The event “Benvenuto Brunello 2022” gave us the chance to taste in preview the 2018 vintage of Brunello di Montalcino, which will be released on the market starting from January 2023. The Riserva 2017 was preseted too, even if few had produced it, considering the difficult climatic conditions and the Read more…
Viticulture did survive and improve from the Middle Age to modern times thanks to the Monasteries. In Tuscany a place where you can still breath the Monks’ tradition is Badia a Coltibuono (Abbey of good harvest), that was founded in the XI century. The family Stucchi Prinetti, current owner of Read more…
Brunello di Montalcino is a beloved wine, it takes 5 years to be released and can be really long-lived. But there’s another wine coming from the same hill, the same vineyards and the same grape variety (i.e. Sangiovese): this wine is Rosso di Montalcino DOC. Rosso di Montalcino comes from exactly Read more…
Only in special vintages certain wines are made, one of this is Vigna dell’Impero by Tenuta Sette Ponti. It is a 100% Sangiovese wine, that is only released in very special vintages, when the season allows for perfectly ripe and sane grapes. The vintage 2015 was hot in Tuscany and Read more…
Poggio Antico is a medium sized winery on the southern side of the hill of Montalcino. The vineyards are very high in altitude, over 500 m (1640 ft) and benefit of important diurnal temperature variation. Limestone in the soil enhances both flavors and fenolics in the grapes. The winery produces Read more…