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96pt Castello di Ama Gran Selezione: #6 on Wine Spectator’s Top 100 last year. And this year? In the mid-1990s, a band of Tuscan pioneers, tired of being upstaged by Montalcino, wrote a two-part blueprint designed to match the richness and density of Brunello while retaining the chiseled structure of the cool soils of Chianti…
“Elegance, elegance, elegance” Can a wine be a“best-kept secret”even after Wine Spectator tells the whole world it is? That’s what we couldn’t help but wonder when we saw the Spectator article about the Podere Giodo Brunello di Montalcino, which the magazine calls an “under-the-radar passion project.” The man with the passion is Carlo Ferrini, twice…
96-Point Il Palagio “Sister Moon”: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Three summers ago, we drove northeast out of Montalcino to Valdichiana, then jumped on the E35 heading due north. Two-thirds of the way to Florence, we exited at the Figline Valdarno, and would soon pull into a majestic, cypress-lined driveway of Villa Il Palagio. On the sun-dappled…
Worth the Wait: 2011 Brunello From Il Poggione Once we finish one of our marathon tastings, our work has just begun. We identify our favorites right away, of course, but then the dance begins, and it can be weeks or even months before we come to an arrangement that works for all involved, especially you….
Practicing Patience in Montalcino: Parker’s 96pt Brunello of the Year If you’re a Brunello enthusiast, or even if you’re a serious Burgundy collector, you know that the 2011 vintage in Montalcino gave birth to a handful of fabulously seductive Sangioveses, some of which actually outpoint the stellar 2010s. At our comprehensive tasting of 2011 Brunelli…
“Readers won’t run across too many 2011 Brunellos with this level of pure salivating energy” — Antonio Galloni At our comprehensive tasting of 2011 Brunelli di Montalcino, we evaluated wines from nearly 50 estates. Nearly every wine we tasted was delicious on release. But a small handful of 2011 Brunelli are also notably age-worthy, marrying…
Gran Selezione: “Super-Riservas” Take a Run at Montalcino In the mid-1990s, a band of Tuscan pioneers, tired of being upstaged by Montalcino, wrote a two-part blueprint designed to match the richness and density of Brunello while retaining the chiseled structure of the cool soils of Chianti Classico. Over the last 18 months, that blueprint has…
Antonio Galloni’s 92pt “Veneroso” … A Stone’s Throw from the Tuscan Coast Ghizzano is a small hillside village perched 200 meters above sea level, equidistant from Livorno and Pisa, a stone’s throw from the Tuscan coast. Here, in the shadow of the magnificent stone tower built by Venerosi Pesciolini at the tail end of the…
Wine Access Client Favorite Brunello of Epic Vintage In January of last year at the Consorzio Del Vino Brunello di Montalcino, we tasted a bevy of the heralded 2012s at Gotham Hall in NYC. Many of the top-rated wines carry price tags equivalent to the record-breaking 2010s. But not all of them. Unsurprisingly, one of…
The most incredible Chianti Classico bargain we’ve ever seen is this Riserva from Piergiorgio Castellani’s family-owned Castellani estate. As Wine Enthusiast says, “Castellani have been prominent members of Tuscan wine community for nearly a century. Today under the guidance of the latest Castellani generation in the person of Piergiorgio this ancient family company is jockeying…
“If only all under-$20 wines tasted like this….” We first met Piergiorgio Castellani, proprietor of Campomaggio and the head of one of Italy’s greatest wine families, in New York City. Given the company his wines regularly keep— on lavish restaurant wine lists like Jean Georges, Eleven Madison Park, Le Bernardin, and Auriole—we were excited to…
One More Chance To Collect “Immensely Inviting” Brunello of the Rockstar 2012 Vintage The Consorzio Del Vino Brunello di Montalcino’s January tasting — open only to the trade — began at 11 a.m. Most shuffled in around 11:30. Not us. We sprang out of bed at 6:30, swam a mile, then hopped an Uber for…
Harris Tweed in Berkeley and Galloni’s #1 Tuscan Bargain of 2012 Marco de Grazia was born to an American father and Italian mother. When his parents separated, Marco and his brother Iano stayed with their mother and grew up in Florence. Nearly every night there was a bottle of Tuscan red on the dinner table….
Parker 95+ Point Brunello is “One of the year’s Best” Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate said it best: “Il Poggione is a Brunello superstar and a vintage like this reveals every reason why that affirmation is true. From the second the 2012 Brunello di Montalcino pours into the glass, you know you are in for something…
96-Point Showstopping #9 Brunello of the Vintage The “wonderfully precise” 2012 La Rasina Brunello di Montalcino earned a well-deserved 96 points from Italian wine expert James Suckling. The critic then installed this wine at number nine on his Top 25 Brunello list alongside big names that push the triple-digit price point. “2012 is not a…
Master Sommelier Sur Lucero MS has tasted many thousands of wines while working at The French Laundry, The Little Nell, Meadowood and Daniel Boulud. So, when he raves about any wine that impresses him — we listen. “This is the best $40 Brunello I’ve tasted in a long time,” he told us, referring to this…
Rare, Precious, and Three-Dimensional Brunello collector alert. “With only 2,700 bottles made, the 2012 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is a rare and precious wine.” The opening line of The Wine Advocate’s glowing review says it all — but it didn’t stop there. “It is etched and sophisticated,” the Advocate continued, “with pronounced aromas of dried…
95-Point Brunello Blockbuster Five appearances on Wine Spectator’s Top 100 list since 1990 have cemented Poggio Antico’s stellar reputation. This release comes with a glowing 95-point review from Wine Spectator’s former European Bureau Chief, James Suckling, along with a glowing review from Spectator, which calls it “pure” and “vibrant.” After three years in oak and…
Plush and beautifully refined, the 2012 Pertimali Brunello di Montalcino is an otherworldly release from the Sassetti clan that illustrates why Robert Parker once declared: “If I had only one Brunello to drink, it would be Pertimali.” Today, we’re offering you the chance to drink like Parker. Coming directly from Tuscany accompanied by a rare…
For Brunello fans, it can be tough to see back past the stellar 2015 and 2016 seasons—but serious aficionados and collectors would be wise to go back a full decade to 2012. The 2012 season was a hot one, but unlike 2011, which saw a late heat spike, 2012 started warm—and that was crucial because…
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