db's Bordeaux correspondent Colin Hay shares his thoughts on, and tasting notes for, some of the many stars amongst Brunello di Montalcino’s new releases.
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db’s Bordeaux correspondent Colin Hay shares his thoughts on, and tasting notes for, some of the many stars amongst Brunello di Montalcino’s new releases. It is a source of vinous frustration that my calendar never seems to permit an annual pilgrimage to Tuscany for the Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino’s Benvenutto Brunello tasting that takes place in the Chiostro di Sant’Agostino in November. For, as anyone who has read my coverage of La Place’s ‘beyond Bordeaux’ offerings will know, I am a great admirer of these wines. And Benvenutto Brunello is their key public date in the calendar, the first presentation of the new vintage before its release in December. I console myself with the (sadly all too) rare opportunities that I have to visit some of the leading estates during the year and the various samples that I am lucky enough to receive or to taste in Bordeaux, at Vinexpo, or elsewhere. This year I have decided to be a little more systematic in bringing those assorted ...