The 2010 vintage was exceptional in Italy’s Tuscany region, and nowhere moreso than in Tuscany’s Montalcino district, home of the Brunello di Montalcino. Brunello in a good year is a wine collector’s dream because it will improve in a good cellar over many decades. Angelo’s Gaja’s Rennina Brunello is one of the finest I’ve tasted from the vintage, a darkly colored (unusual for Brunello), richly structured, complex Brunello that has it all — power, elegance, exceptional length. It is a profound wine worthy of a great vintage.
Pieve Santa Restituta, Brunello di Montalcino (Tuscany, Italy) 2010
By Robert Whitley