In this video, Ermanno Morlachetti, winemaker at Tenuta Luce della Vite explains the characteristics that make the vineyard Madonnino so unique. The Marchesi di Frescobaldi owned  Luce della Vite estate is also known for its sangiovese and merlot blends but within the estate there is a sangiovese vineyard of outstanding

Brunello di Montalcinos from single vineyards are among Italy’s wine treasures. They stand in contrast to most Brunellos, which are blends of grapes from different vineyards scattered across the small region. This makes vineyard specific Brunellos often times more aromatic reds with finer and more elegant tannins, and they express

Castello Banfi is one of the leaders of Brunello di Montalcino as the biggest vineyard holder in the region with more than 1,000 hectares planted. It is also one of the pioneers in clonal selections of Sangiovese, which it initialed in the early 1980s. Banfi attributes the high quality of

Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona’s Brunello di Montalcino is one of the great discoveries not to miss from the now coveted 2010 vintage. James counts their single-vineyard Pianrosso bottling among the year’s finest examples (click here for his full notes and score), yet its price is far from proportionate to its quality.

Small Brunello producer Uccelliera has been making wines in Castelnuovo dell’Abate, roughly 10km from Montalcino, since 1990. Only as recently as in the current millennium, however, has Andrea Cortonesi, who significantly revamped the winery and vineyards, been able to turn out bottles of outstanding bottles from the estate. Here, he

Giancarlo Pacenti, Siro Pacenti’s owner and winemaker, is truly one of the masters of Brunello. His wines, which are a blend of vineyards from the north and south sides of Montalcino, show the exceptional characteristics of both of these sub-zones combining beautifully the power and structure of the southern sections

Located on the southeastern slopes of Montalcino, the family-run La Rasina was founded in the 1970s. However, it wasn’t until the late 1990s that the wines took a qualitative leap that has consistently lasted until today. The estate is run by owner and winemaker Marco Mantengoli (featured in the video)

Brunello di Montalcino 2010s have been available for about three weeks now and the market is apparently on fire. Wine lovers are rejoicing in the incredible high quality of the vintage, and rightly so. The 2010 vintage is a new benchmark for Tuscany’s icon wine, producing reds with wonderful intensity,

In this video, Elisabetta Gnudi Angelini, owner of Altesino and Caparzo estates in Montalcino, describes the 2010 vintage. So far, the 2010 vintage is well on the way to becoming a Brunello di Montalcino modern classic. The wine seems to be in perfect balance with what most producers describe as