James O’Donohoe

9.5

Really enjoyable white, would go straight back and get another bottle. Would impress with any pasta meal! — 7 months ago

Freddy R. Troya

9.5

Vittorio Toscarelli – Brunello di Montalcino – 2010
Montalcino DOCG – Tuscany, Italy 🇮🇹

Overview
100% Sangiovese Grosso (locally “Brunello”) from Montalcino, as all Brunellos must be. The wine complies with DOCG regulations, which require a minimum of 5 years aging before release (with at least two years in oak and additional bottle aging). 

This 2010 vintage, now over a decade old, shows what good Brunello can become when allowed to age gracefully. A classic expression of Montalcino’s power, elegance, and aging potential.

Aromas & Flavors
Red cherries and plum lead, accompanied by dried herbs, leather, and a hint of orange peel, that typical bright-to-earthy Sangiovese transition. With air, notes of forest floor, savory dried fig, and a subtle tobacco-cedar spice begin to emerge, adding complexity and old-world depth. 

Mouthfeel
Medium-plus body with firm but softened tannins. The acidity remains lively even after all these years, giving the wine structure and freshness. The finish is long and elegant, with that blend of mature fruit, dried cherry sweetness, and mineral grip typical of well-aged Brunello.

Food Pairings
A perfectly matched partner to Tuscan-style dishes: roast lamb with herbs, grilled bistecca alla fiorentina, wild boar ragu, game meats, mushroom risotto, aged pecorino or Parmigiano, and even truffle pasta. Also great with slow-cooked ragu or Osso Buco.

Verdict
A textbook-aged Brunello: balanced, expressive, and complex. The 2010 from Toscarelli demonstrates that patience pays off, fruit has softened into elegance, tertiary aromas enrich the profile, and structure remains enough for further cellaring. For lovers of Sangiovese and aged Italian reds, this is a beauty.

Did You Know?
Brunello di Montalcino, made exclusively with Sangiovese Grosso, must be aged a minimum of five years before release, according to DOCG rules. Many top producers, especially in great vintages like 2010, create wines that evolve beautifully for decades, showing dried fruits, leather, tobacco, and forest-floor complexity in time. — a year ago

Robyn Pelling

9.1

Nice and light — 4 years ago

Brandon Chew

9.0

Funky grape — 5 years ago

Frank B

9.0

Jammy but balanced. Liked it more than I expected to. — 6 years ago

Simone Pizzi

9.5

This wine is quite an experience, intellectual. Bera has been ever since my favourite Moscato producer, and here those varietal aromatics evolve into something extremely complex. Resting under flor for sixteen years is something that makes this wine unique. It's fresh, vegetal, herbal, floral, bone dry and very deep. Meditative. Had it with a grand plateau de fromages and it was just perfect. — 6 years ago

Winton Sweum

9.5

Bright gold with fine bubbles; lovely, expressive nose has a fresh-pastry quality with white flowers and mineral; palate is both full and rich and fresh and airy with citron, white fruit and stony soil notes. At Puleju in Rome. — 7 months ago

Jamie Lauder

9.1

2022 vintage.
Basarico is Piedmontese for basil.
2.5 hectares of vines 20 years of age.
Bright pale green in colour with a nose of citrus, green herbs and tropical fruit.
Fresh and lively with grapefruit rind, lime zest and passion fruit.
Crisp acidity with minerality on the finish.
A fantastic seafood wine.
Exciting when it’s young but if you are patient…..give it 5 years.
It will be smooth and subtle. — a year ago

Jose Lorenzo

9.6

My favorite Grappa. Thanks Vittorio — 2 years ago

Michelle Berryman

9.0

Bright, fruity, light — 4 years ago

Neil Shah

9.1

Your perfect pizza wine — 4 years ago

Sarah Norman

9.0

Aelectionatural. Really good! Need to research more but I’m into it. — 5 years ago

Young Bock Lee

10

Consistent quality, I always get the wine that I expected from this label. Easy, bright, fruity, yummy, delicious wine. This is type of the wine that I want to introduce people. Easy, approachable price too. — 6 years ago

Pablo

9.1

Still love this wine — 9 months ago

Lia

9.0

Production area: Umbria/ style:dry// body:medium// acidity: medium// tannin: light// taste profile: honey, floral,peach — 10 months ago

Austin Hohnke

8.9

A full bodied blend of mostly Arneis and Cortese (Arcese). Dosage at bottling makes this almost a pet nat with fleshy orchard fruit flavors and earthy, cider-y tones. Effervescent. Biodynamic. — 2 years ago

Robert Ahlstrom

9.1

Wow! Dark prune color, opaque, tar on the nose. Sweet, pears, licorice and yellow plums on the palate. Very unique Umbrian wine, love it! — 2 years ago

Clay Bullwinkel

9.4

Dark rosé, fuller bodied than usual. Red fruit , minerality, extraordinary. — 4 years ago

Joe Weinberger

9.2

Cherries, herbs, and earth. Good structure and excellent food wine. — 5 years ago

Didrik Wisén

9.0

Superlent juicigt med lite körsbärssmak. Välbalanserad. Mycket gott — 6 years ago