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Brunello 2015 Selezione – tasting notes
The second half of Walter's report on the just-released vintage of Brunello di Montalcino. See also his tasting notes on 126 regular bottlings and his introduction to the 2015 vintage...
Walter Speller
• 5 min read
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Barolo 2015 – stylistic diversity
Walter revisits Barolo 2015 in May 2019, five months after his initial impressions. The 2015 Barolo vintage that I tasted in May in Alba proved much less consistent than I...
Walter Speller
• 10 min read
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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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See Walter's report published yesterday on the progress of identifying subzones based on the significant communes in Chianti Classico. This...
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See Chianti Classico subzones vindicated, also published today. I am delighted to report that more and more wines from Chianti...
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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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This is the third of three detailed reports from recent tastings in Montalcino. See also Walter on Brunello 2011 and...
Inside information
See also yesterday's compilation of reviews of Italian whites. Its red counterpart follows. As I write this, Italy’s 2015 wine...
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