Vertical Tasting
The vertical tasting is the DoctorWine column devoted to tastings of the same label from a given winery with depth of vintages to highlight the evolution over the years of the wine itself.
Masciarelli’s Trebbiano d’Abruzzo Riserva Marina Cvetic, a masterpiece of longevity
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...
Sassicaia: the complete vertical tasting
From 1968, the first vintage, to the latest currently on the market, 2022. Here are all the vintages ever produced of Tenuta San Guido’s Sassicaia, the progenitor of Bolgheri wines. The wine that marked a turning point in Tuscan and...
Fattoria Le Pupille’s Saffredi in vertical
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...
Cepparello by Isole e Olena Vertical Tasting
Born in 1980, it was the second pure Sangiovese, immediately after Pergole Torte, born in 1977, and before Flaccianello della Pieve, in 1981, to grace the Supertuscan category. An iconic wine that, together with its siblings, helped build the greatness...
San Leonardo Carmenère vertical tasting
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...
Il Vassallo, historical vertical at Colle Picchioni
A beautiful event featured a historical vertical of eight vintages of Vigna del Vassallo or Vassallo Colle Picchioni, from 1987 to 2021, chosen by Valerio Di Mauro. Luciano Lombardi tells us about it. There are events that you have immediately...
Cavit, Trentino Superiore Rosso Quattro Vicariati vertical tasting
13 vintages, starting with 2001, to learn about Quattro Vicariati, a historic blend wine of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. A timeless classic from the great Trentino cooperative Cavit. 6,350 hectares of vineyards, 5,250 winegrowers, more than 60 percent...
Trentodoc Riserva Erminia Segalla Pisoni 1852
The Pisoni family is investing more and more in Trentodoc, the classic method better known as the mountain bubbly that has made a creed out of Chardonnay. About 10 years on the lees for the Riserva Erminia Segalla. The family...
Lords of Lambrusco: Lini 910
Historic vertical tasting of Lambrusco Metodo Classico Rosso In Correggio Lini 910: 10 years minimum aging on yeasts. Seven vintages backward from 2014 just released to 2004. The most common preconception when it comes to Lambrusco is that of the...
Ornellaia 2022, “Determination” in vertical tasting
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...
Pievalta, San Paolo vertical tasting
To put it in the French way, San Paolo is a cru in the heart of the Castelli di Jesi and belongs to Silvano Brescianini’s Pievalta. Livia Belardelli participated in a vertical tasting, which was surprisingly dynamic. A magical place,...
Poggio del Crine, the crus of Tenuta Montauto
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...
Sanlorenzo in Montalcino, a significant vertical
Luciano Ciolfi, owner of the Sanlorenzo winery in Montalcino, organized a vertical tasting of his Brunello. All were very classic wines, the offspring of an approach historically faithful to local tradition. December, Luciano Ciolfi, owner of the Montalcino winery Sanlorenzo...
Cerretta vertical tasting
Sensory journey to discover the evolution over time of one of Sergio Germano’s Barolos: the Cerretta cru. Cerretta is one of the great Barolo vineyards, claimed by more and more producers in an increasing way over the past fifteen years....
Wine and health: possible combination?
The combination of wine and health was discussed at a conference near Manduria organized by journalist-vineyardist Bruno Vespa, who brought together a table of real experts for the occasion. Is the combination of wine and health possible or not? The...
The 60th anniversary of the Livon company
To celebrate its 60th anniversary, the Livon winery organized a vertical tasting of its flagship wine, Braide Alte. Contributed by Stefania Vinciguerra – The Livon company was founded in 1964 by. Dorino Livon who, as a timber merchant, decided to...
Vertical of the iconic Verdicchio Villa Bucci (2)
To make the vertical tasting of this great wine complete, we thought we would complete Vignadelmar’s narrative and update the iconic vertical of Verdicchio Villa Bucci with successive vintages. From yesterday’s story from 2012, we were left right here. As...
Vertical of the iconic Verdicchio Villa Bucci (1)
In 2012 Luciano Lombardi Vignadelmar went to do a vertical tasting of the iconic Villa Bucci, at the winery and with Ampelio Bucci. We feel we can do it again 12 years later and guarantee that the wines are not...
Paleo, a happy insight
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...
Pio Cesare celebrates 30 years of Barbaresco Il Bricco
Left undiscovered, Barbaresco Il Bricco is a wine whose great evolutionary potential confirms the intuition of Pio Boffa, who bought the vineyard in Treiso in 1972 and began making this wine in 1990. By the will of Pio Boffa, the...
Vigna Ganger, Girlan’s Pinot Nero Riserva
A tasting of five vintages of Vigna Ganger demonstrated the elegance of this South Tyrolean Pinot Noir from a single vineyard in Mazon. In Italy, the cooperative system represents both in oenological and economic terms an important reality: there are...
Baffonero under observation
Baffonero, the pure Merlot of the Rocca di Frassinello winery, confirms itself as one of the great Merlots of the Grosseto Maremma. We propose a small vertical of them. That Merlot is a grape that can yield great results goes...
25 years of Poggio Valente from Fattoria Le Pupille
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of her flagship Sangiovese, Poggio Valente, Elisabetta Geppetti, with her children Clara and Ettore, organized a vertical tasting of this Maremma cru. I remember when I met Elisabetta Geppetti, well over two decades...
Divoto, Apollonio Riseva
Copertino Rosso Riserva Divoto is the flagship wine of the Apollonio winery, a Salento champion with great longevity. We participated in a small vertical. Divoto, a blend of Negroamaro and Montepulciano, is a label that tells of the devotion of...
Roagna, Pajé and its wines
After yesterday's framing of the Roagna family and the Pajé amphitheater, we get into the tasting today, with tastings of all the Barbarescos and in particular a vertical of 11 vintages of Crichet Pajé. Come premesso ieri, l’anfiteatro di Pajé...
Pergole Torte vertical tasting
An iconic Tuscan wine that Sergio Manetti first and his son Martino later stubbornly made since 1977, against the Chianti Classico specification, to exalt pure Sangiovese. It all began in 1977, when Sergio Manetti, in controversy with the Chianti Classico...
Carmignano Trefiano: 40 years without feeling it
The Contini Bonacossi family's Carmignano Riserva Trefiano was born in 1979 from an idea of Vittorio, who was young, enterprising and eager to experiment at the time. Dedicated to him is this cru, which, in the vertical tasting carried out,...
Vertical tasting of Castello del Terriccio
We tasted nine vintages of Castello del Terriccio, the Syrah and Petit Verdot blend from the winery already famous for Lupicaia. We end with a surprise: a preview of Gian Annibale 2019, the second vintage of the wine dedicated to...
Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Villa Rosa of the Cecchi Family
The complete vertical of a wine that, though young, has already made its mark in the world of Chianti Grand Selections. Occasion: the Cecchi family's 130 years as entrepreneurs in the wine industry. One might begin with the classic phrase:...
Complete vertical tasting of San Leonardo (3)
We have now reached the 10 most recent vintages of San Leonardo, with 2018 coming out on March 21. To celebrate the 30th vintage, Anselmo Guerrieri Gonzaga and his wife Ilaria Tronchetti Provera launched the Arte a San Leonardo project....