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2019 Uccelliera Brunello di Montalcino Riserva

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August 3, 2025 - $120

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RATINGS

97Vinous / IWC

...displays a lovely elegance. A bouquet of mentholated black cherries and balsamic spices is lifted by whiffs of dried sage and pine shavings. Velvety smooth and nearly creamy in feel, it floods the palate with hints of ripe red and blue fruit...core of zesty acidity maintains amazing energy and freshness. This leaves the senses enshrouded in a veil of fine-grained tannins, dramatically long and structured...

96James Suckling

Aromas of flowers, flint, graphite and smoke on the nose. Reductive in a very good sense of the word. Similar character on the palate with lots of black cherries, dark chocolate and cedar. Medium-bodied...well-integrated tannins and a persistent finish.

96+ Jeb Dunnuck

...expressive and concentrated with aromas of black cherry liqueur, toasted vanilla, pine, fresh sage, and sappy herbs...has a lux feel. Full-bodied, savory, and structured...tannins are ripe...

94+ The Wine Advocate

...sweet cinnamon and vanilla stick... Blackberry and dried rose potpourri are featured along with sandalwood and sauna wood.

94Wine Spectator

The cherry and strawberry fruit in this red is framed by oak spice notes, with an underlying element of flint. Elegant and light-bodied, this shows staying power...lingering finish echoes the fruit and spice accents.

94Decanter Magazine (points)

...parade of rosemary, mint, cardamom and clove draws you in immediately. They repeat on the dense, luxuriant palate of dark red cherry and persimmon, where confidently extracted, dry and chalky tannins firm up the edges. Sappy acidity injects some oomph...

16.5Jancis Robinson

A core of rich, ripe cherry fruit with bittersweet, powdery tannins...ready on the palate with tones of ripe fruit.

PRODUCER

Uccelliera

Uccelliera in Castelnuovo dell’Abate is owned and operated by Andrea Cortonesi. Cortonesi grew up in a farming family and purchased the farm in 1986. On his 15 acres of vineyards he grows Sangiovese for his several Brunellos and a Rosso di Montalcino. Like many Italian viticulturalists, he also grows olive trees for oil. The estate is organic and produces about 60,000 bottles annually. Wine Advocate has noted that “Uccelliera is now without questions one of the handful of top producers in Montalcino.”

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

2019 Uccelliera Brunello di Montalcino Riserva