Brunello di Montalcino, Fornace, 2016

Name: Brunello di Montalcino, Fornace
Brand: Le Ragnaie
Price: 720.32 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2007 2010 2011 2013 2016 2020

justerini & brooks tasting note

Full bodied with ripe sweet fruit and glycerol. Plusher than the Vecchie Vigne with an attractive silkiness – griotte, kirsch, plum red berries and spices with ceps and wild mushroom notes on the finish. Fornace is a single plot in the higher part of the Castelnuovo dell’Abate zone, at 400 metres above sea level. The soils here have more clay in them than the Vecchie Vigne, resulting in rounder more powerful style of wine. Aged for 36 months in large Slavonian oak casks.

critic reviews

95/100Monica Larner,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Of the five new releases from Le Ragnaie, the 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Fornace is distinguished by its richness, its sultry dark fruit flavors and the firmness of the tannins. The wine is fermented in cement for up to 45 days on ambient yeasts. The fruit comes from 35-year-old vines. All these factors contribute to the rich concentration you taste here and the long impression the wine leaves on the finish. Production is a mere 4,470 bottles.

DRINKING WINDOW 2024 - 2043

date of review 11/2020

94/100Eric Guido,Vinous

The 2016 Brunello di Montalcino Fornace is a dark, smoky and savory expression of southern Montalcino fruit. A beguiling display of earthy minerals encasing blackberry and cherry with exotic spice and sour citrus resonates in the glass. It’s deeply textural, silky yet verging on velvety, all carried by vibrant acids with ripe red fruits, savory herbs and inner florals which gain volume toward the close. Hints of dried orange peels and black tea linger through the long and youthfully tannic finale.

DRINKING WINDOW 2024 - 2036

date of review 11/2020