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Brunello 2025 – unpredictable and challenging
Brunello farmers never knew what nature would throw at them next in 2025. Yet somehow they managed, even claiming that the vintage is better than 2024. Above, the view from...
Walter Speller
Monday 22 December 2025
• 1 min read
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Brunello 2021 – the estate wines
Walter Speller
Monday 1 December 2025
• 9 min read
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Another revealing encounter at San Polino outside Montalcino and praise for their 2014.
At the beginning of August I visited...
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Swedish Siena resident Tina Johannson shares her address book. See this guide to all the entries in our travel writing...
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Walter was one of the first to visit this national monument of an estate, under new direction.
The general obsession...
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21 February 2019 We are republishing this article in our Throwback Thursday series as a mark of respect for Gianfranco...
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An appreciation of Gianfranco Soldera of Case Basse. Gianfranco Soldera, 82, left this world last Saturday in Montalcino. He had...
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Buy 2013 Brunello is Walter's message. The just-released 2014 Brunellos are expected to face strong headwinds once they are available...
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Walter goes out and about to discuss a troublesome vintage, and tastes 130 examples. Tomorrow, Riservas from the much more...
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Walter is pretty pleased by the 2016 vintage in Montalcino so far. At the beginning of this year the Consorzio...
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Another look at 2015 Barolo, and Brunello di Montalcino from the notorious 2014 vintage, to add to Walter's Barolo report...
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See our guide to Walter's coverage this year of Montalcino. See also earlier articles about this vintage: Brunello 2012 –...
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See our guide to Walter's coverage this year of Montalcino. See in addition his Brunello – an early look at...
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See our guide to Walter's coverage this year of Montalcino, as well as his Brunello – an early look at...
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Walter has been one of the first to taste the 2013 Brunello di Montalcino and 2012 Riservas, as well as...
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Each new vintage of Brunello di Montalcino is given an official rating of up to five stars. Alessandro Torcoli, editor...
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I have already written in depth about the 2015 vintage in Montalcino, a year that producers throughout Italy are very...
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A version of this article is published by the Financial Times . See also my tasting notes from Brunello Night...
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