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Brunello di Montalcino 2019 Riserva reviewed
A dramatic vintage. For notes on the 2020 Brunello di Montalcinos, also to be released this January, and background to that vintage, see Walter’s Brunello di Montalcino 2020 – vintage...
Walter Speller
Friday 13 December 2024
• 6 min read
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Barolo 2019 – squaring the circle?
Six months after his initial report at the start of the year, having tasting many more wines, Walter appraises the performance of individual vineyards and reflects on the longevity of...
Walter Speller
Monday 3 July 2023
• 1 min read
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Walter continues his report on the Chianti Classico presentation in Florence earlier this year, focusing on the later-released wines, including...
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Walter spent an intensive tasting week in the Langhe recently and took this picture of the view towards Castiglione Falletto...
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In the Langhe, classico , or classic, has become shorthand for ‘cool years’, which were the norm before the onset...
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A first look at Brunello di Montalcino 2018 and Barolo 2019, as well as some white gems.
This year’s Vinexus...
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Another excitingly elegant vintage from Barbaresco, seen above from Ovello. In the last couple of months I tasted my way...
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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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Good news! 2018/19/20 are looking like a trio of great vintages. See also part 2 on this year's Riserva and...
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Mainly 2019s and 2018s reviewed, and assessed as unexpectedly similar. Recently released Riservas and Gran Seleziones to follow in part...
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A version of this survey of the 2019 northern-hemisphere vintage is published by the Financial Times. See this guide to...
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Walter comments, reluctantly, on this year's vintage in Italy.
Later that same day The first official estimates for the total...
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Rains that (almost) never stopped are reported in Italy. 12 June 2019 Piero Lanza of the Poggerino estate in Gaiole...
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