2021 J. G. Benda Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany, Italy 1.5L Magnum Sud-Ouest Isla Grande

Isla Grande

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which was planted in the early 1980s and has been farming organically and biodynamically for more than a decade

The wine comes entirely from musque clone grown at Uboldi Vineyard in Kenwood and Judge Vineyard in Bennett Valley and the Bedrock Estate vineyard in Sonoma

2021 J. G. Benda Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Tuscany, Italy 1.5L Magnum Sud-Ouest Isla GrandeThis 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