IGT Red

Tenuta di Trinoro Campo di Tenaglia

Tenuta di Trinoro

Denomination
Toscana IGT
Region
Tuscany
Drink
2023: 2027 to 2042

Tenuta di Trinoro's single-vineyard Cabernet Franc from the 0.8-hectare Tenaglia plot, grown on crumbled limestone at 500m in Tuscany's Val d'Orcia. Dark-fruited, tobacco-scented and firmly tannic, it is a collector's red built for the cellar.

Best price
£82.24

2023 · 75cl · checked 6 Nov · Delivery £6 for 1 to 6 bottles, £0.50 per extra bottle

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Where to buy Tenaglia Tenuta di Trinoro

£82.24 best price · 1 retailer with 75cl · 2023 in stock · checked 6 Nov 2026

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Corney & Barrow Best price 2018 · Case of 6 · £369.00 for the case · checked 6 Nov · Free delivery
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£61.50 a bottle · £82.00/L
Vinatis Best price 2023 · 75cl · checked 6 Nov · Delivery £6 for 1 to 6 bottles, £0.50 per extra bottle
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£82.24 £109.65/L
Corney & Barrow Best price 2014 · Case of 3 × Magnum 150cl · £329.25 for the case · checked 6 Nov · Free delivery
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£109.75 a bottle · £73.17/L
Unavailable (1)
Corney & Barrow Best price 2014 · 75cl · checked 4 Nov · Delivery £12.50, free on 3 bottles
Out of stock
£54.25 £72.33/L
Out of stock

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Tasting Notes

Inside Tenuta di Trinoro's single-vineyard Cabernet Franc

Blackberry, tobacco and the grilled-herb, leafy lift that marks Cabernet Franc grown at 500 metres on limestone. A wine drinkers like, year after year.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial
Tasted on
12 June 2026
Source
Drinker consensus · confidence Medium
Typical of Cabernet Franc
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Campo di Tenaglia opens on a dark-fruit core of blackberry and blackcurrant, lifted by tobacco, cedar and a grilled-herb, leafy note. That note is the mark of Cabernet Franc grown high and cool. The 2014 shows it at its purest, with red rose and grilled herb, the purity Wine Advocate praised in that year. A smoky, limestone edge runs underneath.

VioletViolet
Black cherryBlack cherry
BlackberryBlackberry
BlackcurrantBlackcurrant
Green pepperGreen pepper
TobaccoTobacco
LeatherLeather
LiquoriceLiquorice
Palate

The 500-metre limestone site and over-twenty-year-old vines give a firmly tannic, concentrated palate, linear and streamlined rather than plush. Dark cherry and raspberry sit against cedar, licorice and a savoury leather-and-smoke depth. Fermented in steel and aged in French oak barrels then cement, it carries oak as structure, not sweetness.

Finish

The finish is long and grippy. It closes on tobacco, dark fruit and the chalky, stony cut of its crumbled-limestone soil.

Overall

This is a serious single-vineyard Tuscan Cabernet Franc for collectors, and one drinkers like year after year. Wine Advocate scored the 2014 ninety-three points. With barely 1,500 to 2,000 bottles made each year, it rewards patience far more than everyday drinking.

Live UK pricing

Two vintages, from Corney & Barrow and Vinatis

Production runs to barely 1,500 to 2,000 bottles a year, so UK stock is thin. The 2014 sits at Corney & Barrow and the 2023 at Vinatis, with magnums offered alongside the standard 75cl.

Best price · 75 cl · 2023 £82.24 at Vinatis
75cl · 2023 available from Vinatis £82.24, in stock
Vintages live 2023 · 2018 · 2014 Newest vintage on sale here: 2023
Per-litre (75cl · 2023 basis) £109.65 Lowest current 75cl · 2023 offer
Last checked 6 Nov 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Other vintages and formats: 2 price lines

Case of 6 · 2018: £61.50 per bottle, 1 UK retailer

Case of 3 × Magnum 150cl · 2014: £109.75 per bottle, 1 UK retailer

Wine fit score

How Campo di Tenaglia scores for food, cellar and occasion

Best for cellar 9.0/10

Firm tannins, concentration and Wine Advocate's note of long cellar evolution make this a genuine ageing wine, holding into the late 2030s.

Best with food 8.8/10

Firmly tannic, savoury Cabernet Franc that excels with grilled red meat, braised beef and game, though too structured for delicate dishes.

Best for an occasion 8.6/10

Scarce, critically rated and made by a benchmark Val d'Orcia estate, it suits special occasions and gifting.

Best value 7.0/10

The quality-to-price ratio is good for the category, despite a high absolute price.

Best intro to this style 3.0/10

An austere, tannic single-vineyard Cabernet Franc that needs cellaring and food; rewarding for enthusiasts, not an easy first Italian red.

Best everyday bottle 1.2/10

Far too structured and expensive for casual drinking; a 54-pound-plus collector's bottle, not a midweek pour.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Toscana in five fields

A compact view of what the Toscana denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.

Allowed grapes
Variety list not yet recorded
This bottle: Cabernet Franc.
Minimum ageing
Recorded by producer
Disciplinare ageing rule not yet recorded.
Region / area
Arezzo · Firenze · Grosseto · Livorno · Lucca · Massa Carrara · Pisa · Pistoia · Prato · Siena
Source: Disciplinare.
Style
IGT · Toscana
Classification
IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica)
Vintages

2014 versus 2023: a cool year and a turbulent one

The 2014 came from a cold Val d'Orcia season and earned 93 points from Wine Advocate for its deep, ageworthy frame. The 2023 survived heavy spring rain and downy mildew before a clean October pick.

2023 Newest vintage on sale here
Best price
£82.24
Retailers
1 in stock
Window
Ready from 2027 to 2042

A turbulent 2023 brought a snowy January, a cold April and 500 mm of spring rain with heavy downy-mildew pressure, then a hot summer above 30C. A July green harvest and an October pick yielded a healthy 1,946 bottles; fermented in steel, aged six months in French barriques and twelve in cement, it is a young Campo di Tenaglia for medium-term cellaring.

2018 Other vintage on sale here
Best price
£61.50 a bottle, by the case of 6
Retailers
1 in stock
2014 Other vintage on sale here
Best price
£109.75 a bottle, by the case of 3
Retailers
1 in stock
Window
Drink now through 2040

A cold, wet 2014 in the Val d'Orcia gave a deep, tightly knit Campo di Tenaglia built for the cellar. Monica Larner of Wine Advocate scored it 93 points for a pure bouquet of dark fruit, tobacco and grilled herb, while Vinous's Antonio Galloni gave 90 points to a firmly tannic, mid-weight Cabernet Franc set for long evolution.

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.

The disciplinare, the place, the label

Why a 0.8-hectare plot in the Val d'Orcia commands its price

Campo di Tenaglia is a single 0.8-hectare parcel of crumbled limestone facing the sunset at 500 metres. The vines are over twenty years old, and the estate bottles each of its three Cabernet Franc plots separately.

01

DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean

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.

Toscana is in the IGT tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. Varieties not yet recorded
  • Tasting panel. No mandatory pre-release tasting at IGT level
03

Region and area context

Toscana falls within Tuscany, covering Arezzo · Firenze · Grosseto · Livorno · Lucca · Massa Carrara · Pisa · Pistoia · Prato · Siena.

The zone the estate stands in The producer

Producer: Tenuta di Trinoro, Sarteano. Directions

04

Reading the label

  • Tenuta di TrinoroProducer / estate
  • Cabernet FrancGrape varieties
  • Toscana IGTGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2023Vintage of the 75 cl bottle on sale here
  • 75 clBottle size
  • Bottled at the estateBottling
05

What sits behind the price of Tenaglia Tenuta di Trinoro

Tracked from
£82.24
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
5 up / 1 down
Main factor
0.8-hectare single vineyard, barely 1,500 to 2,000 bottles a year
  1. 01

    0.8-hectare single vineyard, barely 1,500 to 2,000 bottles a year

    Cost up

    Campo di Tenaglia comes from one 0.8-hectare parcel. The estate made 1,500 bottles in 2014 and 1,946 in 2023, and that scarcity sets a high price floor.

  2. 02

    Old vines on crumbled limestone at 500m, hand-farmed

    Cost up

    The over-twenty-year-old vines sit on eight feet of crumbled limestone facing the sunset at 500 metres. Low yields and manual work in the Val d'Orcia lift cost per bottle.

  3. 03

    French barrique then cement ageing, around 18 months

    Cost up

    The 2023 aged six months in French oak barrels then twelve in cement before bottling in April 2025. Barrel and extended cellar time add cost before release.

  4. 04

    Franchetti reputation and 90 to 93 point critic scores

    Cost up

    Wine Advocate scored the 2014 ninety-three points and another leading critic ninety. The estate's standing and review scores support its price on release and resale.

  5. 05

    UK duty and VAT

    Cost up

    UK excise duty on still wine is £2.67 a bottle at 2026 rates.

  6. 06

    Toscana IGT, not an ageing-mandated DOCG

    Cost down

    The wine sits in the flexible Toscana IGT rather than a DOCG like Brunello. No minimum-cellaring rule forces extra holding cost on the producer.

01

0.8-hectare single vineyard, barely 1,500 to 2,000 bottles a year

Cost up

Campo di Tenaglia comes from one 0.8-hectare parcel. The estate made 1,500 bottles in 2014 and 1,946 in 2023, and that scarcity sets a high price floor.

Food Pairing

Firm tannins and herb-edged fruit: what to pour with it

The wine's grip and dark, savoury fruit point to red meat and game: beef, lamb and veal above all.

Tannin softening Strong match

Bistecca alla Fiorentina, the Tuscan benchmark

Firm Cabernet Franc tannins and the wine's dark, savoury fruit slice through the char and rendered fat of a rare-grilled Tuscan T-bone. The acidity refreshes between bites, and the herb-edged lift echoes a rosemary-and-pepper crust.

Try with: Fiorentina steak · tagliata di manzo · grilled ribeye · costata alla brace · More pairings →

Body matching Strong match

Braised beef, osso buco and slow-cooked game

Long-braised beef and veal bring gelatinous body and deep umami that meet the wine's concentration head on. The richness props up the firm tannins, while licorice and leather notes echo the slow-cooked sauce.

Try with: Brasato al Barolo · Ossobuco alla Milanese · Beef stew · Venison Stew · More pairings →

Aromatic bridge Good match

Herb-roasted lamb

The grilled-herb, leafy character of high-grown Cabernet Franc bridges directly to rosemary, thyme and garlic on roast lamb. The tannins handle the meat's fat, and dark fruit fills in around the savoury edge.

Try with: Agnello Cacio e Ova · Agnello Ragu Lucano · Roast Lamb with Mint Sauce · Rack of lamb · More pairings →

Fat cutting Good match

Aged pecorino and hard sheep's cheese

Tannin and acidity cut the salty fat of well-aged sheep's cheese. The wine's savoury, leathery depth matches the cheese's nutty intensity rather than fighting it.

Try with: Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · aged Parmigiano · Pecorino Toscano stagionato · hard sheep's cheese · More pairings →

Body matching Good match

Porcini and earthy autumn primi

Earthy porcini and truffle meet the leather, smoke and forest-floor notes in this wine. A medium-full body keeps the pairing balanced without overwhelming the mushrooms.

Try with: Porcini mushroom risotto · tagliatelle ai funghi porcini · truffle risotto · mushroom ragu · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Delicate fish, sushi and fresh salads

Firm tannins, oak and dark, savoury fruit overwhelm delicate white fish and raw seafood, turning metallic against brine. Vinaigrette-dressed salads clash with the wine's grip. Save it for red meat instead.

Skip with: sushi · oysters · ceviche · grilled sole · lemon-dressed salads · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Cellaring a 1,500-bottle Cabernet Franc

With firm tannins and a frame built for long evolution, the 2014 should hold and improve into the late 2030s. Tiny annual production makes back-vintages hard to replace once they are drunk.

Drinking window
2023: 2027 to 2042

Peak around 2034. For the main offer above.

Decanting
30 minutes

A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.

Serving temperature
16-18°C

Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.

Cellar potential
High

Firm tannins, concentration and Wine Advocate's note of long cellar evolution make this a genuine ageing wine, holding into the late 2030s.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£82.24 for a 75cl bottle of the 2023, at Vinatis, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Sources behind this Campo di Tenaglia page

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page several times a week. Last refresh: 6 Nov 2026, 05:01 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

Drawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic. Drinkers score it 4.2 out of 5 from 445 ratings on Vivino.

Confidence · Medium
Appellation rules & ageing

From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.

Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs

Our reading of the price, from how this wine is made, the rules of its appellation, UK duty and VAT and the price shops charge for it today. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.

Confidence · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

The drinking years for the main offer apply to its 2023 vintage. Treat them as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Explore Tenuta di Trinoro, Cabernet Franc and Tuscany

Producer
Tenuta di Trinoro Tuscany
Denomination
Toscana IGT

Common Questions

It is 100% Cabernet Franc from a single 0.8-hectare vineyard grown on crumbled limestone at 500 metres in Tuscany's Val d'Orcia. It is part of the estate's I Campi collection of three single-parcel Cabernet Francs.

Expect blackberry and blackcurrant, tobacco, cedar and a grilled-herb, leafy lift, with firm tannins and a long, stony finish. Drinkers like it, year after year.

After a decade it is approachable. Its firm tannins and Wine Advocate's 93-point note suggest it will keep and improve into the late 2030s. Decant young bottles an hour ahead.

Its grip and dark, savoury fruit suit red meat and game: bistecca alla Fiorentina, braised beef, herb-roasted lamb, porcini dishes and aged pecorino. Avoid delicate fish and fresh salads.

It is a single-vineyard Cabernet Franc made in tiny quantities, barely 1,500 to 2,000 bottles a year. The vines are old and on limestone, the wine is aged in French oak and cement, and it scores 90 to 93 points with critics.

Tenuta di Trinoro, the Val d'Orcia estate established by Andrea Franchetti. It bottles three Cabernet Franc parcels separately: Campo di Magnacosta, Campo di Tenaglia and Campo di Camagi.

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