Tuscan Tempters YOU’RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO MISS THE VINTAGE OF ITALY’S MOST FAMOUS REGION FOR RED WINE, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, WRITES NEVER HAVE THE UNIQUE SANGIOVESE-BASED REDS FROM THE TOP HILLSIDE VINEYARDS BEEN SO PROFOUNDLY GOOD. HERE ARE OF THE B
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LE RAGNAIE VV BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2010
AN OUTRAGEOUSLY GOOD RED FROM OLD VINES, WITH SO MUCH DRIED CITRUS AND SMOKE CHARACTER. IT’S FULLBODIED YET BALANCED AND HARMONIOUS. RESERVED AND STRUCTURED. BETTER IN 2018.
100 POINTS
LUCE DELLA VITE BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2010
THE SECOND PERFECT WINE FROM THIS PRODUCER. EXTREMELY POWERFUL AND STRUCTURED, WITH LAYERS OF FRUIT AND EARTH CHARACTER. GREAT DENSITY AND INTENSITY. CURIOUS TO SEE IF 2010 WILL BE BETTER THAN 2006 IN THE LONG RUN.
100 POINTS
SASSETTI LIVIO BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2010
THE BEST WINE EVER MADE AT THIS ESTATE, IT WOWS YOU WITH ITS CRAZY AROMAS OF DRIED LEMON, SEA SALT AND CHERRY. IT’S FULL-BODIED AND HAS A BRILLIANT ACID-TANNIN BALANCE. AMAZING YOUNG BRUNELLO.
100 POINTS
SIRO PACENTI BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2010
THE GREATEST WINE EVER FROM HERE. IT’S ALL ABOUT COMPLEXITY, WITH AROMAS AND FLAVOURS OF WALNUT, DARK FRUIT, STONES AND OYSTER SHELL. FABULOUS INTENSITY AND BALANCE, WITH LAYER UPON LAYER OF FRUIT AND POLISHED TANNINS. BUILDS ON THE PALATE. BETTER IN 2019.
100 POINTS