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
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
Collemattoni is a small, family-run estate on the southern side of Montalcino, where warmer exposures, ancient clay-limestone soils, and a long-standing respect for the land come together to shape a distinctly expressive style... Read More
From a hot and early vintage, this 2011 Brunello strikes a beautiful balance between ripe fruit and lifted aromatics. It shows dark cherry, dried rose petal, sweet spice, and leather, supported by velvety tannins and a lingering... Read More
The 2011 Brunello Riserva from Poggio di Sotto is a beautifully sculpted, aromatically soaring expression that elevates the warmth of the vintage with the estate’s hallmark precision and grace. The nose opens with lifted notes... Read More
As one of the founding fathers of Brunello di Montalcino, Piero
Talenti’s wines have resisted the trend of new wood and jammy
extraction as well. Instead, they demonstrate great complexity and
finesse rather than simple impact.... Read More