The Biondi-Santi 2015 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is initially a reticent wine and one that does not immediately subscribe to the overstated abundance and exuberance of the vintage. Give it time. I wrote this review after several... Read More
Established in 1880, Biondi-Santi was a winery destined for greatness. It was founder Clemente Biondi-Santi who launched his family's name in the wine business. But it wasn't until the late-19th century, with Ferruccio,... Read More
Harvest 2016 has much to show. It is a vintage characterized by intense, fruity aromas and a vibrant acidity which bodes well for a long life - even for the youngest wine of Tenuta Greppo, the Rosso di Montalcino. This wine charms... Read More
Christopher Deas, Italian Wine Merchants: "This is one of those wines where the color alone is worth the price of admission, you can stare into it and quite literally see Sangiovese Grosso purity at its finest. More importantly,... Read More
This is one of those wines where the color alone is worth the price of admission, you can stare into it and quite literally see Sangiovese Grosso purity at its finest. More importantly, it is the most complete expression we have... Read More
In a year, which was extreme in some respects, La Casaccia vineyard confirms our concept of the single vineyard, that is choosing a vineyard which can express all of its uniqueness and personality even over different years, a... Read More
Founded in the sixties by Primo Pacenti, Canalicchio di Sopra remains family-owned. Its establishment represented a substantive risk, as Pacenti, a peasant farmer up until the abolition of the sharecropping system, possessed little... Read More
Founded in the sixties by Primo Pacenti, Canalicchio di Sopra remains family-owned. Its establishment represented a substantive risk, as Pacenti, a peasant farmer up until the abolition of the sharecropping system, possessed little... Read More
A wine that has the ambition of simultaneously demonstrating the strength and the elegance of the vintage, the thick tannic texture supported by its richness of flavour and freshness as well as the depth and harmony of Sangiovese... Read More
Christopher Deas, Italian Wine Merchants: "Delizioso - it is once again the perfect word to sum up this transporting giant. One sniff and it does send you to Tuscany in first class. It's is one of the more serious Rosso di... Read More
This delicious, bold red offers inviting aromas of fragrant blue flowers, spiced plum, forest floor and pipe tobacco. Full and enveloping in feel, it delivers a great depth of juicy black cherry, black raspberry, licorice and... Read More
Established in 1923, Fuligni is presently co-owned by Maria Flora Fuligni and her nephew, Roberto Guerrini Fuligni. The estate’s portfolio comprises Montalcino’s classic duo—Brunello di Montalcino and Rosso di Montalcino—in... Read More
Times were tough in Piemonte in the early ’90s, as the area had been challenged by a succession of less-than-stellar vintages (prior, of course, to the six-year streak that ran from ’95 to ’01). It started Gaja thinking... Read More
Times were tough in Piemonte in the early ’90s, as the area had been challenged by a succession of less-than-stellar vintages (prior, of course, to the six-year streak that ran from ’95 to ’01). It started Gaja thinking... Read More
The grand history of the Lisini family dates back to the 16th century, when they inherited a tract of land in Montalcino near Sant’Angelo in Colle. Like those around them, the family cultivated the Brunello clone and from the... Read More
The grand history of the Lisini family dates back to the 16th century, when they inherited a tract of land in Montalcino near Sant’Angelo in Colle. Like those around them, the family cultivated the Brunello clone and from the... Read More
The grand history of the Lisini family dates back to the 16th century, when they inherited a tract of land in Montalcino near Sant’Angelo in Colle. Like those around them, the family cultivated the Brunello clone and from the... Read More