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

Isla Grande

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

the alcoholic and malolactic fermentations happen spontaneously over many months with natural yeasts in old oak barrels and foudres

Domaine de Beaurenard is also established in the up and coming Rasteau Appellation with 60 acres and in Côtes du Rhône with 25 acres both also certified biodynamic

2023: Grapes are hand-harvested and whole cluster macerated for two weeks before being pressed directly into old French oak puncheons

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