Italy 2018
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Brunello di Montalcino 2018 – ready or not
Walter guides us through this challenging vintage. See also Brunello 2018 – enjoy this style while you can. While tasting my way through over 150 Brunello samples from the 2018...
Walter Speller
Monday 12 December 2022
• 13 min read
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Brunello 2018 – enjoy this style while you can
Walter Speller
Wednesday 16 November 2022
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Fighting talk on a notably fresh vintage. See also Barolo 2018 – another atypical vintage? Above, vineyards below the castle...
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This year’s Chianti Classico Riserva and Gran Selezione releases, and the new subzone proposal, assessed. See also part 1 of...
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Following Walter's report on winemakers' thoughts (as well as his own) on the 2018 vintage in Barolo, here are the...
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Perhaps not the most complex vintage, nor the most long-lived, but there is plenty to enjoy. Walter's picture of one...
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Current Riserva and Gran Selezione releases – mainly 2018s and 2017s. Consultant oenologist Maurizio Alongi is pictured with his own...
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Mainly 2019s and 2018s reviewed, and assessed as unexpectedly similar. Recently released Riservas and Gran Seleziones to follow in part...
Inside information
See also the first half of Walter’s 2018 Italian vintage report on more northerly wine regions. But first, those statistics...
Inside information
Walter introduces the mosaic of factors that determined the varied character of last year’s wines in Italy and details what...
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