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2013 Col D'Orcia Brunello di Montalcino

JS  94   
WE  93   
VN  92   
WA  91   
WS  90   
JR  16.5   

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August 11, 2024 - $38

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RATINGS

94James Suckling

...deep, rich red-plum nose...great fruit and polished, dry tannins that are beautifully in synch. Long, intense and rather complex finish...

93Wine Enthusiast

Earthy aromas of underbrush, tobacco leaf and grilled porcini lead the nose. The full-bodied linear palate evokes wild cherry, pomegranate and ground clove...fresh acidity.

92Vinous / IWC

... Pomegranate and sour red cherry on the fresh, precise nose...peppery red cherry flavors are complicated by tobacco and underbrush nuances. Finishes long...chewy tannins and a repeating spicy nuance...

91The Wine Advocate

...wild berry, cherry and red forest fruit. At the back, you get mild spice, cured tobacco and grilled rosemary. The effect is delicate and finessed...offers a long and polished mouthfeel with integrated tannins and acidity...

90Wine Spectator

Light-weight, yet with dense tannins, offering plum, soy, leather and iron flavors. Vibrant, with a lingering finish and a dusty sensation at the end.

16.5Jancis Robinson

... Supple cherry fruit with plenty of acidity and stalky tannins...

PRODUCER

Col D'Orcia

Col d’Orcia is a 370-acre estate in Montalcino, Tuscany. Its name means "hill near the Orcia," which is a river that runs through the valley in the southwest part of the Brunello di Montalcino appellation. The estate dates from the 19th century and is today owned by Count Alberto Marone Cinzano of the famous Vermouth-making family. Tenuta Col d’Orcia is best known for its Brunello di Montalcinos. Gambero Rosso has written that all the estate’s wines “are impressive because of the obvious care and attention that goes into every single process and because the wines are unquestionably modern in style, showing smooth, fragrant and but mouth filling, but never commonplace or standardized.”

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, Brunello (Sangiovese clone), D.O.C.G.

VINTAGE

2013 Col D'Orcia Brunello di Montalcino

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