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Brunello di Montalcino 

This month's tasting will feature 8 Brunello di Montalcino's (1 - 1999, 6 -  2001 & 1 - 2002) from various producers.  Brunello di Montalcino is a red  wine produced in the vineyards surrounding the town of Montalcino located  about 110 km southwest of Florence in Tuscany.  Brunello, roughly translated  as "nice dark one" in the local dialect, is the unofficial name of the clone  of Sangiovese Grosso grown in the Montalcino region. In 1980, the Brunello  di Montalcino was awarded the first Denominazione di Origine Controllata e  Garantita (DOCG) designation and today is one of the Italy's best-known and  most expensive wines