Community Tasting Notes 47

• Zed57 Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 6, 2024 - Sweet black fruit and leather. There is a purity and focus to this wine that I adore. Great drinking now and in the future.

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• markyc Likes this wine: 91 points

  January 18, 2024 - So glad we bought a bunch of this when we visited the winery in 2015. Decanted three hours before dinner of home made pasta with home grown and made tomato sauce with sweet Italian sausage.
  Sexy and elegant. Dark cherries, blueberries, nice bit of ash. Fantastic example of Brunello.

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• DrZett wrote: 93 points

  December 2, 2023 - 2010 Brunellos are drinking beautifully now, I’m so glad that I bought a few dozen bottles of different good producers back then. This one show lots of blackberries, blueberries, dried red cherries, green herbs and elegant earthy notes. Everything is perfectly balanced. Very elegant and sexy. Can easily hold longer if stored well. (IG)

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• RGCM Gananda Likes this wine: 93 points

  September 30, 2023 - Prior bottle was 22 months ago (Dec 2021) and the wine has evolved positively in that time, along the lines I'd hoped. Black cherry, blackberry, spices, earth and floral notes on the nose. Close to full bodied with a fruit profile very similar to my prior bottle with black cherry and blackberry the dominant notes and a nice touch of plum towards the back. But it's the layers and nuances that make this wine special; brighter, more tart notes mixed with rounder more open qualities of both black cherry and blackberry give this wine complexity, elegance and silkiness. Tannins, tart black cherry, acidity, earth and minerals help give the fruit definition through the middle, support on the backside and length through the finish. As compared to my prior bottle, it felt more integrated between the various elements and more balanced throughout. Should continue to evolve along these lines in the near term with a number of years left ahead at this very high level. Next bottle for me, Fall 2024.

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• MS86 Likes this wine: 95 points

  May 3, 2023 - Clear medium almandine with bricking at the rim and sediment.
  
  Rich, powerful and complex aromas. Loads of plum, blackberry, leather, vanilla, violet and clove.
  
  Palate is beautifully balanced. Fine tannins. Nicely integrated alcohol.
  
  Flavours are rich and drop with meat, leather, cherry and bacon.
  
  Long finish. Drink or hold.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type Red
• Producer Donatella Cinelli Colombini
• Varietal Sangiovese
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Tuscany
• SubRegion Montalcino
• Appellation Brunello di Montalcino
• UPC Codes 8026965601016, 8026965601436, 8026965601443

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• In Cellars 713 (51%)
• Consumed 676 (49%)

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