
Aldo Fiordelli
Decanter Magazine, Italian Expert and DWWA Judge
Aldo Fiordelli is an Italian wine critic, journalist and wine writer. He has published four books about food, wine and art and is a regular Decanter contributor.
In Italy he is an editorial board member of L’Espresso restaurant and wine guide (one of Italy’s most prominent) since 2004. He also writes for Corriere della sera in Florence, as well as Civiltà del Bere (Italy’s oldest Italian wine magazine).
A certified sommelier since 2003, he is currently a 2nd stage student at the Institute of the Masters of Wine.
In 2017 he was named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne.
Aldo joined DWWA for the first time as a judge in 2019.
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Capezzana: Producer profile & tasting back 90 years
Tasting wines as far back as 1930...
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Antinori's 2017s: Tignanello & Solaia tasted
Two top Tuscan releases...
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Tenuta di Biserno: Maximising potential
Certain vintages of Pino have at times resulted in better wines than Biserno...
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Violent hailstorms hit Valpolicella vineyards
Non-Classico vineyards saw more damage, say producers...
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Bolgheri 2017 vintage report: Experience counts
Initial impressions of the 2017 vintage, with 35 wines rated...
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#Storiedivino tastings: New vintage releases from Italy
Aldo Fiordelli reports on some of Italy's 'lockdown launches'
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Ageing Italian whites: A (patient) wine lover’s guide
The producers to seek out, and 10 great wines to age...
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A Biondi Santi Riserva vertical
Riservas from the famed Montalcino estate...
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Nesos: Reviving the underwater wine loved by Ancient Rome
Reviving a 2,500-year-old winemaking method of submerging grapes under the sea
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Castello Nipozzano: Tasting Mormoreto
Castello Nipozzano's flagship wine...
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Is Le Serre Nuove Italy's best second wine?
Aldo Fiordelli tastes a vertical of 'the best Italian second wine'...
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Gian Annibale Rossi di Medelana dies
The owner of Castello del Terriccio in Tuscany, died aged 78 last Thursday night in Rome.
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Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Regional profile and wines to try
Aldo Fiordelli picks out some top wines to try...
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Cantina Terlano Pinot Blanc: Top wines reviewed
Top Pinot Blanc wines from Alto Adige...
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Antinori's Guado al Tasso and Matarocchio
Tasting through the back catalogue...
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Bolgheri 2016: One of the best vintages ever?
35 wines tasted and a full vintage report, plus value picks...
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Resurrecting Monferace Grignolino in Piedmont
Resurrecting the tradition of oak-aged Grignolino, under the banner of 'Monferace'...
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Introducing Damilano's Raviole cru: A new Barolo
The first bottling from the Raviole cru, plus Damilano's other 2015s...
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First taste: Bollinger La Grande Année 2008, then a century back in time
Including a special bottle from 1918...
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Nittardi vertical: Tasting three decades of Chianti Classico Riservas
One of the oldest Chianti estates...
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Il Poggione: Tasting four decades of Brunello
Vintages back to 1988...
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A taste of Bolgheri: Ornellaia wine 1990-2016
'One of the greatest Italian wines'...
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Montalcino winemaker Gianfranco Soldera dies
Has died at the age of 82...
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Leonardo Raspini to join Tenuta Argentiera
Previously of Ornellaia...
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Barolo patriarch Beppe Colla dies
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Best Campania wines from southern Italy: What to look for
Wines to seek out from this southern region of Italy...
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Best Veneto wines: Expert picks
Top scorers and producers to know...
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Top wines to try from Alto Adige
Plus producers to watch...
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First taste: Avignonesi single vineyard wines in Montepulciano
A new cru-based era for Vino Nobile de Montepulciano?...