The Ecco Guide to the Best Wines of Italy
The Ultimate Resource for Finding, Buying, Drinking, and Enjoying Italy's Best Wines
Chapter One
The 100 Best Red Wines Under $100
1 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva
Tenuta Il Poggione • 97/100 • Tuscany
Victor Hugo once said that if a writer wrote only for his own time, he'd have to break his pen and throw it away. The same can be said for the great wines made here: the reserve Brunellos from this estate are some of the best wines in the world, and the basic Brunello, which costs much less than $100, is always very fine as well. Congratulations to the Franceschi family, owners and one of the original names in Brunello, and the father-and-son team of Fabrizio and Alessandro Bindocci, who manage this estate extremely well. Theirs is always a Brunello that speaks clearly of vintage differences (their '02, a rainy, cool year, is less good than the '01, and you would expect it to be just so), as opposed to other versions that, strangely enough, never seem to differ year after year. You'll be enchanted by its extreme depth of pur ... read full excerpt from: The Ecco Guide to the Best Wines of Italy ebook
