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Luce della Vite opens with an inky dark appearance and added extraction that is hard to find otherwise in 2008 Brunello. Soft aromas of cherry and blackberry are followed by supple fragrances of leat…
The Antinori family's Brunello estate has seen ups and downs in terms of wine consistency over the past five years. But 2008 delivers an honest and nicely concentrated expression that seems to benefi…
This biodynamic blend of Merlot and Cabernet Franc opens with an inky, dense appearance and super intense aromas of blackberry, dark spice, tobacco and dried rosemary. The wine boasts a polished and…
Fattoi's Brunello delivers impressive intensity and dark berry nuances followed by tobacco, leather and blackberry pie. There's a touch of ripe and opulent fruit on the close followed by tangy acidit…
An interesting blend of fruit from both warm and cool areas, this wine is dry, tannic and complex with flavors of blackberries, currants, cured meats, black pepper and cedar. Good as it is now, it wi…
This is an austere and tightly assembled wine that doles out fine points of cherry, spice and forest floor that give the wine a bright and polished personality. The mouthfeel is lean and compact, but…
Camigliano's Brunellos are always distinctive thanks to the estate's positioning on the lower slopes of the Montalcino denomination in a location prized for grape-growing since ancient times. The bea…
Frescobaldi's Castelgiocondo is a protagonist in the Brunello school that prioritizes bold, modern expressions of the Sangiovese Grosso grape. This vintage shows pulpy fruit, soft spice and chocolate…
A complex wine with firm acidity and ripe black currant notes. The fruit is juicy, and the palate finely structured. The small property, owned by André Lurton, is improving with every vintage.
This wine shows beautiful results with a darkly concentrated appearance and bright aromas of prune, leather and tobacco. The wine is balanced and crisp, with lingering red cherry and chocolate flavor…
Rich, ripe and dramatically layered with black currant, licorice and oak flavors that turn a little raisiny on the finish. Although it's very dry, there's ripeness in the fruit. Flashy enough to drin…
Blended with a little Cabernet Sauvignon, this Petit Verdot succeeds wildly in appealing to the senses. It's rich, dry and smooth in tannins with intense oak, blackberry and chocolate flavors, with a…
The esteemed Hyde Vineyard is in Carneros, and is the source for some incredible Syrahs from winemakers like Joseph Phelps and the Hyde Vineyard label itself, and Mira now joins that list. The wine i…
This is a textural, bracing study in how to layer a Chardonnay. Green berries, apples, Asian pears, jicama, cucumber, wet stone and creamy lees flavors all combine seamlessly, placing the small perce…
So light and delicate, this is a wine beautifully poised and balanced. It has liveliness, pepper apricot and a hint of honey. Still very young. Drink from 2017.
This is a beautiful Cabernet that's soft, subtle and delicious. It has balanced blackberry, plum and licorice flavors, touched with oak, and finishes with low-alcohol elegance.
This is the softest of the three single vineyard wines from Château de Fuissé. It has a warm, rich character, generous and full in the mouth. Yellow fruits are partnered with citrus acidity and an at…
Pretty raspberries, red currant and a hint of iodine spark the taste buds, then darker streaks of wood smoke and black licorice kick in. There's snappy acidity and an undertone of metal and stone. Co…
On the sweet side, this is a rich, almost honeyed wine. It has deliciously ripe fruit, lychees and fragrant lemon. Full and generous, the wine still manages to keep some good freshness. It is young,…
From the Ferrington and Monument Tree Vineyards, the latter now owned by Twomey, this delicate Pinot has an aura of baked bread on the nose followed by just-ripe Bing cherry. With firm tannins and a…
This delicious Amarone offers intense aromas of plum and spice. The palate delivers ripe black cherry and raisin flavors, layered with accents of chocolate, white pepper, licorice and almond. It alre…
Plum and raspberry aromas come with a spicy topping and distant notes of dried cheese and leather. This feels fresh and feminine on the palate, where dry plum and cherry flavors come with hints of va…
Enormously rich, showing cola, black cherry pie filling and even some dark chocolate notes. There's a soft sweetness of fruit and oak that suggests drinking this lovely wine now. You can't go wrong w…
A perfumed wine from new wood aging, powerful extraction and dark tannins. The wine is dense and black in color, heavy on the ripe berry and plum fruits with very firm structure. With its power and y…