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2018 Cortonesi Brunello di Montalcino La Mannella

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December 3, 2023 - $36

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RATINGS

93The Wine Advocate

...velvety, medium to full-bodied texture with lingering tones of campfire ash and leather.

93James Suckling

A flavorful Brunello with aromas of bramble berries, strawberries, sage, chicory root and basil. It’s full-bodied with fine, velvety tannins. Lovely creamy texture and intensity, with a fresh and balanced finish.

93Jeb Dunnuck

Generous and ripe aromas of pressed purple flowers, baked strawberries, blue fruit, sweet herbs, and fresh forest floor... Full-bodied, its ample fruit is evenly balanced through the palate, with ripe tannins and a fresh mineral texture. It offers notes of fresh leather, ripe cherry, cedar, and warming spices throughout, with its perfume lasting long after the wine is gone.

92+ Vinous / IWC

...smoky mix of dried strawberries, rosemary and hints of animal musk. This is seamlessly silky with medium-bodied weight and a polished mix of red and black fruits. Its acidity maintains a lovely freshness, as the 2018 finishes structured with fine tannins and long, leaving hints of licorice and currants to linger on. What a beauty.

91Wine Spectator

A flavorful Brunello with aromas of bramble berries, strawberries, sage, chicory root and basil. It’s full-bodied with fine, velvety tannins. Lovely creamy texture and intensity, with a fresh and balanced finish.

17Jancis Robinson

Firm, concentrated nose with dark spice. Rich cherry fruit with a charming oak note and plenty of grainy tannins.

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.