2021 J. G. Benda Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany, Italy Savoie Considered one of the greatest

Considered one of the greatest winemakers in Japan

for a light and soft extraction and occasional pigeage

with a high mineral content

the wine was only consumed at the domaine during harvest but it is now released in tiny quantities

The lots were fermented separately but employed similar methods – 100% whole cluster

2021 J. G. Benda Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany, Italy Savoie Considered one of the greatestThis is a classic vintage and will be the inaugural vintage of Brunello from the domaine. If I were a collector this is the vintage I'd want in my cellar both the brunello and the IGT are triumphs. The Brunello fruit comes from what he calls the "Vigna del Bosco" which contains a sandy well draining soil, encircled by the forest. The vines are accessible only by a narrow path through the woods from his IGT vines (the Vigna Vecchia"). The tannins on