Casale Pozzuolo
Montecucco Rosso della Porticcia
2022
Body
7/10
Astringency
7/10
Dryness *
6.8/10
Acidity
7/10
Aroma
7.2/10
*Tasting data from producer *Dryness *: lower value = sweeter
Producer
Toscana
Casale Pozzuolo has been producing wines for about 15 years, but thanks to the new collaboration born in 2018 with Giuseppe Gorelli it has achieved success. Gorelli's hand is unequivocal, and as various trade magazines say, Montecucco Riserva could be mistaken for a Brunello di Montalcino even by expert sommeliers. In addition to the two Reds of Montecucco with the 2020 vintage there is a 100% Sangiovese white. If Gorelli is indisputable for Rossi wines, it can also be said for whites.
Total hectares 4.Bottles produced 10,300
*Tasting data from producer *Dryness *: lower value = sweeter
Awards
Magazine
Item
Vintage
Points
J. Suckling
Pinot Nero Rolhut
2020
91/100
J. Suckling
Pinot Nero Rolhut
2019
92/100
Producer
Trentino Alto Adige
In 1928, Peter Zemmer, the great uncle of the present winemaker of the same name, established the winery. Vineyards and wineries in the best locations around Cortina s.s.d.v. in the lowlands of Alto Adige have been part of the winery since then. Helmut Zemmer, the founder’s nephew, has always been working in the business and after the early death of his uncle in 1969, he took over the winery, which he has turned into one of the leading companies in the region. Now his son Peter continues the legacy in the interest of his family. Peter Zemmer’s precious experience, detailed and innovative knowledge, together with the perfect natural environment, guarantee the quality and the expressive character of the wines, in harmony with the surrounding nature.
The area in and around Cortina s.s.d.v. offers the ideal breeding ground for high quality white wines and authentic red wines. Peter Zemmer knows his land, his vines, and climatic conditions like the back of his hand and how to best work the soil. The authentic wines thus combine the closeness to nature and inspiration.
*Tasting data from producer *Dryness *: lower value = sweeter
Awards
Magazine
Item
Vintage
Points
Wine Spectator USA
Chianti Classico
2023
/1/100
Wine Enthusiast USA
Chianti Classico Riserva Viagnalparco
2021
94/100
Producer
Toscana
Located at the heart of Chianti Classico, at an altitude of 430m. above sea level, the vineyards of Casa Emma are surely among the greatest expressions that a land like Chianti Classico can offer.
The Bucalossi family bought the Estate from the Florentine noblewoman Emma Bizzarri.
They have maintained the name “Casa Emma” respecting the historical roots of this land.
Respect for nature, sustainability, attention to waste, has led us over the years to choose an organic viticulture management and use methods to preserve the beauty of our territory.
Outlier - Derek Rohlffs
Pinot Noir Long Valley AVA - Clear Lake USA
2023
Body
7.2/10
Astringency
6.8/10
Dryness *
6.6/10
Acidity
7/10
Aroma
7.4/10
*Tasting data from producer *Dryness *: lower value = sweeter
Awards
Magazine
Item
Vintage
Points
J. Suckling
Pinot Noir Long Valley AVA - Clear Lake USA
2023
94/100
J. Suckling
Pinot Noir Long Valley AVA - Clear Lake USA
2023
92/100
“A light-bodied, lithe and agile wine that’s built on vibrant acidity for a fresh, mouthwatering texture and elegant fruit, tea and earth flavors. Moderate tannins brace sour cherry, red cherry, black tea and mellow spice flavors.”
J. Suckling
Pinot Noir Long Valley AVA - Clear Lake USA
2023
92/100
Outlier Wine Company is another project by excellent Bravium winemaker, Derek Rohlffs. His 2023 pinot noir is made from a blend of sixty-eight percent Lake County fruit and thirty-two percent Mendocino County fruit in this vintage. The wine comes in at a cool 12.3 percent alcohol in this vintage and offers up a lovely, complex bouquet of cherries, pomegranate, raw cocoa, a touch of Mendocino dill tones, a lovely base of soil, peonies and a gently smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is bright, medium-full and intensely flavored, with a lovely core of red fruit, modest tannins and fine length and grip on the complex and very well balanced finish. This is a lovely middleweight that is approachable out of the blocks, but has the fine balance to also age gracefully. Good juice.” —John Gilman
Wine Enthusiast
Pinot Noir Long Valley AVA - Clear Lake USA
2022
94/100
This wine is rich, with aromas of dark cherry, plum, orange marmalade, dried sage and notes of potpourri on the nose. The flavors on the palate are black strawberry, raspberry and blood orange zest, layered with clove, Key lime-vanilla cream, mineral and a dry, supple finish. Pair with grilled salmon with miso glaze and bamboo shoots.
View from the Cellar
Pinot Noir Long Valley AVA - Clear Lake USA
2022
90/100
Outlier is a brand new project from talented winemaker Derek Rohlffs. His 2022 Pinot Noir hails solely from the organically-farmed Long Valley Ranch... The wine is raised for seven months in older French oak casks prior to bottling and comes in at a svelte 13.2 percent octane. The wine possesses a lovely aromatic constellation of black cherries, dark berries, woodsmoke, dark soil tones, incipient notes of cola, a dollop of Mendocino herb tones and a discreet framing of cedary oak. On the palate the wine is vibrant, full-bodied, focused and complex, with a lovely core of black fruit, good soil undertow, moderate tannins and a long, well-balanced and promising finish. This is approachable right out of the blocks, but I would be inclined to tuck it away in the cellar for three or four years and let its backend tannins soften up properly. A fine value. 2026-2045.
Producer
California - USA
Outlier is a different wine design from Bravium. Our vineyard-to-glass approach is environmentally conscious. We work in harmony with nature by incorporating regenerative dry farming methods, natural pest management, and minimizing interference during fermentation. We also use sustainable packaging to reflect the beautiful vineyards from which our wines come. From the wines at Outlier, you can feel Derek's new frontiers in winemaking.
*Tasting data from producer *Dryness *: lower value = sweeter
Awards
Magazine
Item
Vintage
Points
J. Suckling
Rosso di Montalcino
2022
92/100
Vinous
Rosso di Montalcino
2021
92/100
J. Suckling
Rosso di Montalcino
2021
92/100
J. Suckling
Rosso di Montalcino Half
2021
92/100
Wine Advocate
Rosso di Montalcino
2021
90/100
J. Suckling
Rosso di Montalcino
2018
91/100
Pretty floral and berry character here with walnut and spice aromas that follow through to a medium to full body, juicy tannins and a lightly chewy, tannic finish with just a hint of new wood. Give it a little time to come together. Drink or hold.
A. Galloni Vinous
Rosso di Montalcino
2018
90/100
The 2018 Rosso di Montalcino is gorgeous, mixing both primary fruit and earth tones to create a wonderfully balanced expression, showing crushed cherries in an array of smoky minerals, dusty soil and sweet herbs. On the palate, I’m finding soft textures, given life by zesty acids and backed by a core of tart blackberry, spiced orange, and saline-minerality, as a hint of youthful tannin collects on the senses. The finish is medium in length, wonderfully fresh yet focused, as its vibrant fruits give way to lingering florals. The 2018 is yet another overperformer from Il Poggione.
Wine Enthusiast
Rosso di Montalcino
2017
88/100
Producer
Toscana
Tenuta Il Poggione was founded in the late 1800s.
Lavinia Franceschi, landowner of Florence, following the stories of a shepherd who brought cattle in transhumance around Montalcino, decided to visit the area and fell in love with the landscapes and people who lived there, he decided to buy land and make it a farm.
The company was among the first to market Brunello di Montalcino since the early 1900s and one of the founding members of the Brunello di Montalcino Consortium.
After more than a century, Lavinio Franceschi's work is still a point of reference for his heirs, Leopoldo and Livia who continue to strengthen the company with the same commitment and unaltered passion, combining the ancient and wise wine tradition, with the more innovative techniques.
The Il Poggione estate covers approximately 530 hectares, of which 140 are vineyards, 50 are olive groves and the rest is arable land, woods and livestock.
*Tasting data from producer *Dryness *: lower value = sweeter
Awards
Magazine
Item
Vintage
Points
A. Galloni New York
Langhe Nebbiolo
2022
90/100
Producer
Piemonte
Carlo (born in 1880) – establishment and production of wine to sell unbottled.
An enterprising farmer from the Langa hills, the son of a family of poor sharecroppers. In 1921 he bought the Rombone farm in Treiso, then an outlying hamlet of Barbaresco, today a self-governing commune. There he immediately began to produce wine, which he used to sell, unbottled, to local restaurateurs.
Fiorenzo (born in 1923) – the sale of grapes.
The second last of Carlo’ s seven children, four brothers and three daughters, he inherited a small plot of land from his father in the early 1960s, when the property was split up among the four boys of the family. Since the resources left were scarce, Fiorenzo decided to discontinue his father’ s wine cellar business and to sell the grapes, which were much in demand among local merchants at the time.
Bruno (born in 1951) – departure, return to the vineyards, the first bottling.
Like most of the local youngsters, he was allured in the 1960s, the years of the economic boom, by the promise of a better life. He thus left Treiso for the city.
After completing his studies, he worked as a teacher in a school in Alba and subsequently at the hotel management school in Barolo, where he introduced food and wine to the syllabus for students aspiring to a career in the catering business.
But his bond with Treiso and his home turf was never broken. In the meantime, the old generation of farmers who had shaped the surrounding hills was slowly beginning to die out, and it seemed there was no one left to accept their inheritance.
The turnaround came when Bruno suggested his family stop selling grapes, which were fetching poor prices, and fit out a cellar to make and sell wine, using fewer bunches of grapes per vine to allow them to ripen better. It was a simple idea and it may seem obvious today. But in these parts at that time it was revolutionary.
Pruvuma (Let’ s give it a go) was the only word his father Fiorenzo had to say. It was 1982, the year Azienda Agricola Nada Fiorenzo produced its first bottle.
Danilo (born in 1986) the fourth generation: winegrowers are born and winegrowers they remain.
The early years of the new millennium crowned the new generation’ s complete discovery of farming and winegrowing: youngsters who were motivated, who could speak English, who were respectful of traditions, mindful of the environment. One such is Bruno’ s son Danilo who, after graduating, decided to follow the way of the vine.
His choice marked another turnaround in a story that began almost a century ago and is now projected towards the future. Danilo has begun to write the chapter of tomorrow today, treasuring the heritage his elders have handed down to him and helped in his task by the generosity of a soil that has been there for millions of years – the soil of the Langa Hills.
*Tasting data from producer *Dryness *: lower value = sweeter
Awards
Magazine
Item
Vintage
Points
Falstaff Germany
Rosso di Montalcino
2024
92/100
Falsraf
Rosso di Montalcino
2022
92/100
Vinous
Rosso di Montalcino
2022
90/100
Vinous
Rosso di Montalcino
2018
93/100
Wine Enthusiast
Rosso di Montalcino
2018
90/100
Gambero Rosso
Rosso di Montalcino
2017
2/3 Bicchieri Rossi
Producer
Toscana
In the 1950s Pierluigi Talenti purchased the property and the lands that he had fallen in love with and decided to move from Romagna to the gently rolling, sunny hills of Montalcino.
Over the years, he devoted his time to clonal research into the locally grown Sangiovese, taking his wines to the highest levels of quality.
Today, Riccardo Talenti continues that research, with the utmost respect for tradition, working with the very same passion and determination.
The estate has been developed around an old farm called “Pian di Conte”, not far from Sant’Angelo in Colle, on the southern slope of the municipality of Montalcino, which has been restructured and expanded over the years.
The property occupies an area of 40 hectares, among vineyards, olive groves, orchards and seed crops, surrounded by age-old holm-oak woods, characteristic of the Montalcino area.
*Tasting data from producer *Dryness *: lower value = sweeter
Producer
Toscana
Tenuta Fontenuova was founded in 2012 by Giuseppe Raspanti but the first vintage released was 2020.
Tenuta Fontenuova initially, with its 8 hectares, was dedicated to the cultivation of vineyards and the production of grapes. In recent years it has grown to the current 20 hectares, a growth focused on quality, modern viticulture, in full respect of the environment and tradition. All this has been possible thanks to the precious help of my sisters, Maria Pia and Elisa, and my wife Serena who play the role of fundamental consultants in facing current and future challenges.
Potential production is 47,500, while current one is 6,600 bottles.
*Tasting data from producer *Dryness *: lower value = sweeter
Producer
Toscana
Located at the heart of Chianti Classico, at an altitude of 430m. above sea level, the vineyards of Casa Emma are surely among the greatest expressions that a land like Chianti Classico can offer.
The Bucalossi family bought the Estate from the Florentine noblewoman Emma Bizzarri.
They have maintained the name “Casa Emma” respecting the historical roots of this land.
Respect for nature, sustainability, attention to waste, has led us over the years to choose an organic viticulture management and use methods to preserve the beauty of our territory.