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2015 Col D'Orcia Brunello di Montalcino Nastagio

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June 5, 2022 - $47

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RATINGS

97James Suckling

...rich, chewy tannins that are polished and poised. It’s full-bodied and chewy, yet focused and pretty. There’s purity of fruit that is very, very impressive.

95Wine Spectator

A blast of fresh black cherry and black currant fruit is shaded by mineral, vetiver, tobacco and earth flavors in this intense red. Firm, dense and stays long...

94The Wine Advocate

...opens to dark berry, cherry, plum, potting soil and balsam herb...full-bodied style, although these results are never too dense or compact.

94Jeb Dunnuck

...black plum, tobacco, aniseed, and fresh new leather. The full-bodied palate is warm with espresso, dried black cherry, and cocoa, which its velvety tannins wrap around.

91Vinous / IWC

Plum, currants and tobacco brighten and evolve into notes of cherry laced with fresh cut roses...finishes long, dry and intensely structured, with hints of wild herbs and spice.

REGION

Italy, Tuscany, Brunello di Montalcino

Brunello di Montalcino is regarded as one of Italy’s best appellations. Located in south central Tuscany below Chianti, the wines of Brunello di Montalcino DOCG are made of a Sangiovese clone called “brunello,” which means “little dark one,” a reference to the brown tones in the skin of the grape. Unlike some Tuscan appellations that allow other grapes to be blended with Sangiovese, Brunello di Montalcino is entirely Sangiovese. Montalcino itself is a picturesque, hill-top town not especially well known for wine production until the mid-19th century, when a local vineyard owner isolated the brunello clone and planted it. Other growers followed suit. Nevertheless it wasn’t until 1970s that wine enthusiasts started paying attention to Brunello di Montalcino, which by then was becoming an outstanding wine. Today there are 120 estates in the DOCG, up from about 25 estates in 1975. Brunellos in general are bigger, darker, more tannic and more powerful wines than Chiantis or most other Sangioveses. By law they must be aged for four years, and two of those years must be in wooden barrels.

TYPE

Red Wine, Nebbiolo, D.O.C.G.

This red grape is most often associated with Piedmont, where it becomes DOCG Barolo and Barbaresco, among others. Its name comes from Italian for “fog,” which descends over the region at harvest. The fruit also gains a foggy white veil when mature.