~ The Road & Sloping Vineyards leading to Castello Banfi ~ Poggio All’Oro, the Golden Slope, is a single vineyard with optimal exposure, sun and soil on the Castello Banfi estate. It’s sole purpose is to generate the fruit for Castello’s Banfi’s…
Continue reading~ Return to Caprili ~ It’s been about 18 months sit I sat down with Giacomo Bartolommei of the Caprili estate. It’s been about the same length of time since I checked in on his 2006 Brunello. Since I’m preparing to…
Continue reading~ A Winding Tuscan Road near Montalcino ~ As I wrote a little over a year ago, Rosso di Montalcino is Brunello’s little brother. At the time, the 2009 vintage releases were in the market and many of them were very…
Continue reading ~ The 1997 Percarlo sitting in Decanter ~ San Giusto a Rentennano has roots as far back as the ancient Etruscans. Located in Gaiole in Chianti, the estate was acquired in 1957 via inheritance by Enrico Martini di Cigala. Since that time, the…
Continue readingEven though summer has officially ended, the weather has been pleasant enough to remind us that Fall has not put that much space between itself and L’Estate. This weekend, family came to visit and we opened a few nice late summer wines…
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