2019 Brunello di Montalcino
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A dark magenta/red color, the 2019 Brunello Di Montalcino is an opulent wine, with aromas of boysenberry preserve, vanilla bean, toasted cedar, fresh leather, and crushed rosemary. Full-bodied and mouth-filling, it retains lovely purity throughout while being a flashier style, with sweet tannins and a long finish. It’s an impressive wine for this style, which I personally don't normally gravitate toward, but this one makes a solid argument. It has a great deal of complexity and longevity ahead of it. Drink 2026-2046.
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Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
Jancis Robinson MW
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This is the best of the three Luces in the March Releases lineup, delivering enticing fragrance and beautifully juicy quality to the tannins, with flexibility and grip. A ton of lift and the dry underbrush, fennel and leather of Brunello combined with savoury sour cherry fruits and sweeter brambled blackberry and pomegrante. A great example of the beauty of Brunello Sangiovese in the excellent 2019 vintage. 2 years bottle, 2 years in Slovenian oak barrels.
The Tenuta Luce 2019 Brunello di Montalcino carries a good amount of oak spice with campfire ash, forest floor, dried cherry, cassis, rye bread and something floral like a hydrangea or pressed rose. There is a balsamic note as well with Sambuca or aniseed. This is a medium to full-bodied Brunello (with 35,000 bottles made) that shows dried fruit flavors and a substantial 15% alcohol pull on the lengthy finish.
The 2019 Brunello di Montalcino Luce takes its time opening in the glass, dark and imposing, as a brooding mix of savory herbs, crushed stone and red currants form its bouquet. This is silky smooth, nearly creamy in feel, with cooling acidity and polished red fruits that swirl under an air of rosy inner florals. The 2019 tapers off classically dry and structured with crunchy tannins as hints of lavender and exotic spice resonate on. A beautifully balanced rendition of Luce.