Marchese Lodovico Antinori, the suave founder of Italy’s Ornellaia, wore a Savile Row suit to show off the first wines from his new project in the Maremma region on Tuscany’s coast. The most recent vintage of his Biserno cuvee, the 2008, is made mostly from cabernet franc. It’s flat-out gorgeous --deep, powerful and opulent, with plush plum and mocha notes, yet elegant, too.

December 2012