This May’s retrospective of Brunello di Montalcino 10 years on, focusing on the wines of the 2015 vintage, occurred against the background of a challenging spring in full swing. Incessant rains and hail forced producers in this Tuscan region to spray the vines many times with Bordeaux mixture to keep peronospora at bay. Hailstones can damage or rip open the embryonic bunches, which...
Brunello 2015 retrospective
Thursday 17 July 2025
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Walter's innovative, exclusive annual get-together of top Montalcino producers continues. While some of Italy's classic wines may have become less ageworthy, not so the 2015 Brunellos. Pictured above, Giulia Härri of Mastrojanni and Patrizio Cencioni of Capanna.
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