Brunello di Montalcino, Vecchie Vigne,

Destination

Le Ragnaie, Brunello di Montalcino, Vecchie Vigne, 2007

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Le Ragnaie, Brunello di Montalcino, Vecchie Vigne, 2007

From a single plot called Ragnaie, next to the estate, planted in the 60s, which at 550 metres above sea level, are among the very highest vines in Montalcino. The wine is aged in the same way as the estates regular Brunello in large 25hl barrels. More floral and feminine than the Fornace, perfumed gripping and totally beguiling, a seductive Brunello that offers small, intense berry fruit flavours, aromatic notes of ripe alpine and wild strawberry fruit, red cherry, cherry blossom and sloe touches. As refined and elegant as this is, there is massive intensity of flavour and a huge, focused finish. Breathtaking. no more than 170 cases were made.

ABV:

14.5%

95/100

Eric Guido, Vinous

The 2018 Brunello di Montalcino VV bursts from the glass with a mentholated freshness, as dusty dried flowers and red currants are offset by a mineral thrust of crushed ashen stone. This is soft and enveloping, yet nearly juicy in feel, with depths of dark wild berry fruit and exotic spices that slowly saturate. A twang of savory herbs and sour citrus defines the finale, balancing the grippy tannins that are left to linger, as the 2018 finishes classically dry under an air of rosy inner florals. This is, yet again, another excellent example of the energetic nature of the vintage, yet the VV also possesses the potential for medium-term cellaring.

Date Reviewed:

12/2022

Drinking Window:

2025 - 2035

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