Wed 18 Nov · 6:30pm
Five Way Cellars · Paddington
a side-by-side Brunello tasting with an Italian specialist
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This promises to be one of our best masterclasses of the year. The wines featured have been some of my favourite bottles of the past 12 months, so it will be exciting to open a number of them side by side. This comes in conjunction with a big focus on Montalcino in our upcoming annual Christmas newspaper The Oracle. My article below. Please join us for what should be a great tasting hosted by myself and Italian specialist importer Marcel Kustos of David Ridge imports. – Ches Cook, Five Way Cellars.
The lineup:
Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Rosso di Montalcino 2024 $82
Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino 2021 $185
Baricci Rosso di Montalcino 2024 $110
Baricci Brunello di Montalcino 2021 $220
Poggione Brunello di Montalcino 2020 $165
Costanti Brunello di Montalcino 2020 $320
Argiano Brunello di Montalcino 2020 $175
Cerbaiona Grammatica Toscano Rosso 2023 $110
Cerbaiona Rosso di Montalcino 2023 $215
Cerbaiona Brunello di Montalcino 2021 $570
A Rekindled Love of Brunello Di Montalcino
This year has been a year of rediscovering Brunello di Montalcino. For a while I had lumped a lot of Brunello in together, having lost enthusiasm for some of the wines due to some fairly big and blocky examples in recent years. However lately, producers such as Cerbaiona, Baricci and now Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona have brought huge interest back to the region and wine style. These wines tend to share similar traits: they are medium bodied, bright and lively. They don't have an interest in…
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When is Night 2: Brunello masterclass - hosted by Italian specialist Marcel Kustos?
Wed 18 Nov 2026, 6:30pm.
Where is it?
Five Way Cellars, Paddington, NSW.
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