2023 vintage
Brunello di Montalcino
Montalcino, Italy · Winemaker: Revealed on enrollment · 36 members
What happened
The vintage, in five moments.
- Hail on June 6 took out most of the upper parcel — the winemaker lost about 20% of projected yield in fifteen minutes.
- Long, dry August. Picked on October 2, a full week later than 2022.
- Fermentation on native yeast ran 22 days — the longest the estate had managed in cement.
- Spent 26 months in Slavonian botti grandi before bottling June 2026.
- Released as Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2023 in January 2027 — the Crew got their allocation eight weeks before retail.
The final wine
What we bottled.
The 2023 Brunello is a taut, savory wine — dried herb, sour cherry, a dark mineral note from the marine clay. The winemaker calls it a wine for patient drinkers. The Crew allocation arrived at Vintner (six bottles), Cellarmaster (twelve), and Vineyard Partner (twenty-four) levels, all with personal notes attributing the vintage to the Crew on the back label.
From the Crew
“When the hail hit, the winemaker posted a photo of the ground before saying a word. Just the leaves. I sat with that photo for a long time. I'd never thought about a year of weather being something I could lose.”