Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese

A forward Brunello with ripe fruits. Fairly simple. Might improve in time.

16.5/20 (91/100)

Цвет темно-рубиновый. Аромат интенсивный, теплый, замша, черная вишня, очень пряный, коричный, сладковатый, много дуба. Во кусе дуб еще усиливается,дым, фенольная сухость, табак, дерево, плотные танины, сухие, вяжущие. Легкая горчинка, черемуха, послевкусие умеренное.

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Mature red fruit with touches of leather and tobacco makes this a delectable wine

Medium intensity dark berry fruit plum aroma of meat pepper with slight metallic notes acid and tanin pronounced but in balance
Long finish

I will always be a Brunello lover. La Fornace, a bit modern yet always delivering Montalcino to your tongue.

Аромат пряный, перечный, не очень сильный. В развитии вяленое мясо, переспелая клубника, не очень чисто. Во вкусе та же клубника и вишня. Ровненько, без впечатления. 15/20 (83/100)

2017. Silky, smooth and complex. Earthy initial node, that opens up to dried cherry and rose.

Nose. Spicy wood. Raspberry.

Palate is somewhat austere on open. Very focused early season cherry. Not huge magnitude. Better on open than the 16. As it opens (5 minutes) richer. Some cherry cough syrup. Very good acidity and brightness.

Very good with food.

92.5

savoring our last bottle from our 2019 visit

Decanted for an hour or so. Showed fairly well at first: solid fruit with just a tinge of age, soft tannin, moderate acidity. Then it fell off a cliff! All fruit disappeared after about another hour. Sad.