Tag : Brunello tasting

TastingsVertical Tasting

Castelgiocondo: The Evolution and Identity of Brunello According to Marchesi Frescobaldi

Emanuele Baj Rossi
The vertical tasting of four vintages of Brunello di Montalcino Castelgiocondo offered a journey through thirty years of Brunello, during which techniques, sensibilities, and climatic conditions have changed, yet this region’s ability to produce deep, long-lived wines with a distinct...
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That Brunello ’64

Daniele Cernilli
A story of passion, naiveté and redemption: the pursuit of a mythical Brunello that ended up in a braise and was found again 20 years later, to discover what great wine really means. In early 1978 I was new to...