Le Ragnaie

Brunello di Montalcino, Fornace, 2010

Name: Brunello di Montalcino, Fornace
Brand: Le Ragnaie
Price: 536.74 GBP

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2010
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2010
6x75cl
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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Perfumed, opulent crushed ripe red berry flavours with earthier notes of sweet spice. Corpulent and smooth with a nice thread of acidity providing balance and drinkability. Easy to love, these intense, melt in the mouth flavours overlay a deceptively supple but solid structure. Riccardo’s best Fornace so far. Le Ragnaie’s Riccardo Campinoti believes this to be “My best vintage, a nice combination of a great season and the experience I have been building up over the years. Everything happened at the right time, the season was mild and balanced, the grapes were in perfect shape.” Fornace is a north-east facing plot in the warm, sunny Castelnuovo dell’Abate zone. Aged for 36 months in large Slavonian oak casks. 3000 bottles were made.

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Critic Reviews

95/100

Antonio Galloni,

Vinous

Sweet red cherries, kirsch, red plums, mint, iron, cinnamon and hard candy are some of the notes that emerge from the 2010 Brunello di Montalcino Fornace. Sweet, supple and perfumed, the 2010 is decidedly racy and intense, with gorgeous mid-palate depth and fabulous overall balance. The style is overt and racy, but with plenty of underlying structure and aromatic intrigue. Iron, smoke and blood are some of the many notes that are laced into the distinctly ferrous, savory finish.

drinking window 2016 - 2030

date of review 02/2015

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.