such as Great Wines Direct.
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