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Sunday, January 31, 2021

Giulio Gambelli and Tuscan Sangiovese: The view from Chianti Classico

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I have long been beguiled by the life and work of Giulio Gambelli, the noted Sangiovese expert, but have only been able to capture snippets ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

The physical aspects of Sangiovese terroir: Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Montecucco, and Morellino di Scansano

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I am in the process of providing a comprehensive review of the Sangiovese variety and, to date, have written on the  clones , and viticultur...
Friday, January 22, 2021

Sangiovese Viticulture, Part II (Cont’d): 20th century to present

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At the turn of the 20th century, viticulture in Chianti was characterized by an imbalance of promiscuous versus specialized vineyards, the m...
Friday, January 15, 2021

Sangiovese, the cultivar at Italy's core: Part II, Viticulture -- 15th to 19th century*

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Sangiovese is the most widely planted of the Italian varieties (63,000 ha; 10% of all plantings) and is the basis for some of the most impor...
Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Vine-Training Systems in use in 14th-century Tuscany*

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Siena, in the 14th-century, was a powerful and prosperous city-state ruled by a council of nine rotating citizens who met and conducted the ...
Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Tasting the wines of DRC: Échézeaux, Romanée-Saint-Vivant, La Tâche, and Romanée-Conti

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In yesterday's post I described the wines tasted at the DRC estate. Today, I describe selected DRC tastings beyond the estate DRC 2012 V...