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Ghiaie della Furba 2021, Tenuta di Capezzana (Tuscany, Italy)
Brandy Italiano Assemblaggio Tradizionale 10 Anni
Villa Zarri (Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
Wine from Trebbiano Romagnolo grapes
Price: € 49.00 - 50cl Score:

Intense amber color, limpid and crystalline.
Intense, clean, pleasing, refined and elegant with aromas of raisin, dried fig, date, vanilla, tobacco, leather, caramel, cocoa, nutmeg, rhubarb, prune, citrus fruit peel and honey with almost imperceptible alcohol pungency.
Intense flavors with perceptible alcohol pungency which tends to dissolve rapidly, pleasing roundness, balanced sweetness.
Very persistent finish with long flavors of raisin, dried fig, cocoa and honey.
Distilled in discontinuous “Charentais” alembic still. Made of a blend of 10 different wine brandies aged in barrels, of which the youngest is 10 years old.





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February 2026

The best 15 wines reviewed in our Guide and voted by DiWineTaste readers

Rank Wine, Producer Votes
1 L'Atto 2024, Cantine del Notaio 15274
2 La Procura 2022, Cantine del Notaio 14709
3 Aglianico del Vulture Il Repertorio 2022, Cantine del Notaio 14537
4 Friuli Cabernet Kret 2023, Valentino Butussi 13662
5 Sartarelli Brut 2024, Sartarelli 12847
6 Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Riserva Classico Milletta 2022, Sartarelli 12116
7 Ribolla Gialla Extra Dry Kret, Valentino Butussi 12015
8 La Stipula Dosaggio Zero Metodo Classico 2014, Cantine del Notaio 11944
9 Friuli Friulano Kret 2024, Valentino Butussi 11862
10 Il Preliminare 2024, Cantine del Notaio 11038
11 Friuli Colli Orientali Chardonnay 2024, Valentino Butussi 10742
12 Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore Balciana 2020, Sartarelli 10581
13 Friuli Colli Orientali Ribolla Gialla 2024, Valentino Butussi 10290
14 La Raccolta 2024, Cantine del Notaio 10165
15 Friuli Colli Orientali Friulano 2024, Valentino Butussi 10068




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