Le Ragnaie

Brunello di Montalcino, Montosoli, 2017

Name: Brunello di Montalcino, Montosoli
Brand: Le Ragnaie
Price: 436.33 GBP

95/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

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2017
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£527.53
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6x75cl
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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

The Montosoli area has long been recognised as one of the absolute great spots for Sangiovese and Brunello di Montalcino. Located on the northern side of Montalcino, where the vineyards are steep, windy and cool, but slightly lower in elevation compared to the south side (at around 280-350m). The soils tend to have more limestone and hard clay, with complex fossilised influences. Riccardo’s Montosoli is bright and radiant, with lovely ripe strawberry and pressed raspberry notes. There is concentration here but finesse too with a touch of salt and earth on finish.

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

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While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

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Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

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Critic Reviews

95/100

Monica Larner,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

This is one of three black-label special selections made by Le Ragnaie. The 2017 Brunello di Montalcino Casanovina Montosoli has a tonic and bright character with dark fruit flavors, blackcurrant and tarry smoke. The wine feels tightly knit and compact, but it takes on more volume and momentum, especially as it hits the palate. In fact, it ends on a long and polished note with some crushed limestone or dusty mineral. Production is limited to 2,900 bottles.

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date of review 02/2022

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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.