Tag : Sangiovese

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Benvenuto Brunello, 2021 preview and 2020 Riserva

Riccardo Viscardi
by Riccardo Viscardi0
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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Tenuta Casenuove, 10 years to prepare the new course

Sissi Baratella
by Sissi Baratella0
Located in Panzano in Chianti, one of the Uga’s where Sangiovese is powerful and structured, Tenuta Casenuove under the impetus of new owner Philippe Austruy and the drive of director Alessandro Fonseca-is looking fierce and ready for the challenges of...
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Porcini mushrooms, mountain potatoes, leeks and nepitella

Editorial Staff
by Editorial Staff0
This recipe was created by Chef Antonello Sardi of Ristorante Serrae* at the elegant FH55 Hotel Villa Fiesole to celebrate the scents of the Tuscan woods. What better than to pair it with Chianti Classico Terre di Prenzano 2022 Vignamaggio?...
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Anachronistic Brunello. Daniele Cernilli reflects on criticism

Daniele Cernilli
by Daniele Cernilli0
A young critic calls Brunello di Montalcino wines from the southern area, from Sesta to Sant’Angelo in Colle, “anachronistic,” accusing them of being too alcoholic and full-bodied. But wine, like art, should be interpreted, not bent to the taste of...
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25 years of Poggio Valente from Fattoria Le Pupille

Stefania Vinciguerra
by Stefania Vinciguerra0
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...
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Pergole Torte vertical tasting

Daniele Cernilli
by Daniele Cernilli0
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...