Sporting a dark, inky rich color, the 2013 Cortona Syrah Cuculaia is the most extreme and hardcore of these new releases by Fabrizio Dionisio. This wine is enormously soft and rich, with bold aromatic layering that spans from black cherry to spice and cured leather. Syrah does not enjoy much visibility in Italy, but a wine like this (from a warm and sunny territory like Cortona) underlines the potential of this mighty French grape in Italy.