Red

Brunello di Montalcino

Brunello di Montalcino · Italy

Fact sheet

cheese flan · french fries · roast meats · rich dishes

200888 pts

Bright, lively and buoyant, this Brunello offers great aromatic intensity overall. It definitely shows a bright vein of acidity that runs straight through the wine and holds it tightly together. Pair it with oven-baked cheese flan or crispy fried potatoes. You need fatty foods t…
200792 pts

Gorgeous, deep, inky-black and intense. What sets this wine apart is the drying mineral tone of crushed granite that gives it direction and backbone. It's soft and plush on the palate, with round tones of ripe fruit and sweet spice. Nice density and structure, too, with a spicy…
200590 pts

Here's a beautifully evolved Brunello di Montalcino (from Agricoltori del Geografico) that shows both elegance and harmony within layers of fruit, spice and earth. The wine articulates many of the most pleasurable characteristics associated with Sangiovese Grosso: elegance and l…