This vintage represents a new approach with a more selective approach in the vineyard, using regenerative biodynamic farming and tweaks made to winemaking with increased micro vinifications. In fact, you will notice that the suggested retail price has doubled in this latest release. With 6,294 bottled created, the Inama 2018 Colli Berici Carmenere Riserva Oratorio di San Lorenzo reveals lots of freshness with menthol and herbal nuances, without any residual heaviness in terms of mouthfeel. The wine sees 28 days of skin maceration for balanced results and soft tannins. Oak aging sees a regime of 50% new French oak and 50% second and third-year barrel. The risk with Carménère is that is can sometimes taste green, but this pretty wine turns those aromas into a very Mediterranean bouquet with lasting softness and texture.

The Inama 2017 Colli Berici Carmenere Riserva Oratorio di San Lorenzo was born in a site with red clay soils at a moderate 50 to 150 meters in elevation. These warm conditions ripen the fruit, giving off generous layers of plummy black flavors, blackberry and blackcurrant. The wine is immediately soft and generous in texture, wrapping thickly over the palate, with smooth tannins. You can expect this 2017 vintage to be on the more full-bodied side of the spectrum. Production is 5,000 bottles.

The Inama 2016 Colli Berici Carmenere Riserva Oratorio di San Lorenzo is super sassy and spicy, with dark fruit, cherry, spice, cola and a good dose of crushed white pepper. If you love Carmenère, I recommend you try this spicy, edgy and crisp expression from Italy's northern Veneto region. This region and this grape are together showing very promising results. This is a mid-weight red that would pair seamlessly with an epic steak au poivre.

A pure expression of Carmenère, this is a dark and hearty red wine that is dense and rich at its core. The 2015 Colli Berici Carmenere Riserva Oratorio di San Lorenzo offers intense notes of plummy black fruit with spicy contours of teriyaki or barbecue smoke. The grapes are fermented over a 14-day period, and the finished wine is left to rest in new and used barrique for 18 months. This is a thick and bold red to pair with a T-bone steak. This wine is only produced in the best vintages, and production numbers fall between 5,000 and 10,000 bottles, depending on the quantities produced per vintage.

The 2011 Colli Berici Carmenere Riserva Oratorio di San Lorenzo is a deep and penetrating wine with a thick, black appearance. This wine oozes with power and concentration. The bouquet shows savory tones of dark fruit, dried prune, plum, tobacco, barbecue smoke and exotic spice. It's the quintessential winter wine to pair with braised beef or game meat. Its tannins are soft and chewy and the wine is ever-so velvety in texture. If you like feminine wines, this is not for you. But if you love mass and class in one big package, this is a safe bet.