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Brunello 2013 revisited

Vineria Aperta Beach Club entrance

In an exercise unique in Italian wine history, Walter assembled no fewer than 38 Montalcino producers to taste and consider their wines from a vintage he'd always enjoyed.

I planned to revisit the 2013 Brunello di Montalcino vintage last year, exactly 10 years after its birth, in a retrospective tasting of this variable but potentially great vintage. But it took until this year to set it up because I thought it would be more meaningful not just to ask producers to supply the wines, but actually to invite them to be present so that we could all taste the wines...