Wine Spectator is the most widely read and followed magazine among collectors and high-spending wine lovers around the world. Achieving a good score in this magazine means gaining entry to the top restaurants and wine shops. Achieving this every year, as happens with Donatella Cinelli Colombini‘s wines, is a sign of consistent quality that only the best wineries can achieve.

The critic tasting the Brunello and other Tuscan wines is Bruce Sanderson, senior editor of Wine Spectator, who has directed the magazine’s tastings for years.

94/100 BRUNELLO PRIME DONNE 2021

This splendid Brunello has received very high scores throughout the international press: 95/100 Wine Advocate-Robert Parker, 94/100 VINOUS.

Sanderson’s description is precise and evocative. The advice is to wait to drink it, but there are also tips on how to drink it now: <<In this red, aromas of black cherry, blackberry, and iron are framed by spicy notes. Balanced, although the dense tannins take time to integrate. There seems to be a hint of new oak, which integrates with aeration, so decant if you want to enjoy it young. Optimal from 2029 to 2047>>. 323 cases produced. 85 cases imported. – Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator

Summary obtained:

93/100 BRUNELLO 2021

The 2021 Brunello also has a very detailed and evocative tasting description. “A mature style, with notes of plum, blackberry, and blackcurrant, iron, tobacco, and menthol that add interest as it becomes more compact on the robust finish.…

L'articolo WINE SPECTATOR  ON THE BRUNELLOS 2021 AND RISERVA 2020 sembra essere il primo su Cinelli Colombini.

NEWS ON THE 2019 VINTAGE

This harvest has two surprising characteristics: on the day of harvest the vines were still in vegetation, an unusual circumstance that also occurred in 2010. As in that magical year, the grapes fro Brunello 2019  were excellent and abundant. An increasingly frequent characteristic with the new climate in which the vines find balance with a higher number of bunches than in the past, but we maintain a production per hectare of 60 quintals.

The 2019 Organic Brunello di Montalcino from Casato Prime Donne celebrates the effects of the new climate which has especially rewarded the cooler areas of Brunello. The northern area of ​​the Montalcino hill, where Casato Prime Donne is located, has always been considered the humid and less sunny side. A circumstance that was once a misfortune and is now however a fortune because, together with the richness of clay that makes the soil cold, it allows a gradual maturation of the grapes even in the current hot summers.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BRUNELLO AND BRUNELLO PRIME DONNE

Brunello and Brunello Prime Donne are born in the first Italian winery with an entirely female workforce. Brunello Prime Donne, however, is the first long-aging red created for female consumers. Every year 4 super experts taste all of Donatella Cinelli Colombini’s Brunello and choose the barrels or tonneaux in which to mature it as well as the final blend.…

L'articolo OFFER: COMPARE THE TWO VERSIONS OF BRUNELLO 2019 sembra essere il primo su Cinelli Colombini.