Red

Brunello di Montalcino

Italy

Fact sheet

red meats · game meats · hard cheeses · pasta with rich sauces

201288 pts

Dark-skinned berry, underbrush and leather aromas lead the nose. The palate is firm, offering plum, toast, mocha and tobacco flavors, while assertive tannins leave a taut finish.
201087 pts

This is still closed and extremely tannic but opens with aromas of underbrush, mature berry, tilled soil and game. The palate offers dried cherry, grilled sage and a leathery note alongside dry, raspy tannins.
200987 pts

The wine opens with aromas of oak, toast, coffee, black fruit and spearmint. The palate offers black currants, sour cherry, espresso and mint alongside dusty, drying tannins. Reflecting the vintage, this young Brunello is already accessible, so drink 2015–2019.
200890 pts

Ripe fruit tones of raspberry jam and blackberry jelly open the bouquet giving this Brunello a plump, sun-kissed personality. It shows a dark garnet color in the glass and has flavors of toasted espresso bean, tobacco, leather and spice with aromatic vanilla endnotes.
200793 pts

There's an exotic, almost Indian personality, with aromas of dark spice, clove and cardamom. Black fruit, prune and currant are also in evidence. Bold, black and inky thick. It's soft, round and long on the close with pretty freshness, too.
200492 pts

Poggio Nardone delivers a thick and succulent Brunello with ripe notes of forest fruit and blackberry backed by spice and tobacco leaf. The wine is dense, creamy and ends with a note of sweetness followed by lingering smoke and spice.