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This is the highest-rated La Fiorita Brunello in recent memory — 95 points from Wine Spectator, 94 from Vinous, and 94 from James Suckling. And it comes from a vintage that critics are calling one of Brunello's finest in a generation.

2021 is being called one of Brunello's finest vintages in a generation. Decanter awarded it 4.5 out of 5 stars. Wine Spectator's Bruce Sanderson called it a year of "unquestionable quality." Low yields meant smaller production and bigger concentration — exactly the kind of vintage that collectors and serious Brunello drinkers wait for.

La Fiorita doesn't release Brunello every year — only when conditions are exceptional. The estate was founded in 1992 in the medieval village of Castelnuovo dell'Abate, deep in Montalcino's southern hills. Its very first vintage — just 1,000 bottles — was purchased entirely by Enoteca Pinchiorri, one of Florence's most celebrated restaurants. In 2011, Natalie Oliveros acquired the property and transformed it: organic certification across all vineyards, a brand-new cellar, and a singular focus on making some of the most expressive Sangiovese in the region.

The 2021 is 100% Sangiovese Grosso from organically farmed estate vineyards. Wine Spectator described it as well-defined and solidly structured with plenty of energy. James Suckling praised its precision and tension. This is a Brunello built for both the dinner table tonight and the cellar for the next 15 years. Production is tiny, and allocation is limited — when it's gone, it's gone.