Author: Riccardo Viscardi

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Curatore della Guida Essenziale ai Vini d’Italia e articolista di punta di DoctorWine, unisce la sua formazione in chimica a una profonda passione per il vino. Con oltre trent’anni di esperienza, è un esperto degustatore, in primis di Sangiovese (è noto anche come Mr. Brunello), in generale di rossi, ma apprezzato anche per la conoscenza dei vini bianchi. La sua preparazione scientifica lo distingue come un degustatore tecnico di straordinaria competenza.

Tastings Territories and wines

Nobile di Montepulciano: comparing styles

Riccardo Viscardi8 May 20264 May 2026

by Riccardo Viscardi8 May 20264 May 20260

Increasingly participatory and qualitative preview. The 2022 vintage highlights different stylistic directions, between climatic balance, over-ripening and new lighter interpretations. Good Pievi, interesting some Reserves, with an evolving appellation. Riccardo Viscardi tells us about them. TheAnteprima del Nobile di Montepulciano...

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Cortona Syrah: identity yet to be defined

Riccardo Viscardi17 April 20269 April 2026

by Riccardo Viscardi17 April 20269 April 20260

The annual comparison of Cortona Syrah highlights an appellation still in search of identity. Alongside established realities capable of continuity and precision, qualitative discontinuities emerge. The complex 2023 and 2024 vintages amplify the differences between producers. A common vision is...

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Mazzei, the white side between Maremma and Sicily

Riccardo Viscardi3 April 20262 April 2026

by Riccardo Viscardi3 April 20262 April 20260

Not only great reds: the Mazzei family also explores the white side with precision and identity, between Vermentino in Maremma and Catarratto in Noto. Two cru from indigenous vines, worked with contemporary sensitivity, that tell of different territories but a...

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Tiare Sauvignon: from Collio a bridge between the Loire and the New World

Riccardo Viscardi20 March 202617 March 2026

by Riccardo Viscardi20 March 202617 March 20260

A vertical of more than ten years demonstrates the astonishing capacity for evolution of Roberto Snidarcig’s Collio Sauvignon from Tiare, one of Collio’s most recognizable whites that combines aromatic precision, savoriness and aging capacity, as Riccardo Viscardi recounts. Roberto Snidarcig...

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Chianti Classico latest vintage: the most immediate reading of the Gallo Nero

Riccardo Viscardi10 March 202610 March 2026

by Riccardo Viscardi10 March 202610 March 20260

At the Chianti Classico Collection at the Leopolda we focused on the vintage type, often overshadowed by Riserve and Gran Selezione, but still the most direct way to interpret the terroir. In the glass two very different vintages, 2023 and...

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Collio in turmoil

Riccardo Viscardi26 February 202623 February 2026

by Riccardo Viscardi26 February 202623 February 20260

Collio Evolution celebrates Friulano with a big tasting between Gorizia and Cormons: 110 wines from 53 wineries, vintages from 2001 to 2024. Two evidences emerge: the grape variety is at its best with a few years of maturation and a...

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Vertical tasting of Cortona Syrah Il Castagno

Riccardo Viscardi13 February 202612 February 2026

by Riccardo Viscardi13 February 202612 February 20260

A vertical tasting that recounts the evolution of one of Cortona’s iconic Syrahs. Fabrizio Dionisio ‘s Castagno is retraced through the most representative vintages, highlighting stylistic coherence, ability to read the vintages and a production vision matured over time. A...

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Benvenuto Brunello, 2021 preview and 2020 Riserva

Riccardo Viscardi22 January 202622 January 2026

by Riccardo Viscardi22 January 202622 January 20260

At Benvenuto Brunello, the Montalcino preview dedicated to new releases, Brunello 2021 reveals itself to be a complex vintage with a wide qualitative range. Amid novelties and new “contemporary” trends that risk distorting the wine, Riccardo Viscardi reaffirms one point:...

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Masciarelli’s Trebbiano d’Abruzzo Riserva Marina Cvetic, a masterpiece of longevity

Riccardo Viscardi5 December 20255 December 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi5 December 20255 December 20250

An exciting vertical tasting at Castello di Semivicoli confirms the extraordinary aging capacity of the Masciarelli family’s Trebbiano d’Abruzzo Riserva Marina Cvetic. From the history of the wine dedicated to Marina, to the analysis of individual vineyards and the tasting...

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Paternoster: 100 years of Vulture. A shooting star?

Riccardo Viscardi20 November 202520 November 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi20 November 202520 November 20250

One hundred years of Paternoster: between the myth of Aglianico del Vulture, the new course dictated by the Tommasi family with Barone Rotondo 2020 and the recovery of an ancient snowfield, of great archaeological, social and geological value. Riccardo Viscardi...

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Fattoria Le Pupille’s Saffredi in vertical

Riccardo Viscardi7 November 202513 November 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi7 November 202513 November 20250

It was a tempting opportunity: a vertical tasting of the iconic Saffredi to celebrate 40 vintages of Elisabetta Geppetti and her Fattoria Le Pupille. Ten vintages from 1993 to the preview of 2023. Elisabetta Geppetti with her son Ettore Rizzi...

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Vecchia Cantina di Montepulciano for the Cooperation Award

Riccardo Viscardi16 October 20254 December 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi16 October 20254 December 20250

The Cooperation Award, dedicated to social wineries, saw Vecchia Cantina di Montepulciano, a small Tuscan cooperative winery that has seen a surge in the quality of its wines in recent years, come out on top. It is also marking an...

Miscellanea Pot-Pourri

Fashion, market, territory

Riccardo Viscardi12 September 202512 September 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi12 September 202512 September 20250

And then again sub-areas, innovation and knowledge: how to harmonize all this? What Riccardo Viscardi wants to address in this article is a somewhat technical discussion, but we hope it will be understandable and interesting even for non-experts, as it...

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San Leonardo Carmenère vertical tasting

Riccardo Viscardi5 September 202528 August 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi5 September 202528 August 20250

Riccardo Viscardi participated in the interesting vertical tasting of Tenuta San Leonardo‘s Carmenère Vigneti delle Dolomiti Igt. On a beautiful monsoon day in Rome, the terrace of Palazzo Taverna does not disappoint, offering exciting colors and lights; even the wind...

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Catarratto and Grillo, Sicilian treasures (2)

Riccardo Viscardi22 August 202522 August 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi22 August 202522 August 20250

Riccardo Viscardi ‘s point continues on the two best-known Sicilian grape varieties: yesterday we looked at Catarratto, today it is the turn of Grillo. We could say father (or mother) and son, since Grillo is a grape variety created “by...

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Catarratto and Grillo, Sicilian treasures (1)

Riccardo Viscardi21 August 202522 August 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi21 August 202522 August 20250

Focus, between today and tomorrow, on two great Sicilian white grape varieties: Catarratto and Grillo. Two much-loved and widespread grape varieties that, thanks to new knowledge, are growing rapidly in quality. Riccardo Viscardi‘s reflections. Sicilia en Primeur is a beautiful...

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Cortona and Syrah: is it true love?

Riccardo Viscardi18 April 202521 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi18 April 202521 July 20250

Despite the path mapped out decades ago for a precise and unique territorial identity, thanks to Syrah, the territory fails to take off. Riccardo Viscardi ‘s opinion is that it lacks dynamism and, perhaps, conviction. For the past few years,...

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Chianti Classico 2022 and 2023, the best labels

Riccardo Viscardi27 March 202521 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi27 March 202521 July 20250

A highlight of the Tuscan previews was the tasting of Chianti Classico wines. Riccardo Viscardi comments on the vintages presented in the previews and suggests the best drinks. For the past few years, during the Tuscan previews, I have been...

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From Bolgheri to Suvereto: from Sassicaia to Tua Rita

Riccardo Viscardi20 March 202521 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi20 March 202521 July 20250

Quick trip by Riccardo Viscardi and Stefania Vinciguerra to say hello to some friends and preview some icons: Sassicaia 2022(Tenuta San Guido), Redigaffi, Per Sempre and Giusto di Notri 2022(Tua Rita). Passing through Poggio al Tesoro and finding a splendid...

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Pievi di Montepulciano: the Super Nobile

Riccardo Viscardi13 March 202521 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi13 March 202521 July 20250

The Pievi del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano project had its christening (a beautiful presentation) during the preview dedicated to the typology. After a few years of gestation, the first wines of the 2021 vintage finally saw the light of day....

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Ornellaia 2022, “Determination” in vertical tasting

Riccardo Viscardi28 February 202521 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi28 February 202521 July 20250

The preview tasting of Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia 2022, accompanied by some earlier vintages, showed once again the greatness of this wine. Witness Riccardo Viscardi. Mild weather and clear skies greet us in San Vincenzo as we search for the Poggio...

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Poggio del Crine, the crus of Tenuta Montauto

Riccardo Viscardi31 January 202521 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi31 January 202521 July 20250

We are in Maremma, near the border with Lazio, and Riccardo Lepri’s Tenuta Montauto produces two unusual cru of absolute greatness: the Poggio del Crine Sauvignon and Pinot Noir. La Montaùto Estate is certainly the most important Maremma innovation of...

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Bolgheri Superiore 2022 preview, the top 10

Riccardo Viscardi10 January 202521 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi10 January 202521 July 20250

Bolgheri Superiore 2022 will be released only in a few months, but we had the opportunity to do a very early tasting and anticipate our first impressions. Early September; high temperatures, clear skies and the linear beauty of the Cypress...

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The best scented bubbles of Asti Docg

Riccardo Viscardi20 December 202421 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi20 December 202421 July 20250

Moscato bianco, either in the “mushroom cap” sparkling version known as Asti or the “flush cap” sparkling version known as Moscato d’Asti is an extraordinary wine, an all-Italian treasure worth rediscovering. The best fragrant bubbles of Asti here they are....

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Benvenuto Brunello 2024, the preview of Montalcino

Riccardo Viscardi13 December 202419 January 2026

by Riccardo Viscardi13 December 202419 January 20260

Thoughts on Benvenuto Brunello 2024, the vintages presented and our best tastings of both the 2020 Brunello di Montalcino and 2019 Reserves at the Montalcino preview. The now traditional Benvenuto Brunello, a Montalcino preview of the Brunello di Montalcino vintages...

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Opportunity in adversity: Opera Unica of Donnafugata

Riccardo Viscardi21 November 202421 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi21 November 202421 July 20250

A Chardonnay attacked by botrytis cinerea allowed the birth of a “Opera Unica” wine, taking advantage of a production opportunity in the climatic adversity. This story is a demonstration that sometimes “not all evils come to harm” or that often...

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Viticultural contaminations

Riccardo Viscardi28 October 202421 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi28 October 202421 July 20250

In light of current knowledge and also in view of increasingly pressing climate challenges, are we really sure that we have the best grape varieties in the optimal territories? I take my cue from an editorial by Stefania Vinciguerra, on...

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Paleo, a happy insight

Riccardo Viscardi30 August 202421 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi30 August 202421 July 20250

There is a winery in Bolgheri that has made its fundamental contribution to creating the myth of the area as we know it now. We are talking about Le Macchiole and its Paleo Rosso. You can’t refuse an invitation from...

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Teroldego: good news

Riccardo Viscardi23 August 202421 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi23 August 202421 July 20250

From a visit to the Piana Rotaliana, it is clear that things are moving, and the studies of the Edmund Mach Foundation are helping to chart the way toward a greater understanding of grape variety and territory. I confess: I...

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Rosso di Montalcino, 40 years of “stash”

Riccardo Viscardi4 July 202421 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi4 July 202421 July 20250

The Red Montalcino event, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Rosso di Montalcino, showed how this wine is not Brunello’s little brother, but represents a world of its own within the same territory. ]Rosso di Montalcino turns 40 years old....