Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese

Color is alarmingly advanced. Nose has menthol, dried leaves, cured tobacco, very ripe fruit, and scorched earth note. The alcohol (15%) also is apparent on the nose. On entry, the palate is very ripe and peppery, but dries out pretty quickly as the scorchy notes and dried leaves come on. It’s a little puzzling how this got to be 15% in such a moderate growing season, but it seems to me this would have benefited from earlier picking.

Orange rim, can't imaging this improving more with time, still retains tomatoes and fruit with nice acidity, dead on Sangiovese all the way

Aromatic. Red fruits and potpourri. Needs time to flaunt, but still never really shines.

Big potpourri nose, needed some time to open to show its red fruits. The texture and mouthfeel never found a direction, not bad but probably not worth the $50 tag

2006

A very traditional, highly aromatic approach.

Достаточно светлое. Рябина, сушеная вишня, кизил, брусника, клюква. Ягодно, не тяжело, чуть спиртуозно. 16/20 (89/100)

Very drinkable now. It's a modern style Brunello but pays its respects to tradition with enough of an earthy backbone. Should be very enjoyable

As soon as I put my nose to glass- ITALY! Cherry, tomatoes, roses, and old earth. Delicious with a stewed quality to the fruit. Ripping acidity and medium tannins.

This wine was excellent. The nose was the beginning of a pleasurable moment leading into earthy flavor tones, and mild spice. There are enough tannins to sustain this wine a lot longer in the shelf. The finish wasn’t completely smooth but flavors lingered after the finish. Excellent with a red tomato and red meat meal.