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Case Basse di Gianfranco Soldera,
Ready, but will keep,
We are very happy about this wine. It is elegant, fine, balanced, complex, long on the taste and at the same time already drinkable and enjoyable; it is an inviting wine. About the grapes, the 2005 vintage has been a very good one, with fine weather and proper seasonal weather (some necessary rain showers in summer but nothing serious); a very good September which allowed a perfect maturation of the grapes until the end of September (generally speaking the best period for picking grapes here).
Harvest was at the end of September with very healthy and ripe grapes, quantity above our “normal” very low average production but it is always a very low yield here (around 15 hl/ha). Natural fermentation has been, I would say, “easy” and the evolution with ageing in our large, traditional botti has well developed the initial promise of the high quality of the fruit. We bottled the Brunello 2005 Riserva in March 2011 (11,000 bottles in total).
Gianfranco Soldera - winemaker
Harvest was at the end of September with very healthy and ripe grapes, quantity above our “normal” very low average production but it is always a very low yield here (around 15 hl/ha). Natural fermentation has been, I would say, “easy” and the evolution with ageing in our large, traditional botti has well developed the initial promise of the high quality of the fruit. We bottled the Brunello 2005 Riserva in March 2011 (11,000 bottles in total).
Gianfranco Soldera - winemaker
Cerbaiona, Tuscany,
Ready, but will keep,
Very much in its youth, Diego and Nora's 05 Brunello, all 583 cases of it, shows only distinct, crunchy red and black cherry stone fruit, primary and at this stage deceptively straightforward. The palate is slightly more forthcoming, boasting a fine texture, a beautiful limpidity, a firm Gevrey Chambertin character, combined with a great weight and sense of majesty. Perfectly poised for lift-off. Give it 10 years at least.
David Berry Green, Fine Wine Buyer Diego Molinari was an Alitalia pilot for 25 years before retiring in the late 1970s. He and his vibrant, immaculate and designer handbag-loving wife scoured the lengths of Montalcino, looking for the perfect vineyard where they could pursue their winemaking dreams. They settled upon the small, north-easterly estate of Cerbaiona and bottled their first vintage in 1980.
David Berry Green, Fine Wine Buyer Diego Molinari was an Alitalia pilot for 25 years before retiring in the late 1970s. He and his vibrant, immaculate and designer handbag-loving wife scoured the lengths of Montalcino, looking for the perfect vineyard where they could pursue their winemaking dreams. They settled upon the small, north-easterly estate of Cerbaiona and bottled their first vintage in 1980.
Their exquisite 2005 Brunello is testament to the meticulous nature of the winemaking at Cerbaiona. Piercing aromas of cranberry, redcurrant and black cherry are abundant on the nose. There is a fine gravelly hue to the palate, which has a sumptuous velvety texture and clean, red fruit flavours. This is a pristine effort which will appeal to perfectionists.
Nicola Giacomelli, Senior Sales Executive
Cantina Bartolo Mascarello,
Ready, but will keep,
While vintage 2004 was darker and fulsome, Maria Teresa's 2005 lifts the soul with a spirited spicy red fruit perfume, a delicate, gentle, velvety cherry stone palate and a sublime quality that perhaps only the Cantina Mascarello Bartolo can muster. Getting ahead of the Oct 10th rain seemed key to performing well in 2005, after what was a relatively mild summer. This is perhaps an apt advertisement for the benefits of blending vineyards together, four into one; a philosophy the Cantina holds dear. An Englishman’s Barolo? It's certainly sings of finesse. Drinking till 2020, along with lamb (Maria Teresa's favourite meat).
(David Berry Green)
(David Berry Green)
Lisini, Tuscany,
Ready, but will keep,
Approximately 8,000 bottles of Lisini’s Brunello di Montalcino Riserva is produced each year from a single 1.4 hectare vineyard. 2005 Ugolaia is a fine-boned, fragile wine with fragrant licorice aromas, suave tannins and a seared meatiness that typifies Lisini’s wines. Utterly compelling and very fine indeed.
David Berry Green, August 2011
David Berry Green, August 2011
Cascina Mario Fontana, Piedmont,
Ready, but will keep,
'More savoury red cherry perfumed than the darker fruited 2004, the 2005 vintage was characterised by a mild summer and the threat of rain at harvest time. Mario's 2005 Barolo, a traditional blend of four vineyards Gallinotto, Pozzo, Villero & Valletti, remains unflustered, a deliciously svelte, delicate, gentle, supremely elegant & understated cherry stone wine that captures the vintage perfectly, supporting his philosophy of blending vineyards together to make one Barolo. Still primary, this wine will continue to unfurl over the next 10 years, till 2020. Lamb cutlets would go well.
(David Berry Green)
(David Berry Green)
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