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2018 Tenuta di Sesta Brunello di Montalcino

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RATINGS

93The Wine Advocate

...layers of dark fruit, cola, rosemary and balsam herb...medium to full-bodied Sangiovese with lots of ripe fruit, soft tannins and rich texture.

93Vinous / IWC

...darkly floral bouquet of musky red currants and hints of savory spice...silky and pliant, with herbal-tinged red and black fruits that flow across a core of saline-minerality...finishes long and staining to the senses, with a web of fine tannins offset by hints of citrus-tinged blackberry.

92James Suckling

Porcini mushrooms, cherry stones, iodine and some beetroot here. Savory and chewy, with a medium body and firm tannins. A little tight and austere at the finish.

92Wine Enthusiast

...astringent sweetness of barely ripened cherries and blood oranges brightens an otherwise earthy, herbal, umami nose, while the palate brings spice, buzzing acid and acrobatic tannins.

92+ Jeb Dunnuck

...modest and elegantly styled, with raspberry liqueur, fresh herbs, and rose hip. Medium-bodied and driven by orange citrus pith, strawberry, cloves, and dusty tannins...

PRODUCER

Tenuta di Sesta

Tenuta di Sesta is an historic estate that in 2019 was honored by Gambero Rosso, the leading Italian wine journal, for producing what Gambero Rosso called its top red wine of the year. The wine was Tenuta di Sesta’s 2012 Brunello di Montalcino Duelecci Ovest Riserva, which Gambero Rosso described as “a wine of extraordinary elegance.” The estate is owned and operated by Giovanni Ciacci and his wife and children. The property has been in the Ciacci family since 1850, and vineyards have likely been on the property since the Roman era. The estate makes the Sangiovese wines of the Brunello di Montalcino appellations and red blends. Gambero Rosso notes that the estate “is justly famous for classic interpretations from the southern district of Montalcino and the area linking Sant’Angelo in Colle to Castelnuovo dell’Abate.”

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

2018 Tenuta di Sesta Brunello di Montalcino