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Weekly Email 'The Shortest Day' 2024
Hello From Decant, this week .... A large shipment of Italians has landed - Barbarescos, Brunellos and more. Tastings coming up! Still room (just) to the sub $30. tasting next week, plus a Piedmont tasting. See below for details. A couple of highlights from the shipment, including a perfect score Brunello...... Produttori del Barbaresco Riservas It took a sympathetic local priest to realise the only way for the community of Barbaresco to survive, in the poverty of the late 1950's, was for the winemakers to form a co-operative. The first 19 members made their wine in the church basement, but it didn't take long for this idea to provide them with solvency as well as solidarity. Quality too, as a more secure income allowed the individual growers to maintain the high standards they aspired to. Over decades the co-operative grew to it's current membership of 52, during which time it also developed an extensive and almost bewildering array of single vineyard offerings. Until recently the traditional labelling and less-than-dynamic global marketting strategy meant Produttori was strictly the preserve of experts. Nowadays however, as the world trawls Piedmont for both it's obvious and it's hidden gems, Produttori's delightfully backward labelling and proud obsession with qualtity are revealing it as one of the world's most profoundly undervalued wine treasures. The 2019 Single Vineyard Riservas have just arrived, already a couple have sold out..... Do not miss out on these superb value Nebbiolos. Still available: Ovello, Rabaja, Montefico, Muncagotta, Rio Sordo, Paje $105. each
Le CHIUSE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2019 $130. Here we have such a rare opportunity to collect a legendary Brunello — from such a such a hallowed estate — that the 100 point score may indeed be a secondary consideration. The Biondi Santi family used to source their famous Reservas from this tiny estate on the village's cooler northern elevations. Now under control of that family's current generation, the present bottling "Le Chiuse" is rarely available outside Italy. A genuine treasure of Montalcino, the Le Chiuse is an absolute must-collect at this incredibly modest price. Get in quick! 100/100 Kerin O’Keefe
FELSINA Beradenga CHIANTI CLASSICO RISERVA 2020 $70. A beautiful Riserva Sangiovese from the Classico territory of Tuscany. Compelling stuff, the complexity and depth in this wine are something to behold. From the southern tip of Classico, where the wines are very akin to the highly refined Brunellos of nearby Montalcino, this packs the expressive red fruit fruits with gentle savoury and mineral power. Structured and utterly complete, it is a must for the decanter or cellar. 93/100 Vinous, Antonio Galloni
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