The Date and Time: Monday March 5, 2018 11AM to 4:30 PM
The Event: Benvenuto Brunello Toronto
The Venue: The Carlu
The Target Audience: wine trade. The main event was for consumers that evening – buying Brunellos. We were just tasting.
The Availability/Catalogue: the catalogue was the usual model of information arranged alphabetically by producer, and listing the wines (but not the Ontario prices). Labels were displayed as well as addresses of the principals and agents. Some producers were looking for agents. Some wines at the tasting were not listed; others were listed but not available to be tasted. Some agents (Le Sommelier, Lifford et al) had tasting and availability notes with prices. The group comes to Toronto and Montreal and the USA (which takes 25% of Brunello's production) every late winter, after the wines are released on January 1.There were 32 estates.
The Quote/Background: There was a seminar of some 10 wines, mostly Brunellos of the 2013 vintage, with technical sell sheets and presentations from the winery, all moderated by Michael Godel. Sixty people attended this seminar. There are 208 bottling wineries who are members of the sponsoring Consortium. Nine million bottles of Brunello are produced each year, along with 4.5 million of Rosso.
The Wines: I did not taste all the wines, preferring to concentrate on the Riservas and Single Vineyards. All these are DOCG. There were also Rossos, Sant'Antimo, and a few white wines. The wines from the seminar are folded in.
**** BEST -- Four Stars (91+ in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-ALTESINO RISERVA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012
-ARGIANO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012 RISERVA
-BANFI POGGIO ALLE MURA RISERVA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012
-BARBI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2011 VIGNA DEL FIORE
-BELPOGGIO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2013
-CAPARZO RISERVA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012
-CASISANO COLOMBAIOLO RESERVA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2011
-CASTELGIOCONDO RIPE AL CONVENTO RISERVA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2009
-CASTIGLION DEL BOSCO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012 RISERVA
-CASTIGLION DEL BOSCO MILLICENTO RISERVA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2010
-COL D'ORCIA POGGIO AL VENTO RISERVA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2010
-CUPANO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2013
-CUPANO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2009
-DONATELLA CINELLI COLOMBINI PRIME DONNE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2013
-DONATELLA CINELLI COLOMBINI RISERVA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012
-FANTI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012 RISERVA VIGNA LE MACCHIARETTE
-IL GRAPPOLO SASSOCHETO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2013
-IL POGGIONE VIGNA PAGANELLI RISERVA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012
-LA COLOMBINA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2013
-LA MAGIA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RISERVA 2012
-LE RAGNAIE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO "V.V." 2012
-LE RAGNAIE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO "FORNACE" 2013
-VILLA POGGIO SALVI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RISERVA 2012
-SASSO DI SOLE RISERVA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012
-TENUTE SILVIO NARDI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO VIGNETO MANACHIARA 2012
-TALENTI PIAN DE CONTE RISERVA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012
-TENUTA CORTE PAVONE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2013
-TENUTA CORTE PAVONE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2011
***1/2 BETTER -- Three and a Half Stars (88 – 90 in Quality/Price Rating terms):
-ALTESINO MONTOSOLI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2013
-BANFI CASTELLO BANFI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012
-CAPANNA RISERVA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012
-CASTELGIOCONDO RIPE AL CONVENTO RISERVA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012
-CORTONESI LA MANNELLA RISERVA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012
-DONATELLA CINELLI COLOMBINI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2013
-FANTI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2013
-VILLA POGGIO SALVI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2013
-VILLA POGGIO SALVI POMONA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012
-TENUTA CORTE PAVONE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2012
The Food: O & B provided platters of smoked salmon, meats, sausages, cheeses, dips, breads, sun-dried tomatoes, olives, mushrooms, etc.
The Downside: smoked salmon?
The Upside: there seemed to be enough room to manoeuvre well.
The Contact Person: p.titone@ice.it
The Event's Marketing Effectiveness and Execution (numerical grade): 89.
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