The 2016 Alto Adige Lagrein Riserva Tor di Lupo (with 18,000 bottles produced) is a thickly endowed and generous red wine that flaunts the richness and the dark fruit intensity that comes so naturally to this native grape found in the mountainous north of Italy. In terms of Lagrein, this is one of the best expressions I have yet tasted. There is a modern or contemporary side of the wine that is enhanced by oak, but the quality of the fruit shines through nonetheless. Dark cherry and plum are followed by spice, leather and cured tobacco.