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2012 Cortonesi Brunello di Montalcino La Mannella

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March 31, 2024 - $47

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RATINGS

92Wine Spectator

Offers a fine expression of sweet cherry fruit, along with tobacco, wild herb and leather flavors. Precocious, with more impact up front than on the finish, yet with a good tannic structure and freshness.

91The Wine Advocate

The wine is savory and rich, with dried fruit and earthy tones of underbrush and autumnal leaf... Smoke, tobacco and crushed mineral add pretty contours to the finish.

91Vinous / IWC

Musky aromas of blackberry, cocoa powder, gunflint and violet. Bright and juicy on the palate, with ripe acidity framing the flavors of dark fruits, pepper, and flint...finishes with sweet tannins and good length.

91James Suckling

A little lean with berry, coffee and nut character. Medium body, firm tannins and a savory finish.

91Wine Enthusiast

Classic Sangiovese aromas of red berry, culinary spice, crushed herb, tobacco and a whiff of new leather float from the glass. The juicy full-bodied palate delivers fleshy wild cherry, raspberry compote, vanilla and star anise framed in firm, refined tannins. Fresh acidity lends balance.

17Jancis Robinson

Sweet and subdued on the nose. Brooding palate with slumbering fruit and plenty of acidity. Elegant palate weight, but powerfully structured fruit... Long and complex.

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.