Red

Brunello di Montalcino

Brunello di Montalcino · Italy

Fact sheet

red meats · roast lamb · aged cheeses · pasta with meat sauce · grilled pork

201288 pts

This displays ripe black-skinned fruit, Mediterranean herb and baking spice aromas. The dense palate delivers blackberry, clove and tobacco flavors, with close-grained tannins that leave a grippy finish.
201189 pts

Aromas of mature dark-skinned fruit, espresso, baked plum and grilled porcini lead the nose. The tight, taut palate delivers fleshy Morello cherry, blackberry clove and licorice while close-grained tannins leave an assertive, tongue drying finish.
201088 pts

Aromas of toasted oak, vanilla, spiced plum, leather and a whiff of game lead the nose. The rich palate offers baked black fruit, sage, tobacco and anisette alongside a backbone of assertive tannins.
200987 pts

Aromas of overripe cherry, vanilla extract, toast and espresso continue to the palate, along with dark chocolate and oak. The palate has rough, astringent wood tannins that gives this a bitter, drying close.
200891 pts

Cava d'Onice is a delightful estate on the eastern side of Montalcino run by a husband and wife team (with two small children). This expression opens with dark fruit and spice backed by bright tones of cherry and toasted almond. In the mouth, it shows structure and mild softness.