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2016 Tenimenti Angelini - Val di Suga Brunello di Montalcino

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Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased at auction

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RATINGS

94James Suckling

Dusty notes with crushed gravel and dried tea leaves are a prelude to aromas of fresh button mushrooms and hints of fennel. Savory mushrooms and olives, followed by firm, fine-grained tannins. Structured and full-bodied.

94Jeb Dunnuck

...aromatics of menthol and medicinal herbs, brushed leather, and black cherry...palate is dark fruited without weight, marked with dried blackberry, black tea, dried herbs, and classically balanced structure.

93Wine Spectator

Aromas of iron, blood and cherry lead off in this smooth and vibrant red, with a well of dark fruit—black cherry and blackberry—settling in on the palate. Offers a dusting of dark chocolaty tannins on the finish.

92Vinous / IWC

Baked black cherries, balsamic spice and hints of animal musk form up...textures are silky-smooth, with cooling acids and salty minerals lifting the expression while giving way to tart red fruits...spicy and fresh.

90Wine Enthusiast

Savory and bright...has delicate, pretty aromas recalling woodland berry, forest floor and cedar...lithe tannins accompany red cherry, coffee bean and white pepper before a drying finish. Tangy acidity keeps it fresh.

17Jancis Robinson

...brooding intensity. Succulent concentrated sweet-sour cherry fruit palate lined with lots of powdery tannins. Supple and juicy and with a medium-bodied feel to it. Ends a little racy.

PRODUCER

Tenimenti Angelini - Val di Suga

Tenimenti Angelini is a large, Tuscany-based wine producer with estates in several northern Italian appellations. Val di Suga is the company’s Montalcino estate, and it has 135 acres of Sangiovese vineyards at the estate. Tenementi Angelini also owns the Tre Rose estate in Montepulciano with 200 acres of vineyards; San Leonino in Castellina, Chianti, with 90 acres of vineyards; the Collepaglia estate in the Marche region; and wine enterprises in the Veneto. Val di Suga produces 250,000 bottles annually. Gambero Rosso has written that the Val di Suga Brunellos are a “successful bridging of classic and modern style.”

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.

VINTAGE

2016 Tenimenti Angelini - Val di Suga Brunello di Montalcino