2021 Casanova di Neri Tenuta Nuova Brunello di Montalcino 750 ml

To many collectors, Casanova di Neri is Brunello di Montalcino. They’ve been Wine Spectator’s Wine of the Year, logged multiple Top 100 bottles, and amassed more Tre Bicchieri honors than most estates see in a lifetime. The 2021 Tenuta Nuova is one more chapter in a story that never seems to stop getting better.

The estate was founded in 1971 by Giovanni Neri, who recognized something singular in the hills northeast of Montalcino. After Giovanni’s passing in 1991, his son Giacomo took over and has led the winery ever since—now working alongside his own sons, Giovanni and Gianlorenzo, the third generation of a family that has made this appellation its life’s work. The estate’s wines have earned some of the most celebrated scores in Brunello history, and the Tenuta Nuova—named for a pioneering project on land where no Sangiovese had been planted before—is the wine that defined their modern legacy.

The 2021 growing season in Montalcino was exceptional. A spring frost in early April naturally reduced yields, concentrating the energy of each remaining cluster. A long, dry summer built depth and phenolic complexity while keeping disease pressure low. September arrived with warm, sun-filled days and dramatically cooler nights—ideal conditions for the slow ripening that resolves tannins and sharpens aromatic precision. The harvest that followed was among the healthiest and most concentrated the appellation has seen in years.

The Tenuta Nuova is assembled from vineyards across the southern reaches of Montalcino, where the warmer, Mediterranean character of the hillside produces Sangiovese of exceptional richness and depth. Following harvest, the wine rested for 30 months in 500-liter tonneaux—the house’s signature approach, which builds the layered complexity that Tenuta Nuova is known for while keeping the wine’s remarkable fruit at the center.

The result is a Brunello that speaks to both the vintage and the estate’s singular ambition: structured and concentrated, but with the kind of seamless balance that only great growing seasons produce. We’ve been offering Tenuta Nuova for years, and this is one of the finest vintages we’ve had the pleasure of sharing.