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Brunello 2021 – the estate wines
Walter Speller
Monday 1 December 2025
• 9 min read
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Brunello vintage 2021 – new reference points for Montalcino
Walter Speller
Friday 28 November 2025
• 1 min read
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Walter canvasses some of Montalcino's top producers for their take on this challenging and unusually abundant vintage. Above, excess fruit...
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Not many professional tastings but an unusual number of lunches.
For logistical reasons I have to finish my diary a...
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A dramatic vintage. For notes on the 2020 Brunello di Montalcinos, also to be released this January, and background to...
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Blends have the advantage in this vintage, though Walter has uncovered the best of the single-vineyard and selezione wines, too...
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Wines of charm and drinkability from a challenging vintage. Come back tomorrow for Walter’s tasting notes. Above, the view from...
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When wines reach maturity, even those from inglorious vintages can be glorious. See the related tasting article Tuscan 2014s at...
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A fascinating and revealing tasting organised in London recently of wines from a supposedly off vintage. See also The rewards...
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The Queen of Barbaresco is the second subject in a series of in-depth interviews by Victoria Mason MW with some...
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In this entry to our 2024 wine writing competition, Laura R Gray writes about an unforgettable experience attending a recorking...
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In an exercise unique in Italian wine history, Walter assembled no fewer than 38 Montalcino producers to taste and consider...
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The third in the series, following similar guides to collecting bordeaux and wines from the rest of France. A shorter...
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A legendary if c ontroversial force in Italian wine remembered.
Yesterday, Wednesday 17 January, Ezio Rivella, one of Italy’s most...
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Rain, downy mildew and hail made for a complicated vintage – particularly for those aiming to follow organic principles in...
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Following on from his report on the just-released 2019 Brunellos, Walter revisits 2018. Above, vineyards in Montalcino's south towards Monte...
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Carrying on from Walter's Brunello 2019 overview and reviews of the estate wines, this collection of wines shows that quality...
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To accompany his Brunello 2019 vintage overview, here is the first instalment of Walter's tasting notes. Conti Costanti (pictured above...
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