Brunello Di Montalcino
    Le Ragnaie

    Brunello Di Montalcino, 2012

    92+/100
    Vinous
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      2012

      3x1.5L

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      £380.42

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    A dry year that produced small berries and low yields that was saved by end of August and early September rains, which allowed vines to finish the ripening process. This has turned out to be a vintage of backbone and strength but with more composure than the heady and wild 2011. Impeccably balanced flavours of small red fruits and spices, red cherry, strawberry and spiced meats fortified by a solid tannic backbone. Assured, complex and crisply-defined. 60% of the grapes for this blend come from vines at Ragnaie itself, at 550 metres above sea level, the highest vines in Montalcino, complemented by grapes coming from Petroso and Castelnuovo dell’Abate. The wine is aged in large used wooden cask for 36 months.

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    Critic Reviews

    92+/100
    Ian d'Agata,
    Vinous
    Bright, full red.  Wild, musky aromas of raspberry, black cherry, bitter chocolate and coffee. Dense and vibrant, with intense and very clean crushed red berry and chocolate flavors.  Finishes very long, with polished tannins for aging and astrong mineral underpinning. Lovely Brunello already now, but with outstanding material for long aging.
    drinking window 2023 - 2034
    date of review 03/2017

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    Specifications

    Country:
    Italy
    Region:
    Tuscany
    Appellation:
    Montalcino
    Producer:
    Le Ragnaie
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Sangiovese
    abv:
    13.5%

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