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2020 Brunello Riserva – a worthwhile investment

Walter Speller

Walter Speller

Tuesday 23 June 2026 • 2 min read

Italy Tuscany Brunello Brunello 2020

Poggio di Sotto vineyard

If you appreciate wines that reflect vintage and terroir, the top 2020 Brunellos are well worth buying. Above, the Poggio di Sotto estate, which produced an outstanding Riserva in 2020 (© Poggio di Sotto).

Back in December 2024, right before the 2020 Brunellos came on the market, I reported that the vintage veered towards a lighter, fresher style, trumping 2018 – a vintage it is regularly compared to – because of its greater complexity.

At that time the vintage was generally considered good rather than outstanding. The winter preceding 2020 was relatively mild with one cold blast that seemed to...

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