2009 Berry Bros. & Rudd Brunello di Montalcino, by La Serena

2009 Berry Bros. & Rudd Brunello di Montalcino, by La Serena

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2009 Berry Bros. & Rudd Brunello di Montalcino, by La Serena

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This is our inaugural own label Brunello di Montalcino, created for us by the local Mantengoli family, which acquired the La Serena estate in 1933. Organically farmed, the estate is now run by Andrea Mantengoli and his wife Elisabetta, assisted by consultant Paolo Caciorgna, with young son Giorgio in the wings.  

2009 was a hot year; the wine is super-ripe and lush but not overdone. Thus the colour is forward but belies the elegant, fresh, strawberry, tea leaf notes of bouquet and palate. No Riserva was made in 2009; it’s in this instead, further endorsing its appearance under our own label. Drink now, but happy for another 5 years.
Mark Pardoe MW, Wine Director

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Wine-Pages92/100
What a treat to have this class act in our case. From arguably Tuscany's greatest terroir, this Sangiovese was vinified in stainless steel before maturation in large Slavonian casks - the recipe for many of my favourite Brunelli. It comes from an organic estate farmed by the same family since the 1930s, and opens with the most evocative perfume of blood and tar, tobacco and ripe cherries, the fruit and smokines swirling in the glass, spice and pepper too. In the mouth that long cask ageing has softened the edges of a firm, intense wine, 15% alcohol adding to the plushness and sense of quiet authority, the palate dense but not not dull, enlivened by the spices, the juicy acidity and the tight liquoricy tannins. One to enjoy now with a steak or lamb, or to lay away for up to a decade.
Recommended by Tom Cannavan (wine-pages.com, Nov 2015)
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La Serena, Tuscany

La Serena, Tuscany

Local lad Andrea Mantengoli has been farming Cantina La Serena since 1988. The farm is next door to Cerbaiona and Biondi Santi, on the eastern shoulder of Montalcino. The vines here are grown at 200-400 metres’ altitude. This covers a range of different soil strata: atypically white and yellow tufo; sand; schist; and galestro. Each gives depth and detail to the wine.

Andrea and his twin brother, Marcello, manage the estate. They are proudly organic, and they use some biodynamic methods. In addition to grapes and vines, the ecosystem here includes spelt, grain, olives and honeybees.

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Sangiovese

Sangiovese

A black grape widely grown in Central Italy and the main component of Chianti and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano as well as being the sole permitted grape for the famed Brunello di Montalcino.

It is a high yielding, late ripening grape that performs best on well-drained calcareous soils on south-facing hillsides. For years it was blighted by poor clonal selection and massive overcropping - however since the 1980s the quality of Sangiovese-based wines has rocketed upwards and they are now some of the most sought after in the world.

It produces wines with pronounced tannins and acidity, though not always with great depth of colour, and its character can vary from farmyard/leather nuances through to essence of red cherries and plums. In the 1960s the advent of Super Tuscans saw bottlings of 100% Sangiovese wines, as well as the introduction of Sangiovese/Cabernet Sauvignon blends, the most famous being Tignanello.

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