DONATELLA CINELLI COLOMBINI’S MEDAL COLLECTION
THE FAMOUS AMERICAN WINE CRITIC JAMES SUCKLING FILLS THE PALMARES OF OUR WINES WITH EXCELLENT SCORES FOR SUPERTUSCAN, ORCIA AND PASSITO. NOT JUST BRUNELLO
by Donatella Cinelli Colombini #winedestination
James Suckling Brunello Riserva 2018 Donatella Cinelli Colombini
When we show our “medal collection” with the scores obtained by our wines to producers, journalists and buyers… everyone’s eyes open wide in surprise. For a small estate like ours, having 9 and often 10 wines with scores above 90/100, from the most authoritative wine press in the world, is something incredible. It highlights the enormous work of the entire company: in the vineyards, in the cellar and even in the offices.
If they then ask us <<are these the best scores you have obtained on each wine?>> and we proudly reply <<they are just the scores of the wines currently on sale>> I see a murderous light in the eyes of our fellow producers.
This is because we only have 33 hectares of vineyard and to obtain these results we need to transform every bunch of grapes into a high-level wine. A very, very difficult thing.
Just as it is difficult to get the wine critics who count to taste all the wines, that is, not just Brunello di Montalcino. Great tasters are overwhelmed by bottles to taste. Sometimes Monica Larner publishes photos of the stacks of bottles she has to rate and they are truly impressive.
