Brunello di Montalcino

Rich cherry, plum and fragrant damson fruit, mocha and underbrush. Richly fruited cherries and damson, warmly fruited, supple, pure and mocha tinted.

Full-bodied and enveloping, the 2017 Padelletti is still young and holding up beautifully. It opens with heady aromas of camphor, dried rose, underbrush, tobacco and black-skinned fruit that carry over to the palate alon...(read more)

Deep and concentrated, darkly fruited, really lovely fleshiness in the core. A rich tannic frame, gorgeous balance of ripe acid, overlaid with dark cherry, plum and damson fruit.

Balsamic, deep fruity plum and cherry, savoury spice, mocha, chocolate, almost a touch creamy. Bold and mouthfilling with coffee, macerated cherries and balsamic spice, rich and long.

Maturing mid to deep ruby with narrow bricky rim. At first there seems to be a tiny bit of oxidation with tobacco leaf and cut apple, but that lifts with aeration. Quite rich and with impressive depth, but swirling the g...(read more)

After the amazing last few years that Giodo has enjoyed, the 2017 vintage doesn’t quite have the same levels of succulence but this is still an exceptional wine. Clear smoke on the first nose, aromatically rich, with tou...(read more)

The nose here is deeper, darker and more indulgent that the Rosso. The great weight of fruit here is more savoury and evolved with mint, meat, spice and then there's damson, a perky cherry-skin zip adds lift and energy....(read more)

Rainy June, dry July with temperatures up to 36 °C, stormy August with high temperatures. Presumably they were glad of their Leroy-like vine training/plaiting, known as accapannare in Italian and practised fr

This wine was tasted in a preview capacity as it won't hit the market until the beginning of next year. Tasted at the Giodo winery in one of the most remote and beautiful spots in the appellation surrounded by forests an...(read more)

One of my favorite wines so far from Fuligni, the drop-dead gorgeous 2016 Riserva opens with compelling aromas of dog rose, botanical herb, wild berry and spice. It’s structured and elegant, delivering succulent Marasca...(read more)