Riserva Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese

Stufato di Agnello and 2001 Le Chiuse Brunello di Montalcino Riserva

I fondly recall selling this wine during 2009/2010. Properly stored bottles will drink extremely well through the decade.

“2001
Le Chiuse
Brunello di Montalcino Riserva
95
Eric Guido
Drink: 2021 - 2030
Tasted: Mar 2021
The 2001 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is slightly darker in color yet just as vibrant as the Annata sitting beside it. The Riserva blossoms with autumnal spices, tobacco and florals, giving way to a display of bright strawberry with flowery undergrowth. It’s enveloping and soft upon entry, with stimulating acids and tart red fruits that create a push-and-pull of sweet and sour, coming across as zesty and full of energy. Fresh cherry pits, licorice and inner rose linger over a nuanced layer of tannin. This gorgeous wine of tension is on the verge of peaking, with many, many years of pleasurable drinking in store for us. I can sit with this for hours. Sampled from the winery cellar.”

Had not tasted this wine in a couple of years. Still linear and fresh and just beginning to flesh out.

Degustato dopo 5 giorni che era aperto. Ancora fresco ed interessante. Mi sarebbe piaciuto assaggiarlo appena aperto. Da rivedere.

A firmer version of the 09 normal. Made for future aging and not showing all its cards. But serious stuff and no doubt a killer in 5-10 years. $99 retail

Delicious...B11 clone, which is the Biondi-Santi clone first isolated at il Greppo. Le Chiuse fruit composed 60+% of Biondi-Santi Riserva through 1993 vintage.

Le Chiuse Brunello Di Montalcino 2007 Riserva

Le Chiuse Brunello di Montalcino 2013 Riserva. Classical vintage with brilliant acidity.

Youthful, concentrated, fresh showing more power than usual for Le Chiuse.

Riserva 1995