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2020 Brunello Riserva – a worthwhile investment
If you appreciate wines that reflect vintage and terroir, the top 2020 Brunellos are well worth buying. Above, the Poggio di Sotto estate, which produced an outstanding Riserva in 2020...
Walter Speller
• 2 min read
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Chianti Classico 2022 – Riserva v Gran Selezione
Pleasant surprises from a torrid year. Above, Alessandro Campatelli, director and oenologist (and now owner) at Riecine, made a 2022 Gran Selezione particularly admired by Walter (© Riecine). As promised...
Walter Speller
• 3 min read
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Following yesterday's What's new, Montalcino? and tasting notes on Brunello 2007, here Walter wholeheartedly recommends the Brunello 2006 Riservas. See...
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Today Walter moves on from Chianti Classico and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano to Montalcino. See What's new, Montalcino? for the...
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Today Walter turns his attention to Brunello di Montalcino, with an overview of this year's controversies and an introduction to...
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This is today's second instalment of our series of articles on Tuscany. See also the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2009–2006...
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We continue our series of articles on Tuscany with Walter's report on the recent tasting of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano...
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See Taking Chianti Classico seriously for the background to this collection of tasting notes spanning the vintages 2011 to 2007...
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This is the first in a series of articles this week on Tuscan wines. See here for the tasting notes...
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I'd like to whet your appetite for what is to come next week. Our Italian specialist Walter Speller (and see...
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The New Year starts with the loss of one of Italy's most important consultants, Giulio Gambelli, who from the very...
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A couple of weeks ago I received the first impressions of the 2011 vintage in Montalcino from Katia Nussbaum, who...
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After the acquisition of 16 new hectares of vines in June, Virginie Saverys (ipictured left and profiled here by Walter)...
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7 Sep - The Montalcino producers voted in the end to keep Rosso di Montalcino 100% Sangiovese. See more on...
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7 Sep – The Montalcino producers voted in the end to keep Rosso di Montalcino 100% Sangiovese. See more on...
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The new, Belgian owner of Montepulciano's most famous wine producer Avignonesi has just added to her previous holdings 16 more...
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The last of this week's reports on the 2010 vintage comes from Michael Schmelzer of Monte Bernardi, another usefully talented...
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Following the en primeur tasting in Montepulciano (see my long report, The discreet charm of Vino Nobile), I had the...
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