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The 12 Sagrantino 2022 presented in preview have an average of 93 points. It’s a high figure, but must be read with caution: the number of samples is limited and the selection doesn’t represent the entire denomination. Precisely for this reason, rather than photographing the vintage as a whole, the tasting shows the direction chosen
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The paradox of “A Montefalco” 2026 lies right here: Sagrantino is losing its numerical dominance, yet it remains the category with the highest average quality among the reds on the market. Among the 42 samples present in the tasting room—from various vintages—the average is 91.4 points, with peaks of up to 96. This data confirms
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Montefalco Rosso Riserva Doc raises the bar, but not always with linear results. The 17 samples tasted have an average of 89.9 points, higher than that of Montefalco Rosso, but with a very wide range: from 84 to 95 points. The Riserva is the category in which production ambition emerges most forcefully, along with the
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Montefalco Rosso Doc is the category that best tells the story of the territory’s pursuit of immediacy. The 25 samples tasted have an average of 88.9 points, with peaks at 91. It’s not the denomination of absolute peaks. But it’s the one in which the attempt to build more accessible wines, centered on drinkability, fruit,
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Less and less Sagrantino di Montefalco and more and more Trebbiano Spoletino and Montefalco Rosso. With the shift from “Anteprima Sagrantino” to “A Montefalco“, the Consortium of Umbria’s renowned wine seems to have changed its skin, but above all its color. So much so that one wonders whether the new name of the event, launched
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The picture emerging from the 2025 Kalterersee Preview is quite clear. This is a vintage focused on immediate pleasure, with wines built more on “smoothness” than depth. PROFILE OF THE 2025 KALTERERSEE VINTAGE The samples show a common thread: fresh, often crunchy red fruit, accompanied by clean and direct aromatic profiles. The wines are approachable
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An ancient grape variety, with over 300 years of history, today extremely relevant in the wine scene. The latest creation from Cordero di Montezemolo is a Pelaverga born outside the municipality of Verduno, traditionally associated with this variety, and specifically in the municipality of Cherasco. The distance is minimal, just a few kilometers as the
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In the Austrian wine landscape, Winzer Krems remains one of the most solid and recognizable cooperative entities. The winery, based at Sandgrube 13 in Krems, brings together approximately 800 members and represents one of the main interpreters of Grüner Veltliner, Austria’s flagship grape variety. With the 2025 vintage, tasted as a preview by Winemag, the
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Schiava, feminine plural. It’s forbidden to imagine just a few singular details on the identity card of Caldaro Schiava. This is what the Kalterersee 2026 Preview tells us, held last weekend, organized by Wein.Kaltern. An opportunity to rediscover, through the 2025 vintage wines, common features such as “eye color”: that lighter or darker red that’s
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When identity is the fixed point, stylistic interpretations are merely details of the same painting. And teamwork emerges above all else, in a clear and unequivocal way. On the logical thread that links the vintages. On the unified reaction to climate adversity. On the very ability to make Timorasso recognizable, from steel to new wood,
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