Uccelliera

Brunello Di Montalcino, 2006

Name: Brunello Di Montalcino
Brand: Uccelliera

91/100

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all 2007

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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

A mid to light but very clear colour belies the wine's intense, explosive flavours. A wonderful Brunello of exuberance ripeness but great overall harmony, warming flavours of juicy ripe bramble, strawberry and damson infused with hints of rock salt and dried flowers. The Cortonesis describe 2007 as more "open and elegant" than the tight-knit 2006s. It is certainly a sunny, brilliant and heart-warming Brunello that has you coming back for more. A blend of vines with various exposures and soils centred on Castelnuovo del Abate on the south-east side of Montalcino. The wine undergoes both fermentations in steel tank, followed by ageing for 36 months in a mixture of oak barrel and larger casks, then an additional eight months? finishing in bottle.

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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.

The Journey

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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Critic Reviews

91/100

Stephen Tanzer,

Vinous

(15% on label): Good deep red. Black fruits, licorice, black pepper, spices, underbrush and minerals on the nose. Dense and sweet but also nicely structured, offering good energy for such a creamy wine. A bit unwieldy today owing to its high alcohol, but the wine's powerful tannins are nicely supported by ripe, deep fruit. Give this at least four or five years to come into harmony.

date of review 07/2011

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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.