2006 Brunello di Montalcino
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Bright medium red. Sexy aromas of sour cherry, strawberry, plum, leather, smoke and dried flowers. Sweet and vinous, with nicely integrated acidity brightening the red berry and licorice flavors. A very attractive midweight with excellent energy and definition. Already displays a lot of personality but has the firm tannic spine for slow development in bottle.
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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The estate's 2006 Brunello di Montalcino is a big, powerful wine packed with black cherries, smoke, tar, leather and licorice. This is a fairly intense, brooding Brunello that needs further time in bottle, but the depth of the fruit and the expressiveness of the bouquet suggest a bright future.
The estate’s 2006 Brunello di Montalcino is a big, powerful wine packed with black cherries, smoke, tar, leather and licorice. This is a fairly intense, brooding Brunello that needs further time in bottle, but the depth of the fruit and the expressiveness of the bouquet suggest a bright future. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2026. Importers: Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; tel. (516) 677-9300; The Country Vintner, Louisa, VA; tel. (804) 784-2886; Giuliana Imports, Boulder, CO; tel. (303) 449-5477; New France Wine Co., St. Paul, Minnesota; tel. (651) 698-2533
Medium ruby, already quite mature-looking with broad orange rim. Subdued and quite sweet. Will this really improve with age? (WS)