I recently tasted Argiano's Brunello di M 1998, and it's very
traditional in style. Will age very well.



amnspam (Dale Williams) wrote in message >...
> In article >, "Luk" >
> writes:
>
> >onsider that in the Brunello world traditional producers are many more than
> >modern one, and only recently the brunello's recipe has been modified toward
> >a modern style.
>
> That might be true, but in US at least I'd say there are more modern Brunellos
> available than strictly traditional ones. The reality though is that most of
> the wines (including the regular Banfi) are somewhere in the middle. From my
> meager knowledge, for every modern Altesino there's a producer who uses some
> new barriques, but some traditional techniques. Some producers produce might
> both a tradtionally styled and a modern wine (with the modern style often being
> their riserva).
>
> BTW, to the OP, I don't think of Lisini as being especally expensive. The
> normale tends to run in mid-$30US here, which is low-end for Brunello.
>
> BTW,
> Dale
>
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