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Brunello di Montalcino

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Brunello di Montalcino is Tuscany's most famous DOCG (along with Chianti) and the region's boldest expression of Sangiovese. Brunello di Montalcino is located 30 miles south of Siena with the hilltop town of Montalcino as its epicentre. Its 2,000ha of vines are naturally delimited by the Orcia, Asso and Ombrone valleys. Brunello is the local name for the Sangiovese Grosso clone from which Brunello di Montalcino should be made in purezza (100%).

The Brunello di Montalcino DOCG has a whale-like shape. At its head, at 661 metres above sea level on ancient stony/galestro soils facing east and south-east, lies the town of Montalcino where the DOC was founded. As you follow the spine south towards the tail the vineyards lose altitude - those around Colle Sant'Angelo are at 250 metres - while the soils become richer with iron and clay. Further east in the shadow of the 1734m high Mont'Amiata lies the village of Castelnuovo dell'Abate where the vineyards are strewn with a rich mix of galestro, granitic, volcanic, clay and schist soil types.

While Brunello di Montalcino's climate is mildly Mediterranean thanks its proximity to the sea only 20 miles away, the elevation of the vineyards provides an important diurnal temperature variation (hot days, cool nights). This benefits the grapes by maintaining acidity levels and extending their ripening time. The howling `tramontana' wind can also play an important role in drying and concentrating the fruit.

Historically the zone is one of Tuscany's youngest. First praised in 1550 by Leandro Alberti for the quality of its wines, it was Tenuta Il Greppo who bottled the inaugural Brunello di Montalcino in 1888. By 1929 the region had 925 ha of vines and 1,243 ha of mixed crops, while in 1932 it was decreed that only those wines made and bottled within the commune could be labelled as Brunello di Montalcino. Since then, the number of producers has risen from 11 in 1960 to 230 in 2006, while over the same period the vineyards have expanded from 1,000 to 12,000ha. The region earned its DOC in 1966 and was upgraded to DOCG in 1980.

Brunello di Montalcino cannot be released for sale until five years after the harvest, or 6 years for Brunello di Montalcino Riserva. During this time the wines should be aged for at least 2 years in oak followed by at least 4 months in bottle (6 months for Riservas). Maximum yields are 55 hl/ha.

Rosso di Montalcino is declassified Brunello di Montalcino, released for sale 18 mths after the harvest

Recommended producers: Costanti, Fuligni, Lisini, San Giuseppe, Soldera, Cerbaiona

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2004 SHOW NOTE HIDE NOTE	Brunello di Montalcino, Lisini Italy » Tuscany » Brunello di Montalcino New En Primeur Special conditions apply Only available in cases of 6.	Bottle (75cl)	£ 30.00 $ 48.86 (In Bond)	No more stock available
			6 x £ 30.00	0 in basket

	Full Bodied, Dry, Red, Sangiovese, For laying down, Cork Closure, 13.5% alc. Wines Lying in Barrel , Not available for delivery. Floral, with berry, plum and sandalwood aromas, as well as a hint of vanilla. Full-bodied, with firm tannins and vanilla, berry and plum flavors. This is dense, layered and balanced. (James Suckling - Wine Spectator - May 09) MORE Wine Spectator Score: 94 /100.

2004 SHOW NOTE HIDE NOTE	Brunello di Montalcino, Az. Agr. San Giuseppe, Tuscany Italy » Tuscany » Brunello di Montalcino	Bottle (75cl)	£ 49.35 $ 80.37	No more stock available
			12 x £ 51.05	0 in basket

	Full Bodied, Dry, Red, Sangiovese, Ready, but will improve, Organic (Certified), Biodynamic (Certified), Cork Closure, 13% alc. The nail-biting is over: Stella's debut Brunello di Montalcino has finally arrived! It's certainly been worth the wait. She's captured the essence of the vintage, a great one across all of central & northern Italy, while drawing on the panoramic and biodynamic beauty of her Castelnuovo dell'Abate vineyard. A full yet fine roast coffee, briary fruit freshness of this 100% Sangiovese Grosso/Brunello wine delights the nose; compact yet generous at the same time. One's struck by the wine's suaveness, the melting tannins, the gorgeous generosity of this clove, coffee bean and brambly Brunello; the biodynamics clearly weaving its magic in keeping whole experience deliciosuly fresh. MORE BBR Score: 19/20.

2003 SHOW NOTE HIDE NOTE	Ugolaia, Brunello di Montalcino Riserva DOCG, Lisini Italy » Tuscany » Brunello di Montalcino	Bottle (75cl)	£ 57.65 $ 93.89	No more stock available
			12 x £ 59.65	0 in basket

	Full Bodied, Dry, Red, Sangiovese, Ready, but will improve, Cork Closure, 13.5% alc. The hot vintage does not appear to have ruffled the fruit from this single-vineyard for it remains intensely closed and compact. If anything the vintage has bestowed an extra layer of joy, of sweet mulberry fruit to the brooding wine. Focused, fresh, succulent, very suave and decadent. Not for the faint hearted, it would be best to drink from 2010 till 2020, especially with roast beef. (David Berry Green, BBR Buyer) MORE

2003 SHOW NOTE HIDE NOTE	Brunello di Montalcino, Az. Agr. Cerbaiona Italy » Tuscany » Brunello di Montalcino	Bottle (75cl)	£ 64.22 $ 104.58	No more stock available
			12 x £ 66.50	0 in basket

	Full Bodied, Dry, Red, Sangiovese, For laying down, Cork Closure, 14% alc. Perhaps thanks to its 390 metre elevation and east-facing galestro slopes, Cerbaiona seemed to shrug off the worst of the heat in 03. For the nose retains the family trait of cool, black olive and crushed mineral notes. The full-bodied palate seems to give so generously:warm strawberry flavours are shaped by silky smooth tannins and the wine remains all the while gracefully pure. Aim for jugged hare here. (David Berry Green, BBR Buyer) MORE Drink: 2008 -2018 .

2000 SHOW NOTE HIDE NOTE	Brunello di Montalcino Riserva, Soldera Italy » Tuscany » Brunello di Montalcino	Bottle (75cl)	£ 157.00 $ 255.69	No more stock available
			12 x £ 162.50	0 in basket

	Full Bodied, Dry, Red, Sangiovese, For laying down, Cork Closure, 14% alc. "Gianfranco Soldera's Brunelli are a class apart: the nose sings with the purest of raspberry essence and delicate tea-leaf restraint, reminiscent of Burgundy at its most refined. Twenty-five year old vines, the use of only free-run juice, fermentation and up to 6 years invecchiamento in large old slavonian oak has delivered this most ethereal and enthralling beauty; the palate racy pure with almost cranberry-esque crunch, yet all the while so refined and aristocatic. The warm vintage makes this is a joy to drink even now but will improve till 2020, and beyond. Roast shoulder of organically-farmed lamb will only do." (David Berry Green, BBR Buyer) MORE BBR Score: 19/20.

2001 SHOW NOTE HIDE NOTE	Brunello di Montalcino Riserva, Case Basse di Gianfranco Soldera Italy » Tuscany » Brunello di Montalcino	Bottle (75cl)	£ 163.39 $ 266.10	No more stock available
			12 x £ 169.10	0 in basket

	Full Bodied, Dry, Red, Sangiovese, For laying down, Cork Closure, 13% alc. Tasted blind and you'd be forgiven for perhaps placing this wine three hundred miles to the north-west in Piedmont (or even further west near Chambolle), among one of Barolo's finest vineyards; such is this beautiful wine's rose-tinted, whispy raspberry kirsch and tea-leaf perfume which delights the nose. On the palate, the flow of free-run fruit is both potent as well as supremely graceful, charged with raspberry essence intensity and couched amid a fine, porcelain structure - all cleansed by a deliciously pure acidity. A terrific wine and still only a bambino. MORE

1997 SHOW NOTE HIDE NOTE	Brunello Riserva Soldera Italy » Tuscany » Brunello di Montalcino Limited Stock	Bottle (75cl)	£ 199.13 $ 324.30	No more stock available
				0 in basket

	Full Bodied, Dry, Red, Sangiovese, Ready, but will improve, Cork Closure, 13.5% alc. MORE

1994 SHOW NOTE HIDE NOTE	Brunello di Montalcino, Gianfranco Soldera Italy » Tuscany » Brunello di Montalcino	Bottle (75cl)	£ 205.96 $ 335.42	No more stock available
			12 x £ 213.15	0 in basket

	Full Bodied, Dry, Red, Sangiovese, Ready, but will improve, Cork Closure, 14% alc. As top Brunello shifts from a primary personality to a more developed and complex secondary, so the flavours migrate from the bright red berried notes to those of a briary, forest floor nature. So it is with Gianfranco's 1994, that the overriding aromatics are those of frutta da bosco/forest fruit, wood-smoke, leaf litter, while the mouthfeel is a largely savory one, crammed with grilled meat, loganberry, dried herbs; MORE BBR Score: 19/20.

1978 SHOW NOTE HIDE NOTE	Brunello di Montalcino, Soldera Italy » Tuscany » Brunello di Montalcino Limited Stock	Bottle (75cl)	£ 370.17 $ 602.87	No more stock available
				0 in basket

	Full Bodied, Dry, Red, Sangiovese, Ready, but will keep, Cork Closure, 13.5% alc. MORE

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