La Palazzetta (Flavio Fanti)

Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese

9.0122 ratings
9.016 pro ratings
Montalcino, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Sangiovese
Mushrooms, Manchego & Parmesan, Beef, Venison, White Rice, Potato, Exotic Spices, Baking Spices, Pasta, Herbs, Beans & Peas, Hard Cheese, Pungent Cheese, Chicken, Salami & Prosciutto, Soft Cheese, Duck, Tomato-Based, Pork, Chili & Hot Spicy, Lamb, Turkey, Onion, Shallot, Garlic
Top Notes For
Tom Casagrande

Truncated notes. Advancing faster than other 15s I’ve had, it seems ready to drink with loads of secondary and tertiary characteristics of leather, earth, and warm terra cotta roof tile. Tannins resolving, the palate still shows a bit of nice dark macerated cherry fruit, and nice buoyant acid. 

Truncated notes. Advancing faster than other 15s I’ve had, it seems ready to drink with loads of secondary and tertiary characteristics of leather, earth, and warm terra cotta roof tile. Tannins resolving, the palate still shows a bit of nice dark macerated cherry fruit, and nice buoyant acid. 

Nov 12th, 2023
MaJ CappS

Smells of carmalized almonds.

Dried cherry, persimmon, anise, medium bodied and well made. Perfect time for cork popping, this is ready to drink and drinking well.
Lingering dried dark fruits, slight acidity, and just a chino or two of tannin.

Smells of carmalized almonds.

Dried cherry, persimmon, anise, medium bodied and well made. Perfect time for cork popping, this is ready to drink and drinking well.
Lingering dried dark fruits, slight acidity, and just a chino or two of tannin.

Oct 2nd, 2022
MaJ CappS

Smells like roasted almond

Fresh fruit shows through here - red delicious apple, Pom, cherry preserve. Roof of your mouth tannins , slight acidity.
Light in body, light in weight.
Easy quaffer.

Smells like roasted almond

Fresh fruit shows through here - red delicious apple, Pom, cherry preserve. Roof of your mouth tannins , slight acidity.
Light in body, light in weight.
Easy quaffer.

Feb 6th, 2022
Tom Casagrande

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.

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.

Oct 7th, 2020
Gregory Fulchiero

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

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

Dec 30th, 2016
Erik Helms

Sommelier/Wine & Beer Buyer Whole Foods Oakland

8.8

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

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

Dec 17th, 2016
Lauren Vance

Buyer Whole Foods Market Oakland

8.8

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

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

Dec 17th, 2016
Chaad Thomas

Owner, First Tier Imports

9.2

2006

2006

Jan 16th, 2016
Ryan Brazell

Rise Over Run

9.3

A very traditional, highly aromatic approach.

A very traditional, highly aromatic approach.

Oct 28th, 2015
Denis Roudenko

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

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

Feb 20th, 2015