Vintages New Release Collection – October 11, 2025

THE NEW RELEASE COLLECTION

ITALY – RED WINE CONT’D PUGLIA TORMARESCA TORCICODA PRIMITIVO 2023 IGT Salento (Antinori)

TUSCANY CASANOVA DI NERI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2020 DOCG

Open and voluminous on the nose, with wide ranging aromatics, Casanova’s latest is a beauty, intensely spicy and resinous with ample red fruit alongside, complex and complete. The palate is a sheer joy of fine tannins and zesty acids in synchro nicity, and length is excellent. A model of 2020 Brunello, and a terrific new direction from Casanova into more refined and elegant territory. It will drink well quite early on, from about 2026, or hold comfortably into the mid-late-’30s. Tasted November 2024. Score: 96 (John Szabo, MS, winealign.com) Full-bodied & Firm 85498 (XD) 750 ml $99.95 3 Online & Flagship Exclusive A sanguine nose glimmers with the tang of top soil and iron, while umami aromas of balsamic and herbs provide depth and notes of cherry and orange peel add more tang. The palate brings warmer flavors of fruit and earth, which swirl together to create a lovely, sophisticated bitterness that’s polished to a gleam by structured, dense tannins and bouncy acid. Score: 95 (Danielle Callegari, Wine Enthusiast , Sept. 1, 2024) Full-bodied & Firm 113357 (XD) 750 ml $79.95 3 Online & Flagship Exclusive 4 Organic product GUADO AL TASSO CONT’UGO 2023 DOC Bolgheri (Marchesi Antinori) Rich, inviting and harmonious, this is laced with black cherry, blackberry, plum, vanilla, toast and earth aromas and flavors. Vibrant, with dense tannins. Expansive finish. Merlot. Best from 2026 through 2035. Score: 93 (Bruce Sanderson, winespectator.com, July 16, 2025) Full-bodied & Smooth 12620 (XD) 750 ml $76.95 3 Online & Flagship Exclusive DONATELLA CINELLI COLOMBINI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2019 DOCG

Primitivo, a specialty of Puglia in southern Italy, is identical to the Zinfandel grape popular in California. This one is ripe, vibrant and smoky, with impressive intensity tempered by deft restraint. Bring on the smokehouse ribs, charcuterie, or meaty pasta dishes. Full-bodied & Smooth 320929 (D) 750 ml $34.95 2 Online & Flagship Exclusive

SICILY SOLICCHIATA SECONDO DI CASTELLO 2012 IGP Sicily

Peppery wild berries combine with crushed chalk, green pea and shavings of old cedar ... Silken and serene, this flows across the palate with ease, blending savory red fruit with exotic spices and inner earth tones. It’s juicy in style, finishing long and gently tannic yet remarkably fresh while leaving a licorice tinge to fade. I love the pleasant rusticity of this Cabernet Franc-heavy blend, and I’m floored by the fact that it’s a “second” wine for the estate. Color me impressed. Drinking window: 2025-2028. Score: 93 (Eric Guido, vinous.com, May 29, 2025) Full-bodied & Smooth 46776 (D) 750 ml $34.95 2 Online & Flagship Exclusive TORRE MORA SCALUNERA ETNA ROSSO 2021 DOC (Piccini) Intriguing aromatics to this, with red currants, dried herbs, spices and hawthorn fruit on the nose. Some lemon peel, cedar and peach pit, too. It’s medium-bodied but packs in plenty of flavor, at once toasty, minerally and fruity, with chewy and firm tannins. From organically grown grapes. Made in amphorae. Best after 2025. Score: 93 (Claire Nesbitt, jamessuckling.com, April 22, 2024) Medium-bodied & Fruity 45717 (XD) 750 ml $37.95 2 Featured in Inimitable Italy 4 Organic product

58 VINTAGES SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2025