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Poggio al Granchio, located on the southeastern side of Montalcino, expresses the distinctive characteristics of the galestro shale soils. These soils contribute to a wine with a lower pH, higher acidity, and thick, firm tannins. Known for its muscular expression, Poggio al Granchio represents the more powerful and age-worthy side...

Antinori Tignanello is a renowned wine produced by the esteemed Marchesi Antinori, a family with over six centuries of winemaking history in Tuscany, Italy. This wine is a blend primarily composed of Sangiovese, with smaller portions of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, showcasing the innovative spirit of the Super Tuscan...

This Chardonnay is from vineyard blocks planted for Patz & Hall in 1997 and 1999 using the famous "Hyde-Wente" selection of Chardonnay. The 2023 Hyde Chardonnay demonstrates why this vineyard is considered a Grand Cru site of the New World. Highly intense aromas of pear, wet rock minerality and toasted...

Dominus Estate, Yountville, California, was established in 1983 by Christian Moueix. Situated on the famed Napanook vineyard, it was, in the 1940’s and 1950’s, the source of fruit for some of the finest Napa Valley wines. In fact, the vineyard’s history can be traced back to Napa Valley’s beginnings, when...

S.L.V., also known as Stag’s Leap Vineyard, is the winery’s first vineyard. This vineyard achieved international fame after the 1973 vintage stunned the wine world when it bested some of France’s greatest wines in a 1976 blind tasting known as the “Judgment of Paris”. Today, this vineyard continues to produce...

Projects traditionally start in one of two ways. The more common approach is someone has a great idea for a name/brand, trademarks it and goes searching for fruit to bring it to life. The other way has been the primary motivating factor for me in several projects. An opportunity too...

Rabajà produces a quintessential Barbaresco, one of the most complete and balanced of the single vineyards. The vineyard lays at the conjunction of the two main ridges that form the Barbaresco village, one starting at Rabajà and going West towards the Tanaro River (with progressively less calcium and higher fertility...

Blended exclusively from single vineyard sites in similar proportions, Circle of Fifths captures the strengths of these vineyards in one wine – carefully crafted and fine-tuned over myriad blending sessions. These wines were getting lost in the regional expression, and with the Fifths, these sites come together to tell a...

The Montosoli Cru is located in the Northern area of Montalcino. The higher altitude works as a barrier from the heating and the warm winds coming from South. Moreover, the adjacent cooler and humid Valdarbia area to the North, contributes to lower the avarage temperature and to increase the humidity....