2006 San Giorgio Brunello di Montalcino Ugolforte

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  2/29/2024 - biggie Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Flower Day - Wine level to bottom of neck. Cork sound with very little ingress of wine. Decanted off a small amount of very fine sediment then decanted back into the cleaned bottle. Tasted in a Pinot Noir glass as I prefer them for developed Italian wines. Core is still opaque and garnet in colour and extends almost to the edge of the wine. There is a fairly thin slightly orange coloured rim. Nose is stunning! Red fruit, dried red fruit, spice, a little forest floor and some lightly lifted florals (violets?). I just nose this all night! On the palate there’s spice, red fruit, a hint of Brett (but just enough for complexity), licorice and some saltiness. The finish is florals with spice, red fruit (both ripe and dried) and a bit of funk. This bottle has held up well!

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  7/1/2023 - gboue wrote: 87 Points

  Just a touch of brett

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  3/20/2022 - biggie wrote:

  Root Day - Decanted off a small amount of sediment. Very forest floor on the nose and palate. Acidity is sticking out on this bottle. Fruit is muted - this may have to be drunk up if next bottle shows similar characteristics. It’s certainly not dead but is showing pretty much only tertiary elements.

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  2/16/2020 - biggie Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Leaf day - medium garnet/orange core fading out to an orange edge and rim. Served in a Pinot Noir glass - my choice for mature Brunello. Damp earth, dried and fresh cherry, orange (if it makes sense) floral notes that are quite delicate and a lovely spice character. Very integrated nose and very appealing. Still cool from the cellar (decanted off a little sediment) but showing beautiful dried cherry, herbs and spice. Very long on the palate with everything in balance. This is a gorgeous wine! The finish is long with the dried fruit, orange notes and spice continuing. Tannins are resolved but there’s just enough there to give some solid structure. Really enjoying it this evening.

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  10/30/2017 - ajeeja wrote:

  Completely agree with Motz note. Great QPR.

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