Love the Sangiovese! Big ups. I finally got around to signing up on cork’d. Where’s my cash 🙂

Stinkin, poop and all, great episode.

QOTD: 1999 Costello Banfi alla poggio oro. Hard cheeses like a parmigiano or pecorino. It also works with sharp cheddar. I’ve also had success with a good camembert when paired with a more fruit forward Brunello.

Ciao

Wow, I can’t find brunello’s for under $60 anywhere around here. I love that you threw in the $38 ones for those of use who just can’t swing big bucks for wine very often. Believe it or not, I had a 2001 banfi brunello that blew my mind. I’ve had about 15 others that didn’t measure up. Now i’ve had two bottles of the banfi since then and they weren’t nearly as impressive so i’m not sure what to think about that. The poggio antico altero is great also.

Always love the Brunello. Glad the Valdicava showed well because I have both the 2000 and the 2001.

QOTD: Best so far has to be the Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi, Riserva 1999. Awesome.

1985 Altesion Monosoli – drank last year for my Birthday with Veal Chop and risotto. Experience I won’t forget! I will try to get the WLTV sign in the next commerical I have shot!
Joe

Thanks for the Brunello review GV – especially those bottles under $50. It’s nice that I have an option for a sub-50 Brunello that I can cellar for a few years.

Okay Gary, you got me laughing hard on that one “Crap, Crap, this smells like crap, there is crap in here!”
I am just happy you did not say it taste like crap. I would have been wondering what childhood experiance you would of relived with us.
Eating fresh asphault bubbles is crazy enough.
Great Show!

love all the brunello episodes. more than happy to see brunello become a “relative bargain” vs napa cabs, still wish they could be a little cheaper though. i’ve been disappointed with cheeses i’ve had with brunello. had a very memorable 1999 lisini with a meal of veal osso bucco and risotto and 1996 biondi-santi riserva with a great beef carpaccio. very interested to see what cheeses you find that bring the thunder. only request would be to surprise me and find something outside the realm of peccorino or parmiggaino reggiano to satisfy those of us who like to think outside of the box. great episode! thanks.

I have had so few Brunello’s. They are generally out of my “hey, let’s see what this is all about” price range. That Collelceto sounds like a real QPR.

I did have a ’99 Siro Pacenti about a year ago. I remember the nose was just incredible.

I definitely need to do more research on the subject of Brunello, and I definitely agree with the fellow vayniacs… it can be pricey, but I’ll put add it to my 365 list, and my wine budget. I can’t wait to give it a “whirl”!

Really nice tunes…I’d like to hear some more.

Salud

You ever need an actor for anything, you shoot me an email (AND I’m not SAG yet which means I’m cheap!)

QOTD: Have not had Brunello yet, huge fan of sangiovese, tho, so I’ll be looking into it.

You ever need an actor for anything, you shoot me an email (AND I’m not SAG yet which means I’m cheap!)

QOTD: Have not had Brunello yet, huge fan of sangiovese, tho, so I’ll be looking into it.

QOTD: Ok, you got me. I’ve never had brunello.

what is up with 1st? If you leave a comment that says “1st” it must prove you are cool?*. I do enjoy most of the comments and like to see what people have to say but this race for top 10 with nothing additional to add is like being in 7th grade. CJM you are the KING so please stop, you are numeo uno, #1 whatever you want to be just say something a little more interesting then #1. Please

Great episode. I agree completely that Brunello is one of the great sources for Old World lovers.

I also love the glass. Every show reminds me of that dynamite SF party.

My wife and I fell in love with Brunello during our trip to Tuscany earlier this year. My favorite so far is the 2001 Conti Costanti Brunello di Montalcino. I also enjoyed very much the 2001 Casanova di Neri (their regular bottling; not the WS Wine of the Year). I brought back a 2001 Valdicava only to find it shattered to pieces in baggage claim, so unfortunately I never got to taste it. I’m excited to try a couple from today’s show.

Thanks.

Gary, great episode. I will have to seek a Brunello out especially under 40 bones.
QOTD- I have not tried Brunello yet, it is on my list of wines to seek out.

Gary,

Enjoyed the show, as usual, and dig the Grady Sizemore comment.

QOTD: Not enough experience with Brunellos to make a comment. Guess I have shopping (and drinking) to do!

Grazie ed ciao.

I almost forgot:

QOTD: Given the “crap” commentary, I’m guessing Frumunda is a better fit than the Toe variety.

Orange you glad I came back to leave the second comment?

I almost forgot:

QOTD: Given the “crap” commentary, I’m guessing Frumunda is a better fit than the Toe variety.

Orange you glad I came back to leave the second comment?

….. and the third and fourth?

Excellent episode Gary – thanks, love BdM.

QOTD: ’97 Pieve Santa Restituta (Gaja) Sugarille.

I’ve not had a Brunello before, but it sounds interesting. I had Spanish Priorat wine that has a flavor profile that sounds similar to Brunello. I do tend to like the smoky leather sort of flavors, so I would probably enjoy this. Your comments show how hard it is to be objective about rating wines though. You, an acknowledged expert with more experience than we will ever have, readjusted your opinions throughout the show because you calibrated yourself on the first wine and then were surprised by the relative quality of the succeeding wines. If you have that much difficulty holding a known standard in your memory, imagine how tough it would be for most of us. It’s almost like you’d have to try the same wine several times over the course of a few weeks to form a true opinion of it because your senses would be influenced by the environment on the given day, what you had tasted before the wine, etc.

QOTD: Sadly, I haven’t had the pleasure of trying a Brunello. 🙁

QOTD: guess I’ll have to go buy a $40 bottle of Brunello! I’ve had it in flights at restaurants but don’t remember any brands. Seriously sounds you had me at leather!